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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
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