Packaging Testing

Expert Third-Party Package Testing

Advanced Package Testing Equipment

Testing services range from general paper and paperboard testing to providing our customers the opportunity to fully evaluate their package design before it moves to production.

Testing Equipment

Compression Tester
Size: 30” x 30”
Max force: 5,000 lbs.
Rotary Vibration Tester
Size: 53” x 42” w/ extension: 90” x 45”
Max weight capacity: 600 lbs.
Max displacement: 1”
Free Fall Drop Tester
Payload Capacity: 200 lbs.
Landing Zone: 66” x 36”
Drop Height: 12” – 84”
Max Package Size: 66” x 36” unlimited height
Incline Impact Tester
Max Package Size: 43” x 36” x 84”\

Testing Capabilities

Compression Test of Fiberboard Shipping Containers
Standard(s): TAPPI T 804 & ASTM D 642
Drop Test of Fiberboard Shipping Containers
Standard(s): TAPPI T 802 & ASTM D 5276
Vibration Test of Fiberboard Shipping Containers (Rotary Only)
Standard(s): Unofficial ISTA 1A/1B & ASTM D 999 (Method 2)
Impact Resistance of Fiberboard Shipping Containers
Standard(s): TAPPI T 801 & ASTM D 880
Grammage of Paper and Paperboard (Basis Weight)
Standard(s): TAPPI T 410 & ASTM D 646
Burst Strength of Paperboard and Corrugated Fiberboard (Mullen Test)
Standard(s): TAPPI T 807 & 810
Edgewise Compressive Strength of Corrugated Fiberboard (ECT)
Standard(s): TAPPI T 839 & 811
Ring Crush of Paperboard
Standard(s): TAPPI T 818
Pin Adhesion of Corrugated Fiberboard
Standard(s): TAPPI T 821
Wax Pick Test
Standard(s): TAPPI T 459
Thickness of Paperboard and Corrugated Fiberboard (Caliper)
Standard(s): TAPPI T 411
Water Absorption of Paper and Corrugated Fiberboard (Cobb Test)
Standard(s): TAPPI T 441 & ASTM D 3285
Brightness Test
Standard(s): TAPPI T 452
Performance Testing Series of Fiberboard Shipping Containers
ISTA 1A, 1B, 1C, & 1D
4G (Corrugated Fiberboard) UN HazMat Certification Testing