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Within our warehouse facility we commonly follow ISTA 2A testing principles for the packages we pack, label, and ship.
Regardless of if you’ve sourced your own packaging or worked with our R&D team to design and develop bespoke packaging, we can perform packaging reliability testing* before production to validate that the packaging will protect the product adequately during transit.
*Note, this is an additional chargeable service, please inquire about it for details.
You can see the various reliability testing equipment in action in our in-house test lab here:
This is a package drop test being performed:
Packaging reliability testing is effective as it:
Protects products and profits with reduced damage and product loss
Enhances customer satisfaction and continued business
Reliability testing carried out on packages
In-house we can carry out the tests mentioned in the official ISTA guidelines.
A typical reliability testing plan for a customer is as follows:1
Package Drop Test
This test simulates the rough treatment a package can suffer from if dropped from a variety of angles.
A dropping robot (or quality inspector) will hold the package (which is a real unit inside the same packaging that will be used in transit) and drop it from a set height (based on its weight, this could be between around 0.5 to 1.5m) onto the same surface. It will be dropped 10 times, in a precise sequence: One corner, three edges, six faces.
Pass = no functional and mechanical failures found on product & retail packaging.
2
Package Vibration Test
This test simulates the types of vibrations that packages suffer during handling, transportation, and shipping.
The sample export page with product inside will be subjected to vibration on different faces for a total of 60 mins (measured in root mean square acceleration or Grms) created by hydraulic tables with fixed displacement (using relevant apparatus as per ASTM D999) or random (using relevant apparatus as per ASTM D4728) vibration.
The vibrations created are equivalent to those felt during transit on a train, plane, or truck.
Pass = no functional and mechanical failures found on product & retail packaging.
3
Package Compression Test
This test measures the ability of a carton to withstand pressure from above before deforming.
The carton (or package) is put under pressure for 60 minutes by testing apparatus to simulate the weight that cartons stacked at the bottom on pallets in a container or a truck can withstand on top without getting crushed and demonstrates to how much they become deformed, too.
The compression weight used is calculated using this process: (No. of Cartons in Stack – 1) x gross weight of 1 full package.
Pass = no functional and mechanical failures found on product & retail packaging.
