Packaging calculatorsFree, vendor-neutral engineering tools you can run straight in the browser — no sign-up, no sales spin. Seventeen calculators across machine set-up, cost, sustainability and unit conversion.

Engineering tools for machine set-up and process parameters — sealing, forming and cutting.

Machine & Process

Seal Force Calculator

Total clamping force from seal pressure and area, with switchable units and typical parameters by material.

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Sealing

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Machine & Process

Thermoforming Calculator

Draw ratio, wall thickness and a formability verdict from sheet gauge and cavity geometry.

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Thermoforming

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Machine & Process

Die-Cutting Force Calculator

Required cutting force, tonnage and recommended press capacity from material, thickness and cut length.

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Cutting

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Machine & Process

MAP Shelf-Life Calculator

Estimated modified-atmosphere shelf life and recommended CO2/O2/N2 gas mix by food product.

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MAP

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Machine & Process

Film Usage Calculator

Packs per roll, film per pack and film cost per pack from roll length, pitch and lanes.

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Film

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Put a number on the economics — ROI, payback, cost per pack and material savings.

Cost & ROI

Automation ROI Calculator

Payback period, ROI and 3-year net benefit of a packaging machine from labour cost and investment, with presets by line type.

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ROI

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Cost & ROI

Cost per Pack Calculator

True cost per pack from material, labour, line speed, OEE and scrap — broken into material, labour and waste.

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Cost

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Cost & ROI

Down-Gauging Savings Calculator

Annual material cost and CO2 saving from a thinner film gauge, from current and target thickness and annual usage.

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Savings

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Model the cost of regulation — EPR fees, recyclability and recycled-content requirements.

Sustainability & Compliance

PPWR Recyclability Grade Checker

Where a pack sits on the PPWR A-E recyclability scale from its recyclable mass share, with the 2030 and 2038 market-access verdict.

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Recyclability

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Sustainability & Compliance

Recycled-Content Calculator

Gap to the PPWR 2030 recycled-content minimum by packaging category, and the PCR tonnage needed to close it.

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Recycled content

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Sustainability & Compliance

Empty Space Ratio Calculator

Pack-out checked against the PPWR 50% empty space cap for grouped, transport and e-commerce packaging.

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Empty space

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Sustainability & Compliance

EPR Fee Estimator

Annual packaging EPR fee by material with recyclability eco-modulation, in euro, with indicative country rates.

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EPR

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Validation tools for sterile barrier systems — accelerated aging and shelf life to ASTM F1980.

Medical & Sterile

Accelerated Aging Calculator

Accelerated aging time to validate a sterile-packaging shelf-life claim, using the ASTM F1980 Arrhenius/Q10 method.

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Aging

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Medical & Sterile

Sterile Barrier Shelf-Life Estimator

The real-time shelf-life claim a completed accelerated aging study supports — ASTM F1980 in reverse.

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Shelf life

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Quick unit converters for film thickness, barrier performance and seal strength.

Converters & Reference

Micron / Gauge / Mil Converter

Convert film thickness between microns, mil, gauge, mm and inches — the units that vary by market.

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Thickness

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Converters & Reference

OTR / WVTR Converter

Convert oxygen and water-vapour transmission rates between per-m2, per-100-in2 and per-ft2 bases.

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Barrier

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Converters & Reference

Seal-Strength Converter

Convert peel strength between N/15mm, N/25mm, N/mm and lbf/inch, with typical ranges.

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Seal strength

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