TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. -- A vast array of unique test fixtures at the Packaging Applications Testing Facility here gives one-of-a-kind capabilities within the Department of Defense. The facility is ...

This video demonstrates a compression test performed on heart-shaped soft candies using an Instron compression tester. The compression test is performed to determine the required force for compressing ...

It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with brutal-looking equipment.

Until the mid-1970s, compression testing of composite materials received relatively little attention. Up to that point it, had generally been assumed that the compressive stiffness was approximately ...