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Webinar: ISTA 6-Amazon Test Solutions
WESTPAK offers solutions to help you obtain and maintain certification of packaging per the eCommerce shipping requirements of ISTA's |
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| 6-Amazon package test protocols. The webinar includes an overview of the OB and SIOC test protocols, certification requirements summary, common test failure modes, proactive strategies to avoid the failures, and certification tips. |
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| Cause: A Design Error or Inadequate Testing? |
| On June 28, 2015, an unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-7 rocket on a mission to the International Space Station exploded moments after launch. NASA's incident report focuses on a metal strut supporting a helium bottle that failed which resulted in the rocket's complete destruction. Was a safety factor missed during the design process? Or was adequate testing not performed? |
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| Case Study: Product Fragility Testing |
| Assessing a product's fragility using mechanical shock inputs provides designers with valuable data for the product and package design processes. In fact, a designer’s best efforts are compromised without this information. Three case studies are reviewed in WESTPAK’s webinar "Product Mechanical Shock and Fragility Testing Overview." |
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| Thunderstorm: A Natural Particle Accelerator |
| A Kyoto University physicist has observed lightning-generated photonuclear reactions in thunderstorms. Accompanying the bright, visible lightning flash we're all familiar with are x-rays, gamma-rays, and others that have been detected by airborne detectors, ground-based observatories, and measured from space. Some of the energy available is sufficiently high enough to create nuclear fission resulting in the production of neutrons, unstable radioactive isotopes, and positrons. |
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| Material Analysis: Creep Testing |
| For material testing, creep is the deformation of material occurring with time due to an externally applied, constant stress. Following the preparation and conditioning of test samples, WESTPAK evaluates package cushioning materials using a static load box fixture and other apparatus as described in ASTM D2221. |
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| You Can Make a Million with Your 401(k) |
| We've all heard the advice: begin regular, employer-matched contributions to your 401(k) plan early in your career because you'll be needing it someday. With the average cost of retirement exceeding $700k, setting a $1 million goal is a good, realistic target. This easy-read US News & World Report article offers 11 tips that can help. |
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| D4169 Vehicle Stacking Vibration Top Load |
| Calculator: Here’s a useful tool for determining the Computed Vibration Top Load required by ASTM D4169-16, Sect 11, Schedule C for vehicle stacking in the Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) delivery environment. Simply enter the package’s dimensions, vehicle stack height, shipping density, and combined effect factor. |
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| Top 20 Best-Value Travel Destinations |
| Speaking of MONEY, here is that magazine's data-driven, top 10 U.S. and top 10 international destinations that deliver the highest value for 2018. The article includes the must-dos, average airfare, nightly hotel costs, and a typical one-week spending estimate for two for each of the 20 locations. If vacation travel is in your plans this year, the article could literally be worth a look. |
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