Testing Strength of Egg Cartons Under Compressive Load

Carton packaging has been in use for a long time and is accepted by many industries as its trustworthy material that delivers required strength and security and at the same time is light in weight and is biodegradable. The sector that costumes maximum of cartons is the EGG producing companies or poultry farms. Egg cartons or egg packaging trays are the one material that delivers two diverse properties and hence has a huge responsibility to deliver maximum resistance against rough handling to protect the eggs packed inside. And the most common issue that is faced by egg carton manufacturers is to make them align with being strong and light both. In such cases, it is quite normal to drop quality factors at some or another point but the compression strength of cartons must not be compromised. Let's check how Box Compression Tester can help in evaluating and boosting Egg carton compression strength.

Why one must check the compression strength of egg cartons?

Packaging materials have an important role to play in the market. They are the PROTECTOR. They are supposed to deliver a strong barrier between the outside environment and the inside product. They are also meant to be robust against all kinds of rough physical forces that might be experienced by a product on the production line, storage or in transit. The level of strength delivery in protecting the product inside increases with the sensitivity of the packaged product. Hence, there are many responsibilities over a packaging material and thus it is important that it is produced that way and be checked for all the required criteria.

In the case of Egg Cartons, the product is Egg, which is the most sensitive product we can think of where packaging cartons are used. Such product must be packed in a carton that has a strength quality so high that can protect the eggs against the vertical compression load and also must be light in weight as the eggs have their won weight too.

One more reason to test the compression resistance of the cartons are its unique design, the zig zag design of egg cartons has gaps in between the sockets that allow air to let in. In such case, the cartons become fluffy within and on experiencing compression, it may deflect easily, hence at every stage it is important to know that exactly how much force or vertical load the cartons can take before deflection.

Box compression tester - the unique testing system testing egg carton’s resistance against perpendicular forces.

Box compression tester is a quality inspection equipment that is sued to evaluate the performance of cardboard corrugated non - corrugated boxes against vertical compression load. Packaging material like Egg Cartons can easily be evaluated and its performance can be predicted against the load. The machine is equipped with heavy compression plates that travels down to the base plate to put vertical load to the specimen. The compression platest are designed to ensure that the load is applied uniformly on the entire carton surface as it may experience when they are stacked by keeping one on another.

The load applied and the force at which the carton deflect is precisely recorded on to digital display screen. This data helps the user to either improve th caryton’s strength and test and try again or adjust the circumstances of the packaging material so that deflection of the carton can be avoided. The box compression testing machine conforms to the internation test standards making its test values acceptable worldwide.

By testing egg cartons’ performance against increasting stacking load, the manufacturer can promise their client the best quality and delivery strength.