• UN REGULATORY
  • ADDITIONAL REGULATORY
  • DISTRIBUTION
  • ENVIRONMENTAL
  • MEDICAL
  • MISCELLANEOUS
UN

TEN-E UN Testing Services... is authorized to certify the following hazardous material packaging designs:

Non-Bulk Packaging    
  • Combination Packaging - packaging consisting of one or more inner packagings secured in a non-bulk outer packaging. Examples include plastic bottles, metal cans, glass jars shipped in corrugated, wood or metal boxes.
  • Single Packaging - tight head metal or plastic drums, open head metal or plastic pails, plastic jerricans, paper or poly bags, fiber drums and barrels.
  • Composite Packaging - packaging such as a rotationally molded plastic liner placed inside a steel or plastic drum. Once assembled it is filled, stored, shipped and emptied as an integrated single unit.
  

Non-Bulk Packaging Definition:

  • A maximum capacity of 450 Liters (119 Gallons) or less as a receptacle for a liquid; or
  • A maximum net mass of 400 Kg (882 Lbs) or less and a maximum capacity of 450 Liters (119 Gallons) or less as a receptacle for a solid; or
  • A water capacity of 454 Kg (1,000 Lbs) or less as a receptacle for a gas.

 
Bulk Packaging  
  • Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) - a rigid (RIBC) or flexible (FIBC) packaging, other than a cylinder or portable tank constructed of metal, corrugated, plastic, composite, wood, woven polyproylene, etc.
  

Links to...
 — United Nations Model Regulations —
— U.S Department of Transportation Title 49 CFR —

  
Performance Tests  

Bulk Packaging Definition:

  • A packaging, other than a vessel or a barge, including a transport vehicle or freight container, in which hazardous materials are loaded with no intermediate form of containment.
  • A maximum capacity greater than 450 Liters (119 Gallons) as a receptacle for liquid; or
  • A maximum net mass greater than 400 Kg (882 Lbs) and a maximum capacity greater than 450 Liters (119 Gallons) as a receptacle for a solid; or
  • A water capacity greater than 454 Kg (1,000 Lbs) as a receptacle for a gas.
  
Non-Bulk Packaging Bulk Packaging  
     

Drop

Drop

  

Vibration

Vibration

  

Stacking

Top and/or Bottom Lift

  

Dynamic Compression

Stacking

  

Hydrostatic Pressure

Hydrostatic Pressure

  

Leakproofness

Leakproofness

  

Vacuum

Topple

  

Cobb Water Absorption

Righting

  

Basis Weight

Tear

  
     

TEN-E Additional Regulatory Testing Services... fulfill the requirements outlined by the various regulatory agencies that include the Department of Transportation (DOT), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Maritime Organization (IMO) and United Nations (UN).

Infectious Substance

 
Radioactive

 
   
Infectious Substance Packaging Radioactive Packaging
   
   
   
   
       
       
Flammable Liquid
  
Inhalation Hazard
  
   
Lighter Designs & Packaging Poison by Inhalation Packaging
   
   
   
   
       
       
Excepted Quantity

 
Limited Quantity

 
   
Excepted Quantity Packaging Limited Quantity Packaging
   
   
   
   
       

TEN-E Distribution Testing Services... is capable of performing ISTA and ASTM distribution testing on various shipping configurations for all modes of transportation.

ISTA Certified Lab
  
ISTA Quick Reference
ISTA Distribution Modes
International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)
 
Series 1: Non-Simulation Integrity Performance Tests
Series 2: Partial Simulation Performance Tests
Series 3: General Simulation Performance Tests
Series 4: Enhanced Simulation Performance Tests
Series 5: Focused Simulation Guides
Series 6: Member Performance Tests
Series 7: Development Tests
   
   
ISTA Quick Reference
ISTA Distribution Modes
   
ASTM
      
ASTM Distribution Cycles
International Standards Worldwide (ASTM)
 
ASTM D 4169 - Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems
 
 
 
 
   
ASTM D 4169 Distribution Cycles
     
   

TEN-E Environmental Testing Services... is equipped with over 20 computer controlled environmental chambers for subjecting products and packages to temperature extremes in the range of -80ºC to 125ºC and high humidity conditions. Digital data loggers along with the Invensys Eurotherm Chessell System are used to monitor and record environmental conditions.

