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
PCA Score bend tester
Folding of cardboard is a delicate action. This device measures bending and opening force, stiffness of unscored paperboard, residual spring back force and score ratio of scored or unscored paperboard.
Vibration testers
Servo-hydraulic vibration testing allows you to extend your package testing and product testing past the basic dwell vibration. Each vibration tester is capable of conducting random vibration profiles that can simulate actual shipping environments and gives you the opportunity to pull costs out of your products and packages.
Savers
Savers continuously monitor all shocks but only records those events that are significant. Each event is Date and Time stamped. The GPS function determines where the product was and who was handling it when the event occurred. the powerful analysis software will display waveforms for all stored events.
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…