Plastic Package Test Equipment -- Packaging Quality Control

Labthink Instruments is an international enterprise that is dedicated to providing professional consulting, testing instruments, support services, and quality assurance solutions for customers in the fields of packaging, food and beverage, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, daily chemicals, printing, adhesives, automobiles, petrochemicals, biotechnology, construction, and new energy, etc.

1. Permeability Test 
  including oxygen permeation tester, gas permeability tester, water vapor peremability tester. take VAC-V2 as example

Product description 
VAC-V2 is based on the differential pressure method, and is professionally applicable to the determination of gas transmission rate as well as solubility coefficient, diffusion coefficient and permeability coefficient of plastic films, composite films, high barrier materials, sheeting, and aluminum foils.

Standards
VAC-V2 gas permeability tester conforms to  ISO 15105-1, ISO 2556, GB/T 1038-2000, ASTM D1434, JIS K7126-1

Technical Specifications 

Specifications	Film
Test Range	0.05~50,000 cm3/m2·24h·0.1MPa (standard volume)
	At least 500,000 cm3/m2·24h·0.1MPa (extended volume)
Number of Specimens	3 (with independent test results)
Vacuum Resolution	0.1 Pa
Vacuum Degree of Test Chamber	<20 Pa
Temperature	5°C ~ 95°C
Accuracy	±0.1°C (standard)
Humidity	0%RH, 2%RH ~ 98.5%RH, 100%RH (humidity generator is outside of supply scope)
Accuracy	±1%RH

 2. Tensile Test 
Product description 
XLW (PC) Auto tensile Tester is professionally applicable to the determination of force properties of various flexible packaging materials, with high precision (0.5% of reading value) and multiple test ranges.

Standards
ISO 37,  ASTM E4, ASTM D882, ASTM D1938, ASTM D3330, ASTM F88, ASTM F904, JIS P8113

Technical Specifications 

Items	Specifications
Load Cell Capacity	500 N, 50 N (one of them is available)
Accuracy	0.5% of reading value
Number of Specimens	1
Test Speed	50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 500 mm/min

3. Friction Test

Product description 

MXD-02 Coefficient of Friction Tester is designed for static and kinetic coefficient of friction tests of plastic films, sheets, rubber, paper, PP woven bags, fabric style, metal-plastic composite strips/belts for communication cable, conveyor belts, wood, coatings, brake pads, windshield wipers, shoe materials and tires.



Standards

ISO 8295, ASTM D1894, TAPPI T816



Technical Specifications 

Items	Specifications
Capacity Range	0 ~ 5 N
Accuracy	0.5% of Reading Value
Stroke	70 mm, 150 mm
Mass of Sled	200 g (Standard)
	Sled of specific weight could be customized

Other plastic packaging testing equipment includes

• FDI-01 Falling Dart Impact Tester 

•  Digital Bottle Cap Torque Tester 

• Heat Seal Tester and Hot Tack Tester 
• 
• Thickness Tester (contacting Method)
• 
• Elmendorf Tearing Strength Tester 
• 
• Leak Tester and Seal Strength Tester
• 
• Ink Rub Tester 
• 
• Heat Shrinkage Tester 
• 

Heat Seal Tester

Heat Seal Tester seals the specimen under specified temperature, pressure and dwell time,to test the heat seal strength of laminated films.

Heat Seal Tester conforms to standards of ASTM F2029.

Heat Seal Tester has below merits:
1. Mechanical-electrical integration of control system
2. Seal parameters could be changed in certain extent and be displayed on LCD
3. Multifold heat sealing jaws with different areas according to customer's requirement, and easy to change
4. P.I.D. temperature controller
5. Robust model with Multi-stations that can be work under gradient temperature is available

Technical Data of Labthink Heat Seal Tester:

1. Seal temperature: room temperature ~ 300°C
2. temperature accuracy: ±0.1°C
3. Dwell time: 0.1 ~ 999.9s
4. Sealing pressure: 0.05MPa ~ 0.7MPa
5. Sealing area: 330mm x 10mm (customization available)

Slip and Friction Tester

Slip and Friction Tester is applicable in slip and friction test to plastic films, foils, paper and other materials. Users can adjust the speed of packing machines and packages' open property by testing coefficient of friction. Slip and Friction Tester complies with ASTM D1894, ASTM D202,ASTM D4918,ISO 8295 and TAPPI T815.

Slip and Friction Tester has below merits:
1. Micro computer controls
2. Perfect LCD can show the parameters, results and curve clearly
3. Automatic scatter analysis, smooth analysis
4. Quick start options for tests according to different standards like ISO 8295 and ASTM D1894
5. Can perform tests for single specimen and group specimens
6. Equipped with build-in mini printer

Technical Specifications 

Items	Specifications
Capacity Range	0 ~ 5 N
Accuracy	0.5% of Reading Value
Stroke	70 mm, 150 mm
Mass of Sled	200g (Standard)
	Sled of specific weight could be customized
Test Speed	100 mm/min, 150 mm/min
	Test speed could be adjusted
Environment Condition	Temperature: 23±2°C
	Humidity: 20%RH ~ 70%RH
Power Supply	AC 220V 50Hz
Instrument Size	630 mm(L) x 360 mm(W) x 230 mm(H)
Net Weight	33 kg

Peel strength Tester for packaging materials

 Peeling strength testing, also called complex strength testing, tests the bonding strength between the layers of laminated films.

