Packaging Tests: Assessing Quality, Safety and Performance

What are the Types of Materials Used in Packaging Production? Which Test Procedures Should Be Applied?

Packaging Testing: Why is it Important?

Packaging plays an important role in the transportation, storage and safe delivery of products to the end consumer. The safety and quality of packaging used in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other industries is critical to both consumer health and product performance. Packaging testing is applied to determine whether these requirements are met.

There are many types of packaging used in different products. Packaging materials can be produced from metal, paper-cardboard and plastic materials. Packaging must be specifically selected depending on the product requirements. For example, plastics must have the correct gas and water vapor permeability. Metal packaging needs to have the appropriate tin or lacquer layer. Multilayer structures need to be the right thickness. Packaging is selected by taking these features into consideration.

Metal Packaging Tests

Checks against specifications
Determination of compound liner weight distribution
Determination of the vacuum contained in the boxes
Drop test
Paint penetration test
Elemental analysis
Head cavity gas analysis
Lacquer adhesion test
Lake weight determination
Leakage testing of boxes
Plate thickness
Ring pull analysis of easy open ends
Scanning electron microscope
Scoreline analysis
Sewing section / double stitch evaluation
Sidewall and vertical axis strength test
Torque test

Plastic Packaging Tests

Adhesive bond strength test
Biotest
Burst test
Coefficient of friction (CoF) test
Compliance with dimensional and material specifications
Creep test
Drop test
Paint penetration test
Examination of glass and plastics under polarized light
Internal pressure resistance
Oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) testing
Peel test
Pendulum impact test
Tear resistant
Tensile and T-strip test
Thrust test
Torque test
Underwater vacuum / bubble emission test

Paper and Paperboard Packaging Tests

Adhesive bond strength test
Biotest
Cobb test
Coefficient of friction (CoF) test
Compression strength test
Compliance with dimensional and material specifications
Drop test
Paint penetration test
Edge crush test
Flat crush test
Flute measurements
Weight
Kit test
Mullen burst test
Peel test
Tear resistant

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