Ensure Film Quality with Tensile Strength Testing

In alignment with our commitment to quality, tensile testing is a standard procedure at LaserSharp FlexPak Services. Tensile strength testing allows for the certification of our laser processes, making certain that all of your converting specifications are met. When adding laser scoring to a package to create an easy open application, security feature, or brand identification, it is essential that the laser score possesses the necessary tensile quality.

The tensile strength of a film is the maximum amount of stress that the material can endure while being stretched or pulled. When the cross-section of a film begins to stretch, and ultimately break, the maximum tension that the material withstood before tearing is recorded as its tensile strength. Tensile strength results are dependent on the preparation of the sample, volume and weight associated with the product, tension at the fill line, end user target, surface defects present on the sample, and the temperature of both the environment and material. Ensuring proper preparation of the sample will allow the delivery of the most accurate results. In order to meet the needs of customers, it’s also important to take into account strength factors of the end user. For example, it may be important to ensure an elderly person can easily open a medical pouch, yet prohibit children from easily tearing and accessing its contents.

Tensile strength testing at LaserSharp FlexPak Services will allow you to deliver consistent tensile quality results to your customer. Thanks to the digital flexibility of our laser converting process, if you have identified a specific tensile range for your product we are able to precisely adjust the output power of our laser systems to consistently deliver that targeted range. If you do not currently have a range, we can utilize tensile testing as a means to certify the product, throughout the entirety of the production run.

While there are many different types of tensile test equipment and machines, LaserSharp FlexPak Services utilizes the most advanced tensile testing system on the market. LaserSharp FlexPak Service’s tensile test equipment delivers precise results in line with industry standards using up to 100 pounds of force. It is an easily configurable system, allowing tensile strength testing to be adapted to a wide range of speeds.

LaserSharp FlexPak Services offers not only tensile testing, but a wide range of quality tests such as microscopic analysis and oxygen transmission rate testing to monitor the performance of your flexible packaging. Contact LaserSharp FlexPak Services to learn more about testing services to determine compression strength, the load at break, and the maximum load of your flexible films.