ISTA Package Testing

Quest Engineering Solutions is a leading provider of ISTA package testing, and many other testing services.

Quest Engineering Solutions is certified by the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) to perform package testing per the standard.

ISTA is an organization focused on the specific concerns of transport packaging and whose mission is to develop and deliver standards, educational programs and tools for the economic, social, and environmental optimization of packaging systems. ISTA Package Testing is a shipping testing procedure designed to verify that your packaging is sufficient to protect your product during all shipping environments.

We test packaging of all sizes, including large pallets, parcels, and standard shippers, and can also accommodate testing of large volumes of test samples.

Our facility is equipped with various sized chambers ranging from 1 cubic foot to full sized walk-in chambers with over 1,000 cubic feet, all of which are capable of performing environmental testing per the ISTA and ASTM D4332 standards.

We perform the following protocols per the ISTA Standards:

• ISTA 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1G, 1H
• ISTA 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E
• ISTA 3A, 3B, 3E, 3F, 3H, 3K, 3L-Small, 3L-A, 3L-B, 3L-C, 3L-D, 3L-E, 3L-F, 3L-G, 3L-H
• ISTA 7D
• ISTA 6 Amazon.com Over Boxing and SOIC Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D,  Type E, Type F, and Type H
• ISTA 6A FEDEX and 6B FEDEX Series
• ISTA 6 Samsclub
• Combined ISTA / ASTM testing

Common test events:

• ISTA Environmental Conditioning
• ISTA Compression Testing – Up to 15,000 lbs of static or stepped force increments
• ISTA Drop Testing
• ISTA Horizontal Impact Testing
• ISTA Vibration Testing
  • Truck Ride Simulator – Fixed Displacement
  • Electrodynamic Shaker – Random Vibration – Capable of performing ISTA 3A vibration with and without top load
  • Random Vibration under Low Pressure
• ISTA 3B Forklift Handling Tests
  • Flat Push and Rotate tests
  • Elevated Push and Pull tests
  • Elevated Rotate tests
  • Load Stability Test over a handling course

Contact Quest today for your ISTA Package testing needs!

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