Smithers provides independent physical testing of plastic films and packaging materials to help you understand material properties and performance during conversion, packing and end use.
Testing can help you compare materials and specifications, evaluate the impact of material changes, support product development and quality control, and investigate unexpected failures or weaknesses.
Our physical plastics testing capabilities include:
- Tensile and tear properties
- Puncture resistance
- Flex resistance
- Coefficient of friction
- Film thickness and density
- Seal strength
- Lamination bond strength
- Free shrinkage
- Bespoke physical testing for specific materials and applications
Standard and bespoke plastics testing
Smithers can evaluate plastic packaging materials using relevant standard test methods, providing reliable and repeatable data for material comparison, benchmarking and performance assessment.
Where standard methods do not fully address your requirements, our specialists can develop bespoke test programmes and custom methods around the material, application or performance issue you need to investigate.
Testing can also be designed around conditions relevant to conversion, packaging operations or intended use, helping you understand how material properties may influence performance in practice.
Explore the testing areas on this page to find out more about individual methods and capabilities, or talk to our experts about the plastic material or performance issue you need to evaluate.