Testing Capabilities

Compadre understands that your product and its packaging will be tested each time it goes through your distribution system to a customer.

To prevent any unexpected customer facing issues, the shipping industry, ISTA, ASTM and Compadre recommend that you first test your package design in a controlled environment; called pre-shipment performance testing.  In addition to packaging testing, our facilities can provide you with aging, accelerated aging, and product specific testing services.

Compadre’s team of engineers and technicians will help you to determine testing (pass/fail) criteria, complete the testing, and deliver comprehensive test reporting and documentation. 

Standard ISTA and ASTM Testing:

ISTA Procedure 1A, 1G
•    Packaged products weighing 150 lb (68 kg) or less
•    Basic Requirements:

• Fixed (1A) or random displacement (1G) vibration
• Shock testing

ISTA Procedure 2A
•    Packaged products weighing 150 lb (68 kg) or less
•    Basic Requirements:

• Atmospheric conditioning
• Compression Testing
• Fixed or random displacement vibration
• Shock Testing

ISTA Procedure 3A
•    Packaged products for parcel delivery system shipments weighing 150 lb (68 kg) or less
•    Basic Requirements:

• Atmospheric conditioning
• Shock Testing
• Random displacement vibration
• Shock Testing (rotational edge, full rotational flat, and hazard impact)

ASTM D-4169
•    Standard practice for performance testing of shipping containers and systems
•    Basic Requirements:

• Shock Testing
• Compression Testing
• Fixed or random displacement vibration
• Shock Testing

Medical Packaging Testing
•    The ISO 11607-01 standard is a guidance document for validating packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices.

• Shelf Life Real-time Aging Test
• ASTM D774 Mullen Burst Test

Testing capabilities coming soon:

• ASTM 2096 - Gross Leak Test
• ASTM F88 - Peel Test
• ASTM F1929 - Dye Penetration Test
• ASTM F1980 - Accelerated Aging Test
• Shelf Life - Real Time Aging Test

ISTA Procedure 3H
•    Unitized loads of same product
•    Basic Requirements:

• Atmospheric conditioning
• Shock Testing (horizontal impact)
• Shock testing (rotational flat, rotational edge)
• Random displacement vibration
• Shock Testing (horizontal impact)
• Shock testing (rotational flat, rotational edge)

3ASTM F2057-09
•    Packaged products specifications for items over 30 in. in height
•    Basic Requirements:

• Standard Safety Specification for Chests, Door Chests and Dressers
• Tipover testing intended to reduce injuries and deaths of children from hazards associated with tip over of clothing storage units

Other Testing:

Mullen Burst Test