The advantages of predicting performance
A package design that works on paper doesn't always work in practice. So how can you predict performance without producing physical mock-ups? Constar's CONSTruct™ advanced predictive engineering software is a data-driven, physics-based process for package design and engineering that enables our engineers to determine a package's key performance attributes, material properties, failure modes, and sensitivities while still in the concept stage. This eliminates the time and cost of having physical prototypes made and tested. Too, product and package are optimized before tooling commitments are made, again avoiding costly mistakes. Because the risks of traditional package design and development are reduced, project managers are better able to manage project schedules, costs, time-to-market, and rollouts. |
CONSTruct™ Advanced Predictive Engineering
Everyone knows the “three R’s”—Reduce, Reuse and Recycle—and as the sustainability movement has grown, these principles of the environmental movement have moved to the forefront of global consciousness.
The process of reducing the amount of material in a package is known as “light weighting” and Constar is a leader in this effort. Using our CONSTruct™ advanced predictive engineering software, we are able to design and manufacture PET bottles and containers that deliver optimum performance using less —sometimes significantly less— material. Measurable weight savings are achieved for both glass-to-plastic conversions and plastic-to-plastic conversions.
Constar welcomes the opportunity to work with customers in optimizing the weight and performance of their packages, and in the process, reducing costs and helping to achieve sustainability goals.