Controlling data variation

Dec 09, 2015

When testing package seals according to ASTM F2054 (Standard Test Method for Burst Testing of Flexible Package Seals Using Internal Air Pressurization Within Restraining Plates), Thomas McNabb and his team of packaging engineers at Edwards...

Understanding ASTM F2638

Dec 09, 2015

As one of the independent laboratories testing packages and materials in the Medical Packaging Transition Project (MPTP) for DuPont Tyvek, Nelson Laboratories has deepened its knowledge of ASTM F2638, “Standard Test Method for Using Aerosol...

UF helps set new standard in package film testing

Sep 22, 2015

OxySense was instrumental in the approval of a new ASTM standard for gas permeation testing for flat packaging films based on a patent granted to the University of Florida.It isn’t every day that a new ASTM Intl. standard for packaging gas...

OxyPerm Permeation/OTR System

Mar 11, 2015

OxySense Inc. a pioneer of the first non-invasive optical oxygen analyzers and permeation testing instruments for the packaging, food & beverage industries,has announced the expansion of its revolutionary oxygen permeation measurement system, the...

First fully automated WVTR testing system for packaging debuts

Sep 29, 2014

The PERMATRAN-W Model 3/34 G from MOCON Inc. is the first fully-automated water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) testing system for packaging and other barrier structures. It is appropriate for use by food, pharmaceutical, beverage, medical device...