Do you need to conduct tests on your packaging? Absolutely.

It is the only way to get control of product damage, losses, and spoilage in order to satisfy your customers!

Manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, foods and consumer products use our texture analyzers to test the performance of their packaging materials. Typically the materials or the packaging are tested directly. In other instances, the shelf life of the packaged product is evaluated with enough precision for the performance to be attributed back to the packaging materials and sealing. Our instruments are extremely easy-to-use and very flexible - providing accurate and reproducible test results. The TA.XTPlus, TA.XTPlus100, and TA.HDPlus Texture Analyzers are simple to calibrate and to validate. Most critical packaging metrics can be easily quantified with the TA.XTPlus Texture Analyzers and Exponent software program.

Stable Micro Systems and Texture Technologies have developed a number of probes and fixtures specific to testing packaging materials including classic tensile testing grips, friction sled rigs, blister pack testing, hold-down clamps, wedge grips, custom peel rigs, 90-degree lid peel fixtures, burst fixtures, three- and four-point bend fixtures, film strength and flexibility rigs, floating peel rigs, and even loop tack fixtures. We can also perform all of the ASTM standard packaging tests.

We help you identify a type of packaging failure, model it with our instruments and software, and then test exactly the problematic behavior.

More than just crush strength. Standard methods evaluate packaging by simply crushing them. We do more. We evaluate the packaging fatigue, stiffness, resilience, springback, relaxation and creep. Any of these alternative metrics might be more relevant to how your packaging fails your products and your customers.

More than just burst strength. Burst strength is often relevant to the tensile characteristics of films and pharmaceutical packaging, but burst behaviors can be more complex. Failures can also be due to an inability of materials to adhere properly, to defects or non-homogeneous materials, to issues related to excessive or insufficient friction characteristics, etc. Our instruments and test methods allow companies to evaluate a broader spectrum of failures in conditions that are designed to mimic real applications. We help you identify a type of failure, model it with our instrumentation, and then test exactly that behavior.

Great for packaging effectiveness. Proper packaging can often be measured by evaluating the product that has been packaged. For example, testing the effectiveness of a packaging material or seal for snack products can be easily conducted by evaluating the crispness of products before and after storage. Your customers are focused on your products, not your packaging. Maybe that is where your testing should be as well.

Packaging Testing

Do you need to conduct tests on your packaging? Absolutely.

It is the only way to get control of product damage, losses, and spoilage in order to satisfy your customers!

We help you identify a type of packaging failure, model it with our instruments and software, and then test exactly the problematic behavior.

Interested in learning more about your specific needs?