Packaging Product Testing

What is Package Testing  

Package testing or packaging testing involves measuring a characteristic or property involved in packaging. This includes packaging materials, packaging components, primary packages, containers, unit loads, and related processes.  The test measures the effects and interactions of packaging levels, package contents, external forces, and end use.  It can include controlled experiments, subjective evaluations of people, or field tests. Test documentation is most important: formal test methods, test reports, photos, videos, etc.  

Testing is a qualitative or quantitative process. Packaging testing is usually a physical test. Some types of packaging such as food and pharmaceuticals, chemical tests are used to determine the suitability of packaging materials for contact with food. Test programs range from simple tests with small replications to more comprehensive experimental tests.  Packaging testing can be extended to a complete life cycle, i.e., aging testing. Testing can measure the life and capacity of the packaging, testing the effectiveness of a package under sealed conditions and the life of the packaging.

Common methods used in packaging product testing

There are sensory testing, physical testing, chemical testing and transport performance testing methods.

1. Sensory inspection methods

Sensory inspection is the use of sensory organs (such as the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, etc.) to check the sensory characteristics of the product method. Among them, visual inspection is widely used in the detection of packaging products. Such as corrugated cartons, cement bags, plastic food bags, egg trays, calcium-plastic caddies, actinium barrels and other products such as the appearance.

2. Physical inspection methods

Physical inspection is the use of physical principles, with the help of a variety of testing instruments and equipment on the physical quantity of the product and its physical properties and mechanical properties of the performance under the action of force, electricity, sound, light, heat, etc. The test method. It includes t metric test method, optical test method, thermal test enamel, electrical performance test enamel mechanical performance test method. For example, the compressive strength of corrugated boxes, breaking strength, puncture strength, peel eagle, side compression strength and other items are determined using physical test methods.

3. Chemical test methods

Chemical test is the use of chemical reagents and instruments to determine the chemical composition of the product and its content by certain methods, and compare the test results with the required quality standards. Thus determine whether the product is qualified. Such as plastic food bags, health indicators, which is determined by chemical testing methods.

4. Environmental testing methods

Environmental testing is to expose the product or material to the natural or artificial environment for testing, so that they may actually encounter storage, transportation and use conditions to evaluate the performance.

What is the importance of packaging testing?

1. For certain types of products, packaging testing is required by regulation: food. Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, dangerous goods, etc. This may cover design qualification, periodic retesting, and control of the packaging process. Processes can be controlled through a variety of quality control management systems, such as HACCP, statistical process control, validation protocols, ISO 9000, etc.

For unregulated products, testing can be performed in accordance with the required contractual or regulatory specifications. The extent of package testing can often be a business decision. Risk management may involve the following factors:

① the cost of the package

  ②The cost of package testing

  (iii) the value of the content being shipped to

  ④The goodwill of the customer of the value

  ⑤The risk of product liability

  ⑥Other potential costs of under-packaging, etc.

An important consideration for packaging is to determine the development of a packaged product that may be damaged in the process of delivery to the end customer. One of the primary purposes of a good package is to ensure the safety of the product during transportation and storage. If a product is damaged in the process, then it will result in the incompleteness of your customer's purchase and possible return of the product by your customer.

4. Packaging testing is usually part of a formal project management plan. Software packaging is usually tested with a new packaging design, revisions to a current design, changes to packaging materials, and a variety of other reasons. Testing a new package design in full-scale production can save time and money.

The purpose of packaging testing  

①Package testing may have a variety of uses, such as.

② To determine, or verify, that the requirements of a specification, regulation or contract are met  

③To determine if a new product development project is on track: to demonstrate proof of concept  

④Provide standard data on other scientific, engineering, and quality assurance functions

⑤ Verify suitability for end use

⑥Provide a basis for technical communication  

⑦Provide a technology meant to compare several options  

⑧Provides evidence in legal proceedings: product liability, patents, product claims, etc.  

⑨Help solve problems with current packaging  

⑩Help identify potential cost-saving packaging

Packaging Testing Program

Packaging products and transportation testing

1. ambient temperature and humidity testing, low air pressure testing

2. Packaging parts clamping force test

3. Stacking compression test

4. Drop test

5. Inclined table impact test

6. ISTA series test (1A,1B,1C,1D,1E,1G,1H,2A,2B,2C,3A,3B,3E,3F,4AB,5B,6 SAMSCLUM,6-FEDEX-A, 6-FEDEX-B, 6-Amazon.com-SIOC, 6-Amazon.com-over (Boxing, 7D)

7. Roller drop test

8. Vibration test

Packaging material testing

1. Smoothness (Buick type)

2. Stiffness

3. Abrasion resistance

4. Carton pressure

5. flat compression strength

6. ring compression strength

7. Quantitative (gram weight)

8. Paper corner protector compressive and bending strength test

9. edge compression strength (ECT)

10. folding resistance

11. Printed ink abrasion resistance

12. pallet physical properties test

13. Adhesive (peel) strength

14. Puncture strength

15. Tear strength

16. Thickness

17. Toxic element test for packaging materials

18. water absorption

19. water content

Print quality assessment

1. bar code grade

2. Coating layer

3. color matching

4. Overprinting

5. mesh

6. Measurements

Other items

1. Biodegradation and raw material identification services

2. Environmental packaging design evaluation service

3. Recycling process inspection service

Packaging material testing standards

Vibration resistance test performance

Vibration test repetitive shock for shipping containers ASTM D999-08 (2015)

Vibration test for pallet loading, unit loading random vibration test ASTM D4728-17

Vertical vibration ASTM D3580-2015

Mechanical loading and unloading performance ASTM D6055-96 (2019)

Forklift loading and unloading, forklift lifting test, grip clamp test, push and pull test, hook lifting test, sling lifting test

Pressure resistance performance ASTM D642-15

The pressure resistance test is mainly divided into two categories: static load pressure test and pressure test.

Weather resistance ASTM D4332-14

Weather resistance is mainly based on customer-defined conditions, but there are corresponding conditions available in the standard.

Transport packaging performance test ASTM D4169-16

This performance test is to test the protection function of the contents of the transport packaging in the various environments encountered in the logistics process. In the ASTM D4169 standard, a more complete set of test standards to simulate the transport packaging environment. It mainly includes 18 different circulation environments.

Transport packaging performance test ASTM D7386-16

Mainly for small parcels transport packaging.