Top-load testing: Ensuring packaging integrity from production to transport

Top-load testing is the method used to simulate and measure the force exerted on packaging containers during production, filling, capping, storage, and transport. The testing is used as a quality control parameter and is typically performed on plastic containers, metal cans, glass jars, and cardboard boxes.

Even though there are a myriad of sizes and shapes of containers, the topload test procedure still applies the same principles to determine:

• The force when the container is compressed to a certain displacement
• The deflection when the container is compressed to a known force
• The point of deformation or failure when a container is compressed

This live webinar will address all three types of tests using a motorized topload tester.

What You’ll Learn in the Webinar and Live Demonstration:

• Overview of top load testing
• Selecting test fixtures – vented versus non-vented compression plates
• Setting up top load test
• Measuring peak force, peak deflection, and force at failure
• Establishing pass/fail criteria
• Troubleshooting tester and software errors
• Factors that affect repeatability and consistency