Why do Cardboard Boxes Need Drop Tests and Not Manual Methods?

Cardboard boxes experience vertical load or a push force during their lifespan delivering high-quality packaging and other forces like being dropped from a certain height or angle accidentally. This can happen at any stage of packaging or transportation. But the question here is why do we need to use the support of a machine or any technology to test the drop resistance of a box? Why we can't just drop and test the same ourselves? What is the big deal in it? Why invest anything for just dropping a box? Let’s find out how to Drop a Tester for Corrugated Boxes is way better than a manual method of dropping the box and testing the impact.

Consistency and Precision - Machine Vs Manual
Manual Method - In the Manual method taking a box and dropping it one by one from different heights might give an idea at what point it will damage. But this method won't promise precision in measuring the height from which the bix has been dropped. Also it's not only the height that matters but in the manual method, the style of the person throwing the box differs from one to another.

Machine Method - Instead of this, with a machine, like a drop tester, one can adjust the drop height, the drop frequency, the drop speed, etc. And with the machines, some sensors bring accuracy to the reading of the values. Also, it doesnt matter if you throw the same box from different lengths or throw different boxes from the same height for comparison analysis.

Safety and Controlling Environment - Machine Vs Manual
Manual Method - A person dropping a box can only give you results of a vertical drop test but they will be unable to deliver drops at different angles and recreate distinct scenarios of real-world handling drops. Also, there is a major safety concern when the workers will be testing, dropping a heavy cardboard box can bring injury to them and with human errors they can fall off while dropping from an angle or height.

Machine Method - In contrast to this, a drop tester for cardboard boxes can have a controlled environment where the operator can set not only vertical drops but also, drops from different angles along with different heights. This will ensure that the box has been tested for maximum possibilities of drop. Also while performing any kind of test, the machine won’t have any issue with the bix weight or drop height reducing the risk of injury to workers in the manual method.

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