Jared Sattler

Distribution lab

12/9/14

Lab 8 – Mirror Lab

Objective: The objective of this lab is to design a package for a bath accessory. The accessory is a

wooden vanity mirror. The mirror is made in the USA by an industry leading furniture manufacturer. The

company is considered an eco-friendly company in its packaging and choice of materials. The vanity

mirror comes in three (3) different sizes: 24”x35”, 27”x35”, and 33”x35”.

Quality Requirements:

The mirror must not be broken or scratched during shipment

The mirror or mirror-back must not become dislodged from the frame

The frame must be intact following shipping

The wood finish must be unscratched

Materials:

Corrugated shipping container

Corrugated mirror cover sheet

EPS Foam for inserts

Design Constraints: The company packaging strategy for accessory items is to minimize the number of

unique boxes inventoried and to use one shipper for all three sizes of mirror.

Solidworks Drawing of Mirror:

Cover Piece for Mirror:

Bottom Piece:

20 inches 6.5 inches

5 inches

3 inches

1.5 inches

Top Piece:

Side Piece:

*The above dimensions are for the 33”x35” mirror. For the 27”x35” mirror, the 5 inch value above for width changes to 11

inches, and for the 24”x35” mirror the value changes to 12.5 inches for width. All other dimensions remain the same.

20 inches 6.5 inches

5 inches

3 inches

2.5 inches

41 inches

6.5 inches

5 inches

2.5 inches

2 inches

3 inches

35 inches

24” x 35” Assembled Mirror

27” x 35” Assembled Mirror

33” x 35” Assembled Mirror

Design Explanation: The 24 inch wide mirror (measured from outermost corner to outermost opposite

corner) will have 7.5 inches thick of EPS foam on either side to fill the void space in the box, which is 39

inches total width. Both the top piece and bottom piece will be 20 inches long and remain the same for

each variation of mirror size. When packaging the 27 inch mirror, the side pieces will be lowered to 6

inches thick of EPS foam on either side to account for the new space taken up by the wider mirror. F or

the 33 inch wide mirror, there will be 3 inches of EPS foam on either side which will then fit inside the

box which is 39 inches wide. All three sizes of mirror will have 3 inches of EPS foam surrounding the top

and bottom. The only dimension changing is the thickness of the side pieces to account for the change in

mirror width.

ArtiosCAD Spec Sheet:

Bill of Materials:

Cost:

EPS Foam inserts:

$100 per cubic yard

1 cubic yard is 27 cubic feet

100/27=$3.70 per cubic feet

4,112 cubic inches of material

4,112 cubic inches equals 2.38 cubic feet

($3.70)(2.83)=$8.80 per mirror shipped

Corrugated box:

$0.28 per square foot

52.2422 square foot box

(52.2422)(0.28)=$14.63 per box

Corrugated mirror cover piece:

$0.28 per square foot

3.46 square feet

(3.46)(0.28)=$.9688 per mirror cover

Total Cost:

$24.3988 per shipment

Mirror cost is $752.00

Mirror production is 25,000 a year

(24.3988)+ (752.00) (25,000) = $19,409,970 dollars yearly cost

for packaging and mirror.

NFMTA 181 A Procedure

The test lab must record the temperature and humidity conditions of the testing environment at the

beginning of the test procedure. In addition, record the length of time test specimen was held in the test

facility prior to actual testing.

Procedure A:

Shipping weight: 0-25lbs

Drop height: 30”

Sequence:

1. Test corner 2-3-5

2. Shortest edge radiating from the corner tested

3. Next shortest edge radiating from the corner tested

4. Longest edge radiating from the corner tested

5. One of the smallest faces

6. Opposite small face

7. One of the medium faces

8. Opposite medium face

9. One of the largest faces

10. Opposite large face