Impact and Drop Testing
Impact and Drop Testing Services
Impact testing and drop testing are test procedures performed to determine the level of energy absorbed by a product or component or to determine the amount of energy required to fracture a unit under test. This can be determined through multiplying the average impact force with the distance traveled, providing the change in kinetic energy (ie, the work-energy principle). Knowing this information allows product designers to make the right decisions about product composition, parts used, and internal structures.
Impact testing in a controlled environment can also provide many valuable insights when it comes to product design. This can include validating prototype designs, determining product durability, and ensuring safety requirements are met.
At Cross Company Testing, we’re able to perform comprehensive impact testing procedures and drop testing procedures in our network of ISO 17025 accredited testing facilities. Our equipment can simulate a range of impact and drop forces to provide accurate data on product performance. Think of Cross as an extension of your design team, working with you to ensure your products meet any regulatory requirements or usage needs necessary.
Impact Drop Tests for Parts, Packages, and Products
Package and product drop testing is also used to test how packages, package contents, or products will react to drops, free-falls, and other handling in transit or distribution. This form of testing is designed to simulate drops the product will encounter during distribution and gather data about how the product absorbs the impacts.
This can be combined with drop testing for individual components (or the main product itself) to determine overall durability of the product as well as the likelihood of surviving disruptive transportation without significant structural damage.
Performing a variety of impact and drop testing procedures is a necessary step in research and development for many operations. When so much development time and money has been spent on creating a product, you want it to be able to get to its intended users without breaking along the way. Cross can work with you to check durability and resiliency for your product.
If you need impact testing for a product or drop testing for packages, Cross Company Testing can help. Contact us today to learn more or schedule a test.
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Benefits of Impact Testing for Your Industry
With the data and information gathered from impact testing and drop testing, manufacturers can address potential design flaws and construct options to increase product durability. This can minimize transportation-related damage, make sure the product can withstand expected impact forces, and meet compliance regulations regarding product construction.
In the field, products are at risk of being dropped while in use, during installation, during maintenance procedures, and in many other scenarios. Making sure that your product is able to handle these day-to-day impacts is a necessary component of quality assurance for many manufacturers. That’s why it’s so important to work with a drop testing company who can provide actionable recommendations to increase product durability and survivability.
Impact testing is used in many fields and in many industries. Whether it’s for safety reasons (ie, automotive or aerospace), quality reasons (ie, electronics, consumer products), or for compliance reasons (ie, manufacturing equipment), Cross Company Testing has a procedure for your product.
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Drop Impact Testing Methods and Standards
Having a proper understanding of your product’s potential for degradation or damage is a large part of being able to successfully predict lifecycle. For instance, how the product responds to stressors and repeated use impacts the overall design process and end user satisfaction.
For some industries, testing standards for drop and impact testing may be a matter of life and death. In a car crash, you want the materials the car is made of to be able to absorb the impact and protect the drive. In the medical industry, sensitive instrumentation needs to be able to survive drops in transit and distribution.
That’s why at Cross, we employ a number of standards specific to different industries. That way, we can provide the most accurate approximation possible for how your product will respond to drops, impacts, and other potentially damaging events.
We work with you to make sure your product was designed to last.
Combining Impact Testing With Other Procedures
Often, just one testing procedure isn’t enough to accurately predict how a product will behave in the hands of end users. That’s why we generally recommend combining drop testing or impact testing with other test procedures we offer.
This can include other physical testing procedures like vibration testing or flammability testing to simulate other conditions the product may be exposed to. Or it can include environmental testing procedures like thermal shock testing, durability testing, or alternating climate testing. Combining these testing procedures is a reliable means of gathering information and generating predictions for future product behavior.
For a product to have success in the field, it needs to be able to withstand many, many stressors. When you partner with Cross for your testing needs, we’re able to simulate many of the conditions your product will face. We can also devise custom testing procedures based on your product, your industry, and your end user needs.
Why Cross Drop and Impact Testing?
At Cross, the most important thing to us is the success of our customers. That’s why we go out of our way to design custom testing solutions that ensure future production success for every single one of them. All while also offering world-class customer service. And when you combine those two factors with industry-leading expertise and a cutting-edge testing lab, you get a winning combination.
Our ISO 17025 accredited testing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico can provide you with product testing, materials testing, environmental testing, lifecycle testing, and many other testing services. Whether it’s for automotive, aerospace, consumer products, pharmaceutical, or a wide range of other industries, we can help.
There’s a reason so many companies and manufacturers across so many industries choose to work with Cross Testing again and again. Contact us today and we’ll give you a reason to keep coming back, too.
Find Impact and Drop Testing Near Me
Offering a range of testing services from our testing laboratories in the U.S. and Mexico. Learn more about the expert testing procedures performed in our state-of-the-art facilities. We can provide you with actionable data about your parts or materials so that you can make the best decisions for your product, your production process, and your end users. We can also provide calibration services, inspection services, and metrology products through our network of ISO 17025 accredited precision measurement labs.
