{"id":35,"date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theboxery.com\/blog\/how-strong-is-your-box\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T15:01:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:01:24","slug":"how-strong-is-your-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboxery.com\/blog\/how-strong-is-your-box\/","title":{"rendered":"How strong is your box?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"galleryImageBorder wsite-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboxeryblog.com\/uploads\/1\/2\/0\/9\/120934521\/editor\/box-certificate.png?1555609886\" alt=\"Picture\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">How much weight can my box hold?<br \/>\nIf I put something really heavy in it will it break?<br \/>\nShould I use extra tape?<br \/>\n\u200bThese questions come up all the time in the packaging industry.It would not be fun to put a whole package together and wrap it and tape it, only to find out later that it broke during shipping.<br \/>\nThankfully there are guides to help clarify what weight increments your shipping box can handle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are two guides to figure out the strength of your box.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The Mullen test\/bursting test<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Edge Crush Test (ECT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Essential they both tell you the same thing \u201c how much weight can your box hold before breaking\u201d,<br \/>\nBut they get there a little differently. You can find them both on the bottom of your box inside the box certificate.<br \/>\nThe bursting test &#8211; is just how it sounds, how much pressure can be applied to a square inch of your box before puncturing.<br \/>\nThe edge crush test &#8211; tests how much force can be applied to the box as a whole before breaking. It works by applying pressure to one of the corrugated sides and seeing how much\u00a0pressure it can withstand when vertical before collapsing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \">\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboxeryblog.com\/uploads\/1\/2\/0\/9\/120934521\/ect-bar3_1_orig.png\" alt=\"Picture\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">There are about 15 different test outcomes per box but you rarely see all them.<br \/>\nAn average user will encounter 3 basic tiers. For<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboxery.com\/catalog.asp?d=105505&amp;name=Standard+Strength+Boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #e0915c;\">standard\u00a0<\/span>,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboxery.com\/Product.asp?d=105510&amp;Product=CXE275&amp;Name=Heavy+Duty+Single+Wall+Boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e0915c;\">Heavy duty<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #e0915c;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboxery.com\/Product.asp?d=105510&amp;Product=CXEDBW&amp;Name=Heavy+Duty+Double+Wall+Boxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heavy Duty double wall<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0Here is\u00a0<em>map<\/em>\u00a0that you can use to see the loading limit per each grade of box and test. 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