EDI’s product packaging services cover a wide range, from ISTA and ASTM packaging and product testing to ASTM and ANSI medical pouch / packaging testing.
ISTA Package Testing – procedures have been designed to show that with proper handling the
packaging your product is shipped in will protect your product from shipping environments seen
during normal air, truck and rail transportation and arrive safely without damage.
EDI is ISTA cetified for Procedures 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1G 1H 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 3B
ASTM Package Testing – procedures and standards have been designed to test and evaluate both the
packaging and the product during shipment from shipping environments seen during normal air,
truck and rail transportation and safely make it to its destination without damage.
Medical Device and Device Packaging testing – testing services range from initial product development
to ASTM and ANSI testing of product for FDA certification. Test services cover,
Random vibration, shock and drop testing
Seal Peel Testing
Compression Testing
Leak Testing by Dye Penetration
Bubble Leak Testing
Specialized Testing – from time to time the environments a product or device will see or have failed in
are not defined or not well defined by any existing standard test methods (ISTA, ASTM, ANSI, ISO,
MIL-STD) for these cases EDI’s has worked with clients to develop meaningful and realistic tests.
A specific case study was a medical device that was used in rural areas of undeveloped countries.
For this product EDI developed a method to test product operation and function after being
dropped in wet to very wet mud and sand.
