Testing
Purple Diamond is a full-service package testing facility serving a variety of high-touch industries. Our facility hosts several dedicated laboratories, including an Environmental Conditioning Lab with ICH Stability Storage. We evaluate according to a diverse range of industry standards and procedures, such as ASTM, ISO, ISTA, TAPPI, and UN/DOT. Purple Diamond’s Quality Management System is managed following the requirements of ISO 17025:2017 through ANAB.
Packaging testing is the process of evaluating and verifying the quality, reliability, and effectiveness of packaging materials and methods to ensure that they meet the intended requirements and comply with industry standards.
There are several types of packaging tests that may be conducted including:
1) Physical Testing – This involves testing the physical properties of the packaging material such as strength, durability, and impact resistance.
2) Environmental Testing – This involves exposing the packaging material to various environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, and light to ensure that it can withstand these conditions.
3) Chemical Testing – This involves testing the packaging material’s resistance to various chemicals, acids, and alkalis that it may come in contact with during its lifecycle.
4) Performance Testing – This involves testing the packaging material’s performance under simulated real-world conditions to ensure that it meets its intended purpose.
5) Compatibility Testing – This involves testing the compatibility of the packaging material with the product being packed to ensure that it does not react with or contaminate the product.
Moreover, packaging testing is vital in ensuring that products stay protected and undamaged throughout the supply chain, maintaining the product’s quality and integrity.
Testing is not only a good idea but also many industries have regulations in place that make testing mandatory. Purple Diamond offers its expertise from trained packaging engineers to help bring your product to market. Our engineers have industry experience with packaging and distribution systems, products and materials. We also test medical device packaging in accordance with ISO 11607 and are UN/DOT certified. Purple Diamond also offers extensive conditioning and distribution simulations of packaging components and a variety of materials testing.
We test to ISTA, ASTM, TAPPI, NMFC, ISO, and MIL specifications for a comprehensive service.
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- Hazmat Certification Testing for Packaging
- ISTA 3L Generalized E-Commerce Retailer Fulfillment Test
- ASTM D3580 Vibration Integrity Testing
- ASTM D1596 Standard Test Method for Dynamic Shock Cushioning
- ASTM D5264 Abrasion Resistance of Printed Materials by the Sutherland Rub Tester
- ASTM D4169 Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems
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- ASTM F3039 Primary Packaging Dye Penetration
- ASTM F2250 Chemical Resistance of Printed Inks
- ASTM F2096 Primary Packaging Bubble Emission
- ASTM F1980 Accelerated Aging Medical Devices
- ASTM F1929 Primary Packaging Dye Penetration
- ASTM F1886 Primary Packaging Seal Integrity
- ASTM F1140 Primary Packaging Pressure Testing
- ASTM F88 Tensile Testing Seal Strength
- ASTM D7386 Small Parcel Package Testing
- ASTM D6653 Altitude Testing Packaging Systems
- ASTM D6344 Concentrated Impacts Transport Packaging
- ASTM D6179 Rough Handling Unitized Loads
- ASTM D6055 Mechanical Handling Unitized Loads
- ASTM D5487 Instrumented Drop Testing
- ASTM D5277 Inclined Impact Testing
- ASTM D5276 Drop Test by Free Fall
- ASTM D5265 Bridge Impact
- ASTM D4728 Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers
- ASTM D4332 Package Conditioning
- ASTM D3285 Cobb Test
- ASTM D3103 Thermal Performance of Distribution Packages
- ASTM D3078 Flexible Packaging Bubble Emission
- ASTM D999 Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers
- ASTM D951 Water Resistance of Shipping Containers
- ASTM D880 Impact Testing
- ASTM D685 Paper Conditioning
- ASTM D642 Compression Testing of Shipping Containers
- ISTA Procedure 1D Individual Packaged Products 150 lb or More
- TAPPI T844 Basis Weight of Corrugated
- TAPPI T839 Edge Compression Test (ECT) – Clamp Method
- TAPPI T837 Bond Strength – Glue
- TAPPI T830 Sutherland Ink Rub
- TAPPI T829 Scorebend
- TAPPI T811 Edge Compression Test (ECT) Corrugated
- TAPPI T810 Burst Test of Corrugated
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- TAPPI T441 Cobb Test
- TAPPI T432 Water Absorbency of Paper
- TAPPI T412 Moisture Content of Paper
- TAPPI T411 Caliper of Paper
- TAPPI T410 Grammage of Paper
- TAPPI T403 Burst Strength of Paper
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- ISTA Project 6 AMAZON.COM SIOC
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- ISTA Procedure 4AB Simulated Performance Testing – User Defined
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- ISTA Procedure 1H Packaged Products 150 lb or More – Random Vibration
- ISTA Procedure 1G Packaged Products 150 lb or Less – Random Vibration
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- ISTA Procedure 1C Individual Packaged Products 150 lb or Less
- ISTA Procedure 1B Packaged Products 150 lb or More
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