Package Testing Using Combined Temperature & Vibration

Nowadays global markets and expedited shipping methods expose packages to less than ideal conditions during the transport process. International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) all contain protocols and requirements used to evaluate product package design. Some of these …

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Fastener Vibration Testing

DES recently performed fastener vibration testing per MIL standard, MIL-F-25173A. MIL-F-25173A is a military specification aimed at determining qualification criteria for aircraft fasteners and equipment. In this case, DES focused on the vibration testing of a particular fastener to be used in aircraft applications. Tests were conducted on DES’s Unholtz-Dickie Electrodynamic Shaker. The MIL-F-25173A standard …

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ASTM D7386-12 Package Testing

DES recently performed package testing per ASTM standard, ASTM D7386-12.