What is Ti-Hi in palletizing?

Ti (tier) is the number of cases in a single layer on the pallet; Hi (high) is the number of layers stacked. Multiply Ti by Hi to get the total cases per pallet. A 10x5 Ti-Hi means 10 cases per layer, 5 layers high, and 50 cases per pallet.

How many boxes fit on a 48x40 pallet?

Divide the 48x40-inch pallet footprint by the case footprint in both orientations and take the better fit to get cases per layer, then multiply by how many layers fit under your maximum load height. This calculator does both and also returns the gross pallet weight and the number of pallets an order needs.

Pallet Configuration Calculator (Ti-Hi)

Work out how a case stacks on a pallet — cases per layer (Ti), layers high (Hi), and total cases per pallet — with the gross weight and how many pallets your order needs.

Case / carton

Length (in)

Width (in)

Height (in)

Case weight (lb)

Pallet

Length (in)

Width (in)

Deck height (in)

Empty pallet weight (lb)

Max load height, incl. pallet (in)

Total stack height including the pallet. Common caps: 48″, 60″, 72″. Set it to your dock, rack, or trailer limit.

Max stack weight — optional (lb)

Cap the stack by weight (a fragile product, a rack limit). Leave blank for a height-only stack.

Total cases to ship — optional

Enter the whole order to also get the number of pallets it takes.

Cases per pallet

0 per layer (Ti) × 0 layers (Hi)

cases per pallet

Gross pallet weight —

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What Ti-Hi means

Ti (tier) is how many cases sit in one layer on the pallet. Hi (high) is how many layers you stack. Multiply them and you have the cases per pallet: a 10×5 Ti-Hi is ten cases a layer, five layers high, fifty cases on the pallet. It’s the shorthand warehouses and buyers use to describe a pallet pattern in two numbers. For the full method, see how many boxes fit on a pallet and the pallet calculator guide.

How many cases fit on a pallet?

The layer count comes from geometry. A standard GMA pallet is 48×40 inches; divide that footprint by the case footprint and you get how many fit — but which way the case faces changes the answer, so this tool tries both orientations and keeps the better one. Then it divides the height you have left above the pallet deck by the case height to get the number of layers.

A pallet is sold by the footprint. Fill the footprint, and you fill the truck.

Height and weight both cap the stack

Two limits decide how high you go. Height is the obvious one — your dock door, a rack opening, or the trailer. But weight can cap it first: a fragile product or a rack beam rated to a set load means fewer layers than the height alone would allow. Enter a max stack weight and the calculator honors whichever limit is reached first, so the pattern you plan is one the freight can actually survive.