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While drug products must be tested for chemical and physical stability in their market packages, the testing process can be long and expensive. A proposed new ASTM International standard under the jurisdiction of Committee D10 on Packaging will provide a quick and accurate method to minimize the necessary package testing. The proposed standard, WK21601 , Test Method for Measuring Water Vapor…
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No industry standard currently exists that addresses the vacuum sealing requirements of knife-edged flanges for high vacuum applications. Existing international standards focus on interchangeability of the hardware, but do not address the reliability of the seal. ASTM International Committee E42 on Surface Analysis is now working on a proposed standard on the subject, WK21206 , Specification…
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A 2002 workshop on galling wear held by ASTM International Committee G02 on Wear and Erosion provided the impetus for the development of a new standard, ASTM G196 , Test Method for Galling Resistance of Material Couples. The new standard is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee G02.40 on Non-Abrasive Wear. According to Scott Hummel, Ph.D., associate professor, head of the department of…
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While the use of radio frequency identification transponders has become common for inventory tracking purposes, RFID system performance can be affected by product and packaging materials. A new ASTM standard can be used to provide a framework for testing RFID system performance that can be applied to, and compared across, all RFID manufacturer systems in any industrial application that involves a…
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The need to create a more realistic simulation for the small parcel shipping and handling environment was the impetus for the development of a new ASTM standard, D7386 , Practice for Performance Testing of Packages for Single Parcel Delivery Systems. Subcommittee D10.21 on Shipping Containers and Systems—Application of Performance Test Methods, under the jurisdiction of ASTM International…
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ASTM International Committee D10 on Packaging will present a Distribution Packaging Workshop on April 7, 2008, from 10 a.m. to noon. The workshop, which is being organized by the committee’s university liaison subcommittee, will occur during the Committee D10 meeting at the ASTM committee week in Anaheim, Calif. Workshop topics will include the following: • Single-Parcel Shipping Environment—…
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ASTM International Committee D10 on Packaging is reactivating Subcommittee D10.19 on Recycling/Disposability. All interested parties, particularly those who are concerned and knowledgeable about worldwide packaging and recycling issues, are invited to join in the standards developing activities of D10.19. Jan Gates, subcommittee chair, and principal packaging engineer at Abbott Vascular, hopes…
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ASTM International Committee D10 on Packaging is currently inviting all interested parties to join a new D10 subcommittee, D10.97 on University Liaison. According to S. Paul Singh, professor, school of packaging, Michigan State University, and chair of D10’s division I, the purpose of the new subcommittee is twofold. “We want to allow university programs that teach and research in packaging to be…
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Verifying the results of application software used to calculate the mechanical properties of materials is the subject of a new standard developed by ASTM International Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture. The new standard, E 2443, Guide for Verifying Computer-Generated Test Results Through the Use of Standard Data Sets, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E08.03 on Advanced Apparatus and…
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Many structures, such as aircraft or other lightweight vehicles, are made from thin-ductile structural materials that exhibit low crack-front constraint, which allows for extensive plastic yielding of the material around a crack front. However, many current standards, such as E 399, Test Method for Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness K Ic of Metallic Materials, or E 1820, Test Method…