Equipment

Shock Equipment

• LAB Incline Impact Tester

  See more info on our incline impact tester here.

  • Platen Dimension: 60″ x 60″
  • Maximum Velocity: 8.2 ft/sec
  • Maximum Capacity: 2,500 lbs

  

• Lansmont Shock Machine

  See more info on our shock machine here.

  • Platen Dimensions: 37″ x 45″
  • Maximum Capacity: 1,000 lbs
  • Average Acceleration: 60g

  

• Lansmont Cushion Tester

  See more info on our cushion tester here.

  • Platen Dimensions: 9″ x 9″
  • Maximum Capacity: 80 lbs
  • Minimum Impact Velocity: 28 in/s
  • Maximum Impact Velocity: 216 in/s

  

• Free-Fall Drop Tester

  See more info on or free-fall drop tester here.

  • Maximum height: 72″
  • Minimum height: 12″
  • Maximum Capacity: 150 lbs

  

Compression Equipment

• Interlaken Compression Tester

  See more info on our compression tester here.

  • 100,000 lbs load cell
  • Fixed/Floating Platen
    • Platen Dimensions: 60″ x 60″
  • Maximum Opening: 77″

  

• Lansmont Squeezer

  See more info on our squeezer here.

  • 5,000 lbs Load Cell
  • Fixed Platen
    • Platen Dimensions: 30″ x 30″
  • Maximum Opening: 48″

  

• Satec Instron
  • Tensile & Compression
  • Maximum Load: 10,000 lbs

Vibration Equipment

• Lansmont Vibration Table

  See more info on our Lansmont table here.

  • Sine/Random Vibration
  • Platen Dimensions: 60″ x 60″
  • Maximum Capacity: 5,500 lbs
  • Frequency: 1 – 300 Hz
  • Stroke (peak-to-peak): 10 in.

  

• MTS Vibration Table

  See more info on our MTS table here.

  • Sine/Random Vibration
  • Platen Dimensions: 48″ x 48″
  • Maximum Capacity: 1,500 lbs
  • Frequency: 1 – 300 Hz
  • Stroke (peak-to-peak): 10 in.

  

• DataPhysics Electro-Dynamic Shaker with Environmental Chamber

  See more info on our EDS machine here.

  • Sine/Random Vibration
  • Chamber Dimensions: 36″ x 36″ x 44″
  • Maximum Output: 3,000 lbf
  • Frequency: 3 – 2400 Hz
  • Maximum Displacement: 3″
  • 5°C – 55°C Temperature Range
  • 5% – 90% Relative Humidity Range

  

Environmental Conditioning Equipment

Some Cold Conditions Available Upon Request

• PGC Walk-In Chamber

  See more info on our walk-in chamber here.

  • Temperature Range: 5°C – 55°C
  • Humidity Range: 5% – 95% RH
  • Holds up to 6 Standard Pallets
• PGC Reach-In Chamber

  See more info on our reach-in chamber here.

  • Temperature Range: 5°C – 55°C
  • Humidity Range: 5% – 95% RH
  • Chamber Volume: 30 ft³
• PGC Environmentally Controlled TAPPI Room
  • Standard Conditions
    • 23°C
    • 50% RH
  • Houses material testing equipment
    • TMI Burst Test Machine
    • TMI Edge Crush Test Machine
• CSZ Z-Plus Environmental Chamber

  See more info on our cold-chain chamber here.

  • Temperature Range: -34°C – 190°C
  • Temperature Stability: +/- 0.5°C
  • Chamber Volume: 32 ft³

Testing Capabilities

• ISTA Testing

  Our lab is equipped to carry out all six active series of ISTA certification, which help to ensure the performance of your packaging and certify that it is safe for transit and distribution.

  View our ISTA certificate here.

  • ISTA 1 Series: Non-Simulation Integrity Performance Tests
  • ISTA 2 Series: Partial Simulation Performance Tests
  • ISTA 3 Series: General Simulation Performance Tests
  • ISTA 4 Series: Enhanced Simulation Performance Tests
  • ISTA 6 Series: Member Performance Tests (Amazon, Sam’s Club, FedEx)
  • ISTA 7 Series: Development Tests
• ASTM Testing

  Our lab is also capable of conducting ASTM testing. These standards offer similar testing sequences to ISTA with slightly different procedures.

  • ASTM D4169: Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems
  • ASTM D7386: Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Packages for Single Parcel Delivery Systems
  • ASTM D642: Standard Test Method for Determining Compressive Resistance of Shipping Containers, Components, and Unit Loads
  • ASTM D880: Standard Test Method for Impact Testing for Shipping Containers and Systems
  • ASTM D4332: Standard Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing
  • ASTM D4728: Standard Test Method for Random Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers
  • ASTM D6055: Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
  • ASTM D6179: Standard Test Methods for Rough Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
  • ASTM D6344: Standard Test Method for Concentrated Impacts to Transport Packages
• TAPPI Testing

  If you need to evaluate the material performance of your packages, we also offer TAPPI material testing standards that can quantify different material properties.

  • T403: Bursting Strength of Paper
  • T401: Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board
  • T410: Grammage of paper and paperboard (weight per unit area)
  • T810: Bursting Strength of Corrugated Board
  • T811: Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard (short column test)
  • T822: Ring crush of paperboard (rigid support method)
  • T838: Edge Crush Test Using Neckdown
  • T839: Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard using the clamp method (short column test)