Avoid Damage of Packaging Due to Mishandling with Drop Tester

Avoid Damage of Packaging Due to Mishandling with Drop Tester

Package testing is performed to test the shelf life of packaged products in their shipping container. Both the shipping container and the efficiency of the packing are tested thoroughly. It is crucial for packaging to be able to withstand the accidental drops that are the most common practice of mishandling of packages. Unit packs are subjected to drops at different stages of packing and production, even while loading on store shelves by the store employees or while lifting up from the shelves. It must keep the packages intact.

It might happen that the transport packs are subjected to accidental drops at the time of warehousing and transport activities. The drop test is intended to evaluate the capability of a container to bear the sudden shocks that results from a free fall. It must evaluate the ability of the container and its inner packing to secure its content during sudden shocks that results from free fall. The test procedure compares the performance of various package designs and allows observation of progressive failure of a container and the damage to its contents. Drop Tester application is required while testing the drop resistance of packaging.

The drop test is required to assess the shelf life of internal packages, the efficiency of partitioning and cushioning arrangements, product fragility and drop failure height.

The test method includes:

• Individual unit packages are dropped from a specific height and at various orientations to check its durability.
• The test height is the expected height that the product can be dropped from in actual life or may be slightly higher.
• Heavy packages are handled at lower heights and hence needs to be dropped from low heights.
• Light products are placed at higher in shelf or stacked little higher and hence needs to be dropped from higher heights.

It is not always the responsibility of the supplier towards assuring protective packaging. Many of them do not take themselves answerable for any kind of damage after the shipment leaves. Therefore it is crucial to perform drop durability test using the right testing machine.

Drop Testing Equipment with Motorised and Pneumatic control designed by Pacorr Testing Instruments conducts a dropping impact test on products such as electrical instruments, bottles, packages etc. Adhering to IS: 7028 part 4 testing standards, the equipment is the perfect set up to measure the ability of packaging containers to bear the dropping impact that it faces at the time of shipping.

Drop Tester is a single walled winged structure with a drop height of minimum 380 mm and a maximum of 1800mm. The load bearing capacity is 50kg. The drop height can be adjusted according to the customer’s requirement.