Packaging Testing Laboratory
Labthink Packaging Safety Testing Center was established in 2000, which can be divided into Research Laboratory and Cloud Testing Center. The total area of laboratories reaches 410 m2 and testing area is 360 m2. 120 testing instruments, which are worth a total of 30 million US dollars, are utilized to perform a variety of test items including barrier, tensile property, heat seal, hot tack, COF, thickness, tear strength, impact resistance, heat shrinkage, leakage, flex durability, adhesion, color fastness, and GC, etc.
All instruments equipped in Packaging Safety Testing Center are featured with advanced testing technology and comprehensive configurations. Meanwhile, all lab technicians have rich working experience, sophisticated skills and creativity. Thanks to these advantages, we are able to provide you with accurate and impartial test data as well as reliable and considerate services. In September 2013, Labthink Packaging Safety Testing Center successfully obtained CNAS accreditation for testing and calibration competence of laboratory (registration number L6429), and is the first and only plastic packaging laboratory that has been accredited in China.
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1. Research Laboratory
The Research Laboratory is equipped with an extensive set of Labthink testing instruments, accessories and tools, which are kept at 23±2°C/50±5%RH all year long. Regular experiments, research projects and training courses are performed and carried out in this laboratory. In addition, product demonstration to international customers is also held here. Since its establishment, various national research projects, drafting of standards and cooperation with well-known research institutions and universities have been implemented in our research laboratory.
1.1 Research Laboratory Functions
● Perform sample test and provide professional analysis reports
● Meet various testing requirements for special samples, irregular tests and hazardous tests
● Provide data tracing and metrology services
● Provide typical experiment data package
● Participate in national and international research projects and publish results
● Draft, establish, and revise national standards, and is dedicated to the study and application of international standards and methods
● Participate in international academic communication and seminars
● Participate and launch international and national inter-laboratory data comparison events and publish results
● Develop, test, and debug new testing instruments, projects and methods
● Responsible for reception and communication with the international customers as well as personnel skill training
1.2. Achievements
● Drafted Standards
| 2007 | Drafted national standard GB/T 21529-2008: < Determination of water vapor transmission rate for plastic film and sheeting - Electrolytic detection sensor method> |
| 2010 | Drafted industrial standard (project id 2009B034): < Testing method for import and export functional textiles—Water-vapor transmission properties > |
| 2010 | As the major party, established national standard: < Determination of water vapor transmission rate for plastic film and sheeting - Humidity detection sensor method > |
| 2011 | As the major party, established national standard: <Packaging material: Test method for organic vapor transmission rate for plastic film, sheeting and packages—Isostatic method>. This standard has been approved by Standardization Administration of China for publishing. |
| 2011 | As the major party, drafted the industrial standard revision project for entry-exit inspection and quarantine (project id: 2009B206; category: food contact material)---< Food contact materials testing method of controlled and modified atmosphere packaging of fresh-cut produce > |
| 2011 | As the major party, revised national standard GB 8809-88: < Standard Test Method for pendulum impact resistance of plastic film > |
| 2012 | As the major party, established national standard: < Packaging container---Test method for gas content of headspace > and < Packaging material---Test method for hot seal strength (hot tack) of thermoplastic polymers and blends comprising the sealing surfaces of flexible webs > |
| 2012 | As the major party, established national standard: < Heat-shrinkable films---Determination of shrinkage character > |
| 2013 | As the major party, established national standard: Packaging container-Test method for gas content of headspace and Packaging material-Test method for hot seal strength (hot tack) of thermoplastic polymers and blends comprising the sealing surfaces of flexible webs |
| 2013 | As the major party, established two national standards: Test method for hot seal/tack strength of flexible barrier materials for medical device and Test method for heat seal parameters of flexible barrier materials for medical device by measuring heat sealing strength |
● Research Projects
