Package Testing
Package testing is the simulated process of distribution and storage of
products that need to travel from the manufacturer to the end user.
Packages can be described as an exterior container, cushioning or protection
material and/or the product itself.
Package testing is relevant for clients who want to consistently deliver
their products to market on-time and in compliance with industry regulations. It
is the manufacturer's responsibility to evaluate each package's ability to
protect the product inside throughout the handling, distribution and storage
process.
Package fragility is a concern for most of our clients. Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service can simulate virtually every condition packages will undergo during
warehouse or distribution processes. We have equipment to test shipping cartons,
point-of-purchase (POP) displays and pallets.
The two most popular situations tested are shipping and storage:
- Shipping — Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service can simulate various vibrations,
temperatures and unpressurized altitudes that products will encounter.
- Storage — Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service can simulate various conditions that
happen during storage such as stacking, impact/shock and dropping.
- Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service also tests to unique requirements or special
environmental circumstances such as fungus, salt fog or UV/sunlight exposure.
These tests enable our customers to make effective interpretations about the
integrity of their packaging. Our goal is for your packages to reach your
customers in an acceptable condition. We provide package testing services to the
following industry sectors:
- Consumer Products
- FDA-Regulated
- Medical Device Manufacturers
To determine which tests are appropriate for your package system, you will
need to consider a combination of factors including regulatory requirements,
applicable standard(s) or test procedures, mode of transport, type and category
of product in the container, size and shape of the container, and the container
material make up.
Testing your packaging before it goes to your customers can save you money,
reduce your liability, and increase your credibility and professionalism with
your clients.
Tektronix Service Solutions serves leading companies and government agencies
with a wide array of package testing services, including:
- Bounce
- Compression, Machine
- Compression, Dead Weight
- Drop Test
- Vehicle Simulation
- Fragility
- Storage Test
- Thermal Shipper Validation
- Shipping
- Label Rub & Peel
- Stacking
- Vibration (sinusoidal/random)
Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service is certified by the International Safe Transport
Association (ISTA), the body that has designed a rigorous program of package and
transportation tests to provide a laboratory simulation of the damage-producing
forces and conditions of transport environments. Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service is
also compliant with a variety of industry-specific standards, including:
- ISTA
- ASTM
- IEC 68-2
- GR-63
- RTCA/DO-160
When you choose Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service for package testing services, you
also leverage our more than 60 years of component and product testing
experience. And, you benefit from the precision, rigor and exceptional service
that have become hallmarks of Tektronix Multi-Vendor Service.
Accreditations
PRODUCT TESTING LOCATIONS
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Product Testing Locations.
For more information about product testing services,
call 800-454-1772.