Package and Product Integrity Blog

DDL Product & Materials Division Lab Manager, Mark Francis, presents ASTM F1306. This is a test standard cited by ISO 11607-1, Annex B and provides a way to quantify penetration resistance. The test method employs a universal tester equipped with a load cell, hole clamp and penetration probe. The probe travels at a rate of one inch per minute and the test is complete when the probe has punctured the specimen. Data includes force at break, probe penetration and energy to break. This test method is relevant to packaging engineers, film suppliers and any technical discipline with a need to know more about a film or laminate’s resistive properties.

DDL, Inc.’s Lead Packaging Engineer, Scott Levy has presented on Distribution Simulation and Transportation Testing at MD&M West, MD&M East and MD&M Minneapolis, as well as at our own Medical Device Packaging Seminars.

Scott’s presentation focuses on educating industry professionals on changes to distribution simulation testing standards, the purpose of distribution simulation, a background on the standard writing organizations such as ASTM and ISTA, as well as identifying the proper test methodologies and which testing standards packaging engineers are most commonly utilizing.