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Distribution Environment and Container Performance
The ability of a container to perform in distribution is significantly impacted by the conditions it encounters throughout the cycle. Some of these conditions are difficult for the packaging engineer to influence, including stacking time and relative humidity. Others are determined by handling and unitizing packages; for example, pallet patterns, pallet overhang, pallet deck board gaps and excessive handling. We can now estimate the impact of these conditions on container strength. If the original box compression strength is known (determined in the lab using a dynamic compression tester), we can factor it by generally accepted multipliers to arrive at an estimated maximum safe stacking strength.
*below is to a table about Environmental Factors*
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