Chemical Compatibility / Rate of Permeation Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (ESCR)
       
DOT Appendix B
 DOT Title 49 CFR Part 173 Appendix B
ESCR ASTM D1975
 ASTM D 1975
 
  • Test Method for Injection Molded Drums
   
       
Package Thermal Insulative Properties    
Thermal Insultative Properties
 ISTA 5B & ASTM D 3103
ESCR ASTM D5571
 ASTM D 5571
  • Test Methods for Thermal Insulation
  • Customer Test Protocols
  • Test Method for Blow-Molded Drums
   
       
Package Climatic Conditioning    
Climatic Conditioning
 ASTM D 4332
ESCR ASTM D2561
 ASTM D 2561
  • Test Method for Container Conditioning
  • Customer Conditioning Requirements
  • Test Method for Blow-Molded Bottles
   
       
       

TEN-E Medical Package Testing Services... provide evaluation services on packagaging used for medical products, devices and pharmaceuticals in areas including accelerated aging, seal strength, leak detection and package performance tests.

Accelerated Aging Tests

ASTM F 1980 Standard Guide for Accelerated Aging of Sterile Barrier Systems for Medical Devices

ASTM D 4332 Standard Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing

Seal Strength Tests

ASTM F 88 Standard Test Method for Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials

ASTM F 1886 Standard Test Method for Determining Integrity of Seals for Medical Packaging by Visual Inspection

ASTM F 1929 Standard Test Method for Detecting Seal Leaks in Porous Medical Packaging by Dye Penetration

ASTM F 2096 Standard Test Method for Detecting Gross Leaks in Medical Packaging by Internal Pressurization

Package Performance Tests

ASTM D 4728 Standard Test Method for Random Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers

ASTM D 5276 Standard Test Method for Drop Test of Loaded Containers by Free Fall

ASTM D 5487 Standard Test Method for Simulated Drop of Loaded Containers by Shock Machines

ASTM D 6653 Standard Test Method for Determining the Effects of High Altitude on Packaging by Vacuum Method

ISO 11607 Packaging for Terminally Sterilized Medical Devices

Please contact our Medical & Specialty Testing Department for more information

TEN-E Miscellaneous Testing Services

Tensile & Tear Testing  
  • ASTM D 1424 Standard Test Method for Tearing Strength of Fabrics by Falling-Pendulum Type (Elmendorf) Apparatus
  • ASTM D 1922 Standard Test Method for Propagation Tear Resistance of Plastic Film and Thin Sheeting by Pendulum Method
  • ASTM D 2261 Standard Test Method for Tearing Strength of Fabrics by the Tongue (Single Rip) Procedure (Constant-Rate-of-Extension Tensile Testing Machine)
  • ASTM D 882 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting
  • ASTM D 4632 Standard Test Method for Grab Breaking Load and Elongation of Geotextiles
  • ISO 5081 Textiles - Woven Fabrics - Determination of Breaking Strength and Elongation (Strip Method)
  • ISO 13934 Textiles - Tensile Properties of Fabrics
 
   
Puncture Testing FIBC Testing
  • ASTM D 3420 Standard Test Method for Pendulum Impact Resistance of Plastic Film
  • ISO 3036 Board - Determination of Puncture Resistance
  • ISO 21898 Packaging - Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs) for Non-Dangerous Goods
  • Top Lift to Destruction
   
UV Testing Material Testing
  • ASTM G 154 Standard Practice for Operating Fluorescent Light Apparatus for UV Exposure of Nonmetallic Materials
  • ASTM D 3776 Standard Test Methods for Mass Per Unit Area (Weight) of Fabric
   
Pallet Testing
TEN-E Building
  • ASTM D 1185 Standard Test Methods for Pallets and Related Structures Employed in Materials Handling and Shipping
 


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