TESTSAREORGANIZEDBYSERIES:
1Series:Non-SimulationIntegrityPerformanceTests.
Challengethestrengthandrobustnessoftheproductandpackagecombination.Notdesignedtosimulate
environmentaloccurrences.Usefulasscreeningtests,particularlywhenusedasaconsistentbenchmarkovertime.
2Series:PartialSimulationPerformanceTests.Testswithatleastoneelementof3Seriestypegeneral
simulationperformancetest,suchasatmosphericconditioningormode-shapedrandomvibration,combinedwithabasic1Seriestypenon-simulationintegritytest.
3Series:GeneralSimulationPerformanceTests.Designedtoprovidealaboratorysimulationofthe
damage-producingforcesandconditionsoftransportenvironments.Applicableacrossbroadsetsof
circumstances,suchasavarietyofvehicletypesandroutes,oravaryingnumberofhandlingexposures.
Characteristicswillincludesimpleshapedrandomvibration,differentdropheightsappliedtothesample
package,and/oratmosphericconditioningsuchastropicalwetorwinter/frozen.
4Series:EnhancedSimulationPerformanceTests.
GeneralSimulationtestwithatleastoneelementofFocusedSimulation,suchastestsequenceor
conditionlinkedtoactualknowndistributionpattern.Project4AB,anEnhancedSimulationPerformance
Test,iscurrentlyunderdevelopmentbyISTA.5Series:FocusedSimulationPerformanceTests.
Designedtoprovidealaboratorysimulationbasedonactualfield-measuredhazardsandlevels.Measured
hazardswilltypicallyincludecomplexshapedrandomvibration,multi-tiereddropheightdistribution,
temperatureandhumidityextremesand/orcycling,anddynamicorstaticcompressiveloads.
7Series:DevelopmentTests.Thesetestsareusedinthedevelopmentoftransport
packages.Theycanbeusedtocomparerelativeperformanceoftwoormorecontainerdesigns,butare
notintendedtoevaluatetheprotectionaffordedpackaged-products.
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ISTAPROCEDURESANDPROJECTS:
1APackaged-Productsweighing150lb(68kg)orLess
1BPackaged-ProductsweighingOver150lb(68kg)
1CExtendedTestingforIndividualPackaged-Productsweighing150lb(68kg)orLess
1DExtendedTestingforIndividualPackaged-ProductsweighingOver150lb(68kg)
1EUnitizedLoads
1GPackaged-Productsweighing150lb(68kg)orLess(RandomVibration)
1HPackaged-ProductsweighingOver150lb(68kg)(RandomVibration)
2APackaged-Productsweighing150lb(68kg)orLess
2BPackaged-ProductsweighingOver150lb(68kg)
2CFurniturePackages
2DPackaged-ProductsConsideredFlat
2EPackaged-ProductsConsideredElongated
3APackaged-ProductsforParcelDeliverySystemShipmentweighing70kg(150lb)orLess
3EUnitizedLoadsofSameProduct
3FPackagedProductsforDistributionCentertoRetailOutletShipment,100lb(45kg)orLess
3HPerformanceTestforProductsorPackaged-ProductsinMechanicallyHandledBulkTransportContainers
5BFocusedSimulationGuideforThermalPerformanceTestingofTemperatureControlledTransportPackaging
7AProject:OpenReusableTransportContainersforLoadsof60lbs(27kg)orLessandUnitizedfor
ShipmentonaPallet
7BClosedReusableTransportContainersforLoadsof150lb(68kg)orLess
7CReusableIntermediateBulkContainers
7DThermalControlledTransportPackagingforParcelDeliverySystemShipment
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