ASTM Package Testing Standards
ASTM International, also known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, offers comprehensive guidelines, standards, and testing protocols to evaluate the safety of products and packaging. The ASTM organization has gained worldwide recognition for its established standards.
Keystone Package Testing, as an ASTM-certified and ISO 17025-accredited laboratory, possesses transit testing capabilities aligned with various ASTM Testing Standards.
ASTM Overview
- ASTM D642: Compressive Resistance of Shipping Containers, Components and Unit Loads
- ASTM D880: Impact Testing for Shipping Containers and Systems
- ASTM D951: Water Resistance of Shipping Containers by Spray Method
- ASTM D999: Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers
- ASTM D2063: Torque Retention for Packages with Continuous Thread Closures
- ASTM D2658: Fiberboard Box Testing
- ASTM D3103: Thermal Insulation Performance of Distribution Packages
- ASTM D3580: Vertical Linear Motion
- ASTM D4168: Transmitted Shock Characteristics of Foam-in-Place Cushioning Materials
- ASTM D4169: Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems
- ASTM D4332: Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing
- ASTM D4577: Compression Resistance of a Container
- ASTM D4728: Random Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers
- ASTM D4991: Leakage Testing of Containers by Vacuum Method
- ASTM D5094: Gross Leakage with Threaded or Lug-Style Closures
- ASTM D5112: Vibration (Horizontal Linear Motion) Test of Products
- ASTM D5265: Bridge Impact Testing
- ASTM D5276: Drop Test of Loaded Containers by Free Fall
- ASTM D5331: Evaluation of Mechanical Handling of Unitized Loads Secured with Stretch Wrap Films
- ASTM D5416: Abrasion Resistance of Stretch Wrap Films by Vibration Testing
- ASTM D5487: Simulated Drop of Loaded Containers by Shock Machines
- ASTM D6055: Mechanical Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
- ASTM D6179: Rough Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
- ASTM D6344: Concentrated Impacts to Transport Packages
- ASTM D6537: Instrumented Package Shock Testing for Determination of Package Performance
- ASTM D6653: Effects of High Altitude on Packaging Systems by Vacuum Method
- ASTM D7030: Creep Testing of Corrugated Fiberboard Containers
- ASTM D7386: Performance Testing of Packages for Single Parcel Delivery Systems
- ASTM D7660: Pressure Tests on United Nations Packaging
- ASTM F88: Seal Strength Testing of Pouches and Flexible Barrier Materials
- ASTM F1140: Burst and Creep Testing
- ASTM F1929: Detecting Leaks in Medical Packaging
- ASTM F1980: Accelerated Aging of Sterile Barrier Systems for Medical Devices
- ASTM F2054: Burst Testing of Flexible Package Seals Using Internal Air Pressurization Within Restraining Plates
- ASTM F2095: Pressure Decay Leak Test for Flexible Packages With and Without Restraining Plates
- ASTM F2096: Detecting Gross Leaks in Packaging by Internal Pressurization (Bubble Test)
- ASTM F2824: Mechanical Seal Testing for Cups and Containers
- ASTM F2825: Climatic Stressing of Packaging Systems for Single Parcel Delivery
- ASTM F3039: Detecting Leaks in Nonporous Packaging or Flexible Barrier Materials by Dye Penetration
Expert ASTM Accredited Package Transportation Ship Testing
Keystone Compliance offers a full scope of testing to a number of ASTM package testing standards. Included below are links to more information about some of the more popular standards we are requested to test to. If you do not see the standard you are looking for, please contact us. We have a large scope of capabilities and likely can complete the testing but have just not had time to build the web page for it.
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