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Floor protection roll cut order — roll width scenarios.

How does changing roll width affect floor protection roll cut order when the other inputs stay fixed?

What this decision changes

Full required pieces must fit usable stock. Aggregate area or length alone cannot prove a feasible cut or roll allocation. Method basis: Lanes = ceil((expanded width − overlap)/(roll width − overlap)); pack each expanded room-length strip into selected rolls.

The focus is selected roll width. All other shared inputs remain fixed for each evaluated range.

Lanes = ceil((expanded width − overlap)/(roll width − overlap)); pack each expanded room-length strip into selected rolls.Floor Protection Roll Cut Order Calculator

Evaluate your supplied alternatives

Start with your measured plan and selected product data. The initial values and range are illustrative. Each scenario changes only selected roll width; the other entered values stay fixed.

Display units

Measured plan and product inputs

Selected roll width

Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

Selected roll length

Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

Your specified lane overlap

Your specified edge upturn

Separate protected rectangle 1

Measured width across lanes

Where to get this value

Measure this dimension in your plan or on site and use the displayed unit. For irregular shapes, divide the geometry into the supported sections.

Measured strip direction length

Where to get this value

Measure this dimension in your plan or on site and use the displayed unit. For irregular shapes, divide the geometry into the supported sections.

Identical areas

Supplied comparison range for selected roll width

Lower supplied comparison value

Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

Upper supplied comparison value

Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

Nine evenly spaced values are evaluated. Whole counts are rounded to distinct integer scenarios. Values between the listed samples are not calculated.

9 evaluated scenarios

Baseline: Protection rolls — 2 rolls. Rejected combinations remain visible below.

Quantity to plot

Each bar is one actual calculated protection rolls. Horizontal values: selected roll width in m.

Selected roll width	Protection rolls	Change from baseline	Use this scenario
0.6 m	3 rolls	1 roll	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 5 Total cut length 20 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
0.725 m	3 rolls	1 roll	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 5 Total cut length 20 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
0.85 m	2 rolls	0 rolls	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 4 Total cut length 16 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
0.975 m	2 rolls	0 rolls	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 4 Total cut length 16 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
1.1 m	2 rolls	0 rolls	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 3 Total cut length 12 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
1.225 m	2 rolls	0 rolls	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 3 Total cut length 12 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
1.35 m	2 rolls	0 rolls	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 3 Total cut length 12 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
1.475 m	2 rolls	0 rolls	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 3 Total cut length 12 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.
1.6 m	1 roll	-1 roll	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Continuous full-width strips 2 Total cut length 8 m Decreasing-length first-fit packing is feasible, not guaranteed optimal. Side remnants are not reused; no joining is assumed. Protection suitability is not selected.

Read the evaluated results

Look for jumps in purchased stock and rejected fits. The rows show actual evaluated allocations, not an assumption that every intermediate size will behave identically.

Replace every illustrative baseline measurement and selected product value with the inputs for your actual task.
Enter a comparison range on the focused input's stated unit and quantity basis.
Review rejected combinations and use the exact detail lines to distinguish measured demand from whole purchases.
Open an evaluated scenario in the full calculator to save its original inputs and quantity breakdown to a browser material project.

Keep the comparison within scope

Permitted orientation, complete-run requirements and reserved cut losses remain supplied inputs; sampled layouts do not promise a globally optimal cut plan.

Does not choose installation schedules, safe system properties or regulatory compliance.

Only the listed samples are evaluated. Intermediate values, alternate constraints and global cutting optimality are not inferred from the graph.

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Floor Protection Roll Cut Order Calculator

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Quantity method and illustrative scenarios checked 6 October 2026. Methods and scope.