Vibration tests to check packaging
Use of the MSR165 shock and vibration data logger at Neupack Produkte AG.
Neupack Produkte AG carried out vibration tests with MSR165 data loggers in order to gain insights for future packaging developments.
With over 40 years of experience, 30 employees, two locations, 1800 standard products and over 10,000 custom-made products, Neupack Produkte AG is a proven specialist in packaging and packaging materials. In order to record mechanical influences on packaging during transportation, Neupack used two MSR165 data loggers equipped with 15 g acceleration sensors for vibration tests.
Record vibrations with up to 1,600 measurements per second
In order to record and analyze the frequency characteristics of vibrations, impacts, shocks and blows that affect goods during transport, it should be possible to record an acceleration value over 1,000 times per second. All this, of course, in three geometric spatial axes (x, y, z) in order to obtain acceleration values in all directions. The MSR165 vibration data logger meets these requirements with its high measurement rate of 1600 measurements per second and the high-precision digital 15 or 200 g 3-axis acceleration sensor and, with its memory of over 1 billion (with microSD card), also has the necessary capacity to store the data.
All data can be quickly transferred to a computer via USB or microSD card. The MSR165 comes with PC software for configuring and evaluating the data as well as the MSR ShockViewer software. The powerful evaluation software is used for advanced analysis and graphical display of the data recorded in shock mode as well as automatic report generation.
Objective of the vibration tests at Neupack Produkte AG:
- Search for possible alternative, more cost-effective packaging materials or components
- Avoidance of harmful frequencies on the machine to be transported
- Avoidance of harmful resonances on the machine to be transported
- Gaining a better understanding of the mechanical influences during transportation
- Gaining knowledge for future packaging
Basis for future packaging developments
The vibration tests with the MSR165 proved the theoretical assumptions and serve as a basis for future packaging developments.