There’s a new ASTM D4332 2013 Edition, “Standard Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing,” and you can buy it now from Document Center Inc. The standard covers the set up of standard and special conditioning and testing atmospheres to simulate particular field conditions that can affect a container, package, or packaging component while in use.
The reason that this test is useful is because many materials used for containers and packages (for example, cellulosic materials) are impacted by changes in the surroundings like temperature and relative humidity (RH). Once the package has been brought up to the condition that it is expected to encounter in use, then the required packaging tests can be run.
FYI: If you are testing fibreboard, you’ll need the ASTM D685 for the preconditioning requirement.
It’s been seven years since the ASTM D4332 was reviewed and twelve since it’s been revised. The previous ASTM D4332-01(R2006) Edition is now obsolete and replaced by the new ASTM D4332-13 Edition.
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