| 2006-2012 | Scientific project of General Administration of Quality and Inspection---<Research on data fitting analysis technology for the permeability of soft packaging material> (project id: 2006QK94). The direct outputs of this project include: data fitting program for permeability test, gas permeability database for common materials, and gas permeability device at ultra-high and –low temperature. |
| 2008-2012 | Scientific project of General Administration of Quality and Inspection (project id: 2009QK270): <Development of Flux Durability Tester> |
| 2009-present | Collaborated with Beijing Municipal Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision, and launched the project of commercial container permeability test---research on the situation and detection of food packaging terminal market |
| 2009-2012 | Scientific project of General Administration of Quality and Inspection (quality supervision section)---<Development of calibration device for permeability tester and reference film for plastic film gas permeability> |
| 2010-2011 | Developed the world first and exclusive Container Gas Permeability Tester |
| 2010-2012 | Responsible for the instrument development, instrument optimization, instrument performance test, and instrument debug of the “Development of permeability testing instruments for food packaging material” project in the ”11th Five-Year-Plan of national scientific support project (project id: 2009BAK58B01-04)---<Development of detection technology and instrument for product quality and safety > |
| 2013 | As the major party, collaborated with Shandong Institute of Metrology and established technical specifications for General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ): Calibration method for measuring instrument of gas permeability |
| 2013 | As the major party, collaborated with National Center for Quality Supervision and Testing of High Polymer Materials (Tong Cheng) and participated in scientific project proposed by AQSIQ: Development of headspace gas analyzers for oxygen and carbon dioxide left in flexible packages and glass bottles |
| 2013 | As the major party, independently undertook the first two technical innovation projects of Shandong Province: Development of water vapor transmission rate tester-gravimetric method and gradient heat seal tester |
● Other Achievements
| 2007 | Labthink successfully accomplished laboratory proficiency testing project about plastic packaging material barrier property-oxygen and water vapor transmission rate test, organized by Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA) |
| 2003-present | Labthink has released 200 academic theses on different international or national journals and magazines, which are totally based on our own research achievements |
2. Cloud Testing Center
Cloud Testing Center was founded in 2012 for material inspection and ULab testing service. It is equipped with Labthink's latest i-series packaging testing instruments and an intelligent laboratory management system-Cloud Testing Management System. The system is developed based on the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing technology and effectively integrates testing instruments, data, workflow, results, reports, and analytics into the information flow, which greatly boosts the productivity of the laboratory and reduces labor costs, and provides customers with self-service, convenient, and highly efficient testing and data analysis services. Now, we can perform a whole set of packaging safety inspections for approximately 8,000 samples each year. The productivity and efficiency of Cloud Testing center are much higher than that of traditional laboratories. Notably, its size and capacity is still growing.
Cloud Testing Center Functions:
● Provide an extensive range of packaging safety inspections for food and beverage industry
● Provide automatic data analysis and exploration services
● Provide diagnosis and consulting services for packaging related companies
● Provide industrial data accumulation and model construction services
3. Data Comparison Events among Laboratories
Labthink Packaging Safety Testing Center plays an active role in test data comparison among international laboratories. We have insisted on joining the annual project of laboratory testing data comparison held by Pira International since 2009, by which the stability and universality of our testing data can be effectively ensured.
| 2005 | Permeation data comparison between world-known laboratories organized in Germany |
| 2005 | Data consistency and comparison with a famous Asian laboratory-Thailand National Packaging Center Laboratory |
| 2008 | Oxygen and water vapor permeability data comparison project for plastic films, collaborated with Shanghai Food and Drug Packaging Material Control Center |
| 2009 | Data comparison among laboratories held by Pira International |
| 2010 | Data comparison among laboratories held by Pira International |
| 2011 | Data comparison among laboratories held by Pira International |
| 2012 | Data comparison among laboratories held by Pira International |
| 2013 | Data comparison with two famous country-level laboratories |
| 2013 | Data comparison among laboratories held by Pira International |