What is BS EN 15552 - Packaging testing about?
Packaging is designed for many functions in the distribution of goods like packing, handling, storage, transport, information, promotion, tamper-proofing, easy opening, etc. Testing measures the effects and interactions of the levels of packaging, the package contents, external forces, and end-use.
BS EN 15552 specifies methods of deriving schedules for testing completed, filled transport packages and unit loads, representative of current distribution chains within Europe. The specified testing schedules cross-reference well recognized international testing methods.
BS EN 15552 is intended to assess the protection of goods through handling, storage and transport of packages. The objective of BS EN 15552 is to check whether the packaging is just sufficient for the level of stress, but without excess.
Who is BS EN 15552 - Packaging testing for?
BS EN 15552 on packaging testing is useful for:
- Goods packaging products manufacturers
- Food packaging industries
- The goods packaging and distribution industry
- Quality control professionals
- Testing laboratories
Why should you use BS EN 15552 - Packaging testing?
The purpose of packaging is the containment, protection, handling, delivery and presentation of products. A major role is the prevention of product damage and/or product waste. In order to save resources and minimise waste, the whole system in which the packaging takes part should be optimised.
BS EN 15552 walks through different tests for different purposes such as stacking test, vibration test, horizontal impact test, stability test, drop test, and toppling test. These tests help to investigate the effects of bouncing of packages, dynamic stressing of unit loads, and all collateral effects, induced by vibrations during transport and check the stability of unit loads to sudden stops during handling or transport.
BS EN 15552 helps to investigate the effects of the impact hazards incurred to goods in packages unstable on their base with toppling test. BS EN 15552 used to the effects of the dynamic horizontal impact hazards of sudden stops in transportations with a horizontal impact test. As a user of BS EN 15552, ensure the reliability of your packaging products throughout the current distribution chains within Europe.