Step of optimal package design for distribution

In distribution, the freight is always encountered various hazards, like a shock event of man-handling, vibration on track board or the static compression in the warehouse.

One of the function of package is to protect the inside goods from various hazards in the distriburion environment.
So, package test has been carried out to evaluate the protectively of package design with some test equipments, such as the drop tester, vibration tester, etc.

Here, the protective package technique is widely known as the way to realized optimal package design.
Concrete steps are as follows,

1)Measurement of the distribution
 To difine the optimal test intensity from distribution hazard data with the distribution data recorder
2)Fragility test of the procuts
 To difine the critical acceleration when the product is broken with shock machine
3)Cushion material test
 To realize the cushion characteristics, such as peak accleration and max displacement of cushion material with the cushion tester
4)Evalutation test for package design toward distribution hazards
 The evaluation of the shock absorb charactarictics by drop tester, confirmation of the vibration resonance using the ocillator and the compression strength of the freight box using the compression machine, etc.

K.Kawaguchi