    Professional Technology

 -- Controlled by a micro-computer with menu interface, PVC operation panel and large LCD display

 -- Different ranges of load cells and two testing modes including peeling test and tensile test

 -- 7 distinct test speeds

 -- Maximum Value, Minimum Value and Average Value.

 -- Group data analysis

 -- Over-travel protection, overload protection, automatic position reset and error alert

 -- RS232

 

Technical Specifications:

 -- Test Range: 0~ 200N

 -- Test Accuracy: 1% of reading

 -- Resolution: 0.01N

 -- Test Sppeds 50 100 150 200  250 300 500mm/min

 -- Travel Stroke 500mm

 

   

Material Universal Testing Machine

Material Universal Testing Machine is applicable in the Material universal tests of plastic films, laminated films, flexible packaging materials, adhesives, adhesive tapes, pressure sensitive tape, rubber, paper, aluminum-plastic boards and so on. 

Material Universal Testing Machine can do the test of tensile, tensile resistance and elongation ratio test, hot seal strength, tearing strength, 180 degree peel (include T peel), and 90 degree peel.

Labthink Material Universal Testing Machine conforms to standards of ASTM E4, ASTM D828, ASTM D882, ASTM D1938, ASTM D3330, ASTM F88, and ASTM F904, ISO 37, JIS P8113.

Labthink Material Universal Testing Machine has below merits:
1. Professional testing items for packaging industry to realize quick functional tests
2. High accuracy and resolution
3. Selectable testing range
4. Perfect LCD can show data and curve clearly
5. Powerful software supports various data analysis and processing

Technical Data:

• test range: 500N, 50N 
• Accuracy: 0.5% of reading 
• Test Speeds: 50 100 150 200 250 300 500mm/min 
• Travel Stroke: 1000mm

Leak Tester for sealed food packages

Labthink Leak Detection equipment is used for the determination of Leaks in flexible packaging by bubble emission. 

 

Applications of Labthink Leak Detection:

 -- Glass bottles, pipes, cans and boxes 

 -- Plastic bottles, pipes, cans and boxes 

 -- Metal bottles, pipes, cans and boxes 

 -- Paper plastic composite bags and boxes 

 -- Extended Applications Pen refills 

 -- Electronic components 

 -- Medical instruments 

http://www.labthinkinternational.com.cn/product/mfy-01-leak-tester.html

 

Features of Labthink Leak Detection:

 -- Controlled by micro-computer, with LCD and PVC operation panel

 -- Digital preset design of vacuum degree and vacuum retention time 

 -- Professional software supports the functions of automatic back flushing and test termination

 

Techinical Specifications of Labthink Leak Detection equipment:

 -- Vacuum Degree: 0 ~ -90 KPa 

 -- Accuracy: 1% of reading value 

 -- Vacuum Chamber Effective Sizes:

     Φ270 mm x 210 mm (H) (standard) 

     Φ360 mm x 585 mm (H) (optional) 

     Φ460 mm x 330 mm (H) (optional) 

     Note: customization is available for other sizes 

 -- Air Source Pressure: 0.7 MPa (not in supply scope) 

 

Labthink Leak Detection equipment conforms to ASTM D3078

Related Product 

LSSD-01 Leak and Seal Strength Tester 

 

Water Vapor Permeation Analyzer (Cup Method)

Water Vapor Permeation Analyzer is used to determinate the water vapor permeability for film and package. It has three test modes and is applicable to various materials with high, medium and low water vapor permeability.

Applications of Water Vaport Permeation Analyzer:

• Films
• Sheet
• Paper and Paper Board
• Packages
• Packages Caps
• LCD Monitor Films
• Solar Back-Sheets
• Plastic Packages for Drugs and Heath Care Products
• Plastic Pipes
• Pharmaceutical Blister Package
• Aseptic Wound Protecting Film and Medical Plaster
• Fuel Tanks of Cars
• Battery Plastic Shell
• Instant Noodles, Paper Cups and Bowls

Water Vapor Permeation Analyzer has below merits:
 

• Wide range and high-precision of automatic temperature and humidity control to support various combinations of non-standard test conditions
• Standard air velocity enables constant humidity difference between two sides of test dishes
• Automatic reset before weighing ensures accurate weighing data
• Gas cylinder lifting structure design and periodically weighing method to reduce system errors
• Convenient fast-access calibration port for temperature and humidity
• Reference film or standard weight for fast and accurate calibration

Technical Specificatioins of Water Vapor Permeation Analyzer:

Labthink W3/060 Water Vapor Permeation Analyzer

items	Water Vapor Permeation Analyzer W3/060
Test Range	0.1~10,000 g/m2·24h (standard)
Number of Specimens	1~6 with independent test results
Accuracy	0.01 g/m2·24h
Resolution	0.0001 g
Temperature Range	15°C~55°C (standard)
Temperature Accuracy	±0.1°C(standard)
Humidity Range	10%RH~98%RH
Humidity Accuracy	±1%RH
Specimen Thickness	≤3mm (customization available)

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