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Ensuring Safety Through Package Testing

Ensuring the safe, reliable transport of materials would not be possible without accurate and thorough package testing. A number of companies within the chemical shipping industry rely on this testing to assess the containers they use to protect hazardous materials during transportation.

In this article, we will provide you with some insight into TEN-E Packaging Services’ packaging tests and how each type of test method contributes to safe material handling, not matter what transport environment is encountered en route.

Related Article: IATA Dangerous Goods Testing

TEN-E Bulk Packaging Tests

Every company that handles hazardous materials and chemicals bears a responsibility to their business partners and the public to ensure that shipping and storage containers are adequate to protect both the product and individuals who may handle those materials.

TEN-E’s package testing program is designed to accurately simulate each and all of the conditions packages are likely to encounter in the process of shipping and storage. For the purpose of this discussion, we’ll focus on a few of the bulk packaging tests, conducted on intermediate bulk containers (IBC): rigid (RIBC) and flexible (FIBC).

Drops and impacts on packages are common hazards in shipping and storage. TEN-E has developed test equipment that accurately simulates shocks that may occur during handling, truck jostling and rail car humping. For IBCs, TEN-E has a remarkable 10,000-lb. capacity overhead crane that can accommodate drops from 1 foot to 22 feet onto a 12’ x 12’, steel and concrete drop surface.

Read for additional articles about TEN-E Packaging Services’ compression/tension, vibration and environmental simulation test equipment. For more specific information about other TEN-E services, such as hazmat training, package testing, quality control audits, document management and other valuable resources, we welcome you to visit us at one of our three locations in the United States and South Africa, or call 651-459-0671.