What is BS EN 22248 - Vertical impact test on packages by dropping about?
Package testing is performed to determine whether packaging materials withstand the typical stresses of shipping and transport processes. Raising the test package above a rigid plane surface and releasing it to strike this surface (the “impact surface”) after a free fall. The atmospheric conditions, the height of the drop and the attitude of the package need to be predetermined.
BS EN 22248 specifies a method for carrying out a vertical impact test on a complete, filled transport package by dropping. It may be performed either as a single test to investigate the effects of vertical impact or as part of a sequence of tests designed to measure the ability of ...
BS EN 22248:1993 history
1986BS EN 22248:1993 Complete, filled transport packages. Method for determination of resistance to vertical impact by dropping
1986BS EN 22248:1986 Complete, filled transport packages. Method for determination of resistance to vertical impact by dropping