Drop tests according to ISTA, DIN, EN, ISO, IEC, ASTM, and MIL-STD

We drop your packages – to protect the products inside!

Start 9 Laboratory 9 Shipping and environmental simulation 9 Drop test

Drop tests together with the subsequent impact simulate the shocks to which your parcel may be subjected during the transport process. Every day, millions of parcels are moved in Germany and not all of them arrive undamaged. We have special drop test equipment that can be used to check the fragility of packaged goods.

Before packages are dropped by accident or due to careless handling, we drop them in a controlled and documented manner. In accordance with DIN, EN, ISO, IEC, ASTM, MIL-STD and ISTA test programs, we perform drop tests for packages to simulate the shipping load and determine the load limit. Our approach is defined and repeatable, and our results can be reproduced at will. In this way, weak points can be detected and packages can be optimized as a precaution.

Fallprüfung: Verpackung wird am Falltisch geprüft

Drop tests are an important part of the audit sequence

In most cases, drop tests are embedded in a more comprehensive shipping simulation. We will be happy to discuss with you which of our recognized testing programs will ensure that your product reaches the recipient undamaged. If you don’t want to ship anything at all, but produce the shipping packages and need the best result for your own customers, you are just as right and in good hands with us. Everything that should drop, we drop it!

Test equipment:

Drop site

Drop height: 3 m
Weight of the test specimen: 750 kg
Dimensions of the drop foundation: (1,5 x 2,5) m

Drop table: (LANSMONT CORP. „PDT-56E“)

Drop heights: 0,45 bis 1,83
Package weight: 57 kg
Dimensions of the impact surface: (1,36 x 0,91) m
Dimensions of the drop table: (47 x 29) cm

Request a quote

In order to submit the appropriate offer, we need the following information:

Dimensions and weight of the specimen
Does the customer sell through Amazon? (If so, does Amazon package its products in Amazon packaging, or does Amazon ship in the customer’s packaging and just stick a label on it?)
Is there already a standard according to which the test should be performed?
Is there already a preset drop height?
Are the contents a hazardous material?

The subject area of drop testing is often mixed with the subject area of shipping simulation. Our ambition is to offer every customer the correct test for them. Only the right test provides the right answer to pressing customer questions. We see ourselves as a partner to our customers and, as such, are happy to advise on the advantages of various testing standards.

Your contacts

Karolina Behrens
Dipl.-Ing.

Head of Laboratory for Shipping Simulation

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040 / 5730 944 -27

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behrens@bfsv.de

Johanna Lipski
M. Sc.

Deputy Head of Laboratory for Shipping Simulation

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040 / 5730 944 -26

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lipski@bfsv.de

We find answers to your questions

We provide expertise, focus on packaging and find answers to your questions - authentically, honestly, competently and without digressing. So that we can answer your questions, test your products and expand your knowledge of packaging, send us your e-mail address and we will get back to you.
We look forward to your individual challenge!

Our accreditation & certifications

Accreditation

The German Accreditation Body (DAkkS)
is the national accreditation authority
of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Certification

ISTA certification helps minimise product damage and optimise resource use through effective packaging design.

Recognition

DIN CERTCO certifies and assesses the conformity of products and services on the basis of defined standards.

The competence of our testing laboratories for packaging testing is officially recognised:

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