5.1.6 How to consider the load-bearing capacity of different cargoes

When goods with different load-bearing capacities are mixed, it is necessary to consider the weight factors in order to ensure that the goods are not damaged. How to set such parameters in LoadMaster?

Let's use an example to explain.

Cargo data:

Name	quantity	length（cm）	width（cm）	height（cm）	weight（kg）	Packaging
A	10	235	44	144.7	570	Wooden box
B	6	210	75	122	480	Wooden box
C	11	220	55	70	426	Wooden box
D	32	88	66	35	80	Carton
E	3	126	114.3	99	240	Carton
F	5	120	80	122	260	Carton

Loading requirements:

1) The goods can only be placed with the flaps of carton/wooden box facing upwards.

2) The carton box should be placed on top of the wooden box. Cargo A can only be placed at the bottom.No other goods are allowed to be placed on Cargo D.

Calculate what type of container is suitable for these goods, and how many can be loaded.

According to the loading requirements, the task type [Loading Container/Multiple Cargoes] should be selected and click to enter.

Enter the [Basic Information] interface. The items in this page is optional, and users can fill in the PO number, order number or destination information according to actual work requirements for later check. Next, start to designing the plan:

Step 1: Click [Cargo] on the left to enter the cargo interface. For there are lots of cargo types, you should add them in batches by [Add Cargo>Import From Excel]. Firstly, click [Add Cargo>Get Excel Template] to download the Excel template and save it to a certain location in your computer.

Secondly, fill in the template with the cargo information. ①Copy the name, quantity, length, width, height, and weight (gross weight of a single box) of the goods into the template, which are required items. Pay attention to the matching of the units. “Weight” refers to the gross weight of a single carton or box of goods. If the cargo is too light, the “Weight” can be ignored and not filled in, and the system will default to "1".

②Then define the load orientations of the goods. For it is required that cargoes can be placed as the flaps of the carton faces upwards, that is only “stand” and “stand & rotate” are allowed, you should fill in “0” under the “allowed” Column of other orientations. “0” means not allowed such load orientation, leave it blank or “1” means allowed.

③Set other cargo parameters. For the carton is required to be placed above the wooden box, it is necessary to define the "stacking orders" of the goods. The “stacking orders” is a relative value, the larger the value, the stronger the load-bearing capacity, and the more below it is placed. The “stacking orders” of all goods in the template is the default “10”, therefore you can set the “stacking orders” of A B C to a larger value as “20”, and D E F as “19”.

It is also required that A can only be placed at the bottom, so you need to set A's "Bottom only" column to "1", “1” means it can only be placed at the bottom, 0 or blank means there is no such requirement.

It is also required that other goods are not allowed to be placed above C, so you need to set "Support Others" column under C’s load orientations “Stand” and “stand & rotate” to "0", “0” means that other goods are not allowed to be placed on it, “1” or blank means to allow.

For there are no other requirements, you do not need to set other parameters, leaving them as the default value. The specific details of each parameter can be found in this guidance documentation. Save and close the template when finishing. Thirdly, return the [Cargo] page, click [Add Cargo>Import From Excel], choose the template in the dialog box, and open it. Then the cargo information will be imported to the task.

Step 2: Click [Container] on the left to enter the [Container] interface. For the user does not know the type and quantity of container that should be used, it is necessary to add all the commonly used container types so that the system can select the most appropriate container from such containers. For the commonly used container information is already maintained in the database, click [Import from Database], check the 20GP, 40GP and 40HC in the pop-up box, and then click [Add]. Edit the corner castings size and reserved size of the container, the size of the corner castings is 10*10*10cm. Precautions for defining the reserved size, please refer to "How to simulate carton expansion and manual interval".

Step 3: Click [Loading Rules] on the left to enter the [Loading Rules] page. For there is no special loading demands, you needn't change the default rules in this page.

Finally, click [Optimize] above or click [Loading Plan] on the left to calculate. In the list on the left, you can see that all these goods has been loaded by using one 40GP. In the middle is the 3D loading diagram. It can be seen from the 3D picture that the carton is placed above the wooden box, and cargo A is placed at the bottom, and no other goods are placed above cargo D, which fully meets the requirements.

On the right side of the figure, there are cargo statistics, loading steps and balance analysis of the current container. For details, please refer to the "Loading Plan".

After the scheme audit is completed, you can use your mobile phone to guide the on-site loading and download the loading report to make the packing list and customs declaration. Details please refer to this guidance book.