Transport and packaging
The function of a cushioned package is to provide a buffer between the product and the world of distribution and handling. To design this interface we must be able to determine the types and severity of the hazards that the package will encounter.
These may encompass many things, but the most powerful include drops which occur during handling, vibration of the transportation vehicle and compressive loads encountered during warehousing.
Ideally, the package system will provide enough protection to exactly match the requirements of the product and distribution environment. There are, however, two pitfalls which may occur if a systems approach to package design is not adopted. In the first situation, the package falls short of the protection requirements and a significant amount of damage occurs during shipment.
This “under-packaging” is fairly obvious to detect, but is avoidable and easily corrected with changes to the method of shipment, package design, product design or combinations of the above. In the second situation little or no damage occurs, but the product is “overpackaged”. In effect, the package is providing more protection than is required. Just as “under-packaging” wastes money through damaged product and loss of customer goodwill, “over-packaging” siphons money directly from a company’s bottom line.
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Products
Vibramax
The VMX-1100 is a small sized package shaker designed for the laboratory simulation of typical harzards present in distribution environment. Enables the assessment of external and internal packaging. Its rigid platform with adjustable restraining fences moves in a 2.54cm peak to peak vertical sinusoidal motion and applies a uniform vibration input over the entire test specimen with a maximum test frequence of 5Hz.
Package shaker
Lansmont's Package shakers are used to perform standard "repetitive shock", "loose load", or "bounce" tests in accordance with ISTA, ASTM, TAPPI, ISO, MIL-STD, FED-STD, UN, DOT, and other industry, government, and international standards. The large table sieze and load capacity make it ideal for most testing applications, from single package tests to large pallet loads.
Shock testers
The Model 122 can be configured to perform half-sine, trapezoidal and terminal peak saw-tooth waveforms with minimum set-up times between pulses.The Model 122 comes standard with Lansmont’s TouchTest™ Shock II Control System, which allows the operator full control over all shock test parameters and includes advanced features such as shock pulse predictor, autocycle for consecutive shock pulses, and a wide range of user programmability.
Testpartner 3
Test Partner 3 is a powerful combination of computer software and hardware specifically tailored to the capture and analysis of transient shock events. It can acquire up to sixteen channels of acceleration data simultaneously from shock, drop, or other kinds of impact events. The .Lite version includes 4 Channels of acquisition, basic shock analysis, andreporting functions.The TP3.etc software includes all features of the .Lite software, plus…