Flexible packaging materials like films, laminates, tapes, etc. are put on top of rigid packaging materials like corrugated sheets, corrugated boxes, paper bags, etc. that are used to keep the goods from spoiling or contaminating. Nonetheless, because flexible packaging materials have lower levels of friction, there is always a chance that stacking will cause slippage. The product may sustain significant damage from sliding during storage and transit procedures like stacking, which may lower customer satisfaction and result in losses for the product’s maker. The secret to making money off of a product is avoiding such losses; to keep doing this, testing every stage of the production and transportation process is essential.
Evaluating the friction levels of the flexible package layering over the rigid packaging product is one such testing method that is essential to prevent slippage and consequent damage to products. The Effective Lab India supplies extremely sophisticated laboratory testing equipment known as the coefficient of friction tester to assist producers in determining the friction levels of flexible packaging material. Because of the instrument’s advanced and ergonomic design modules, the user can accurately determine test findings and meet greater accuracy standards.
Coefficient of Friction Tester Working Module
With the extremely sophisticated lab testing equipment provided by Effective Lab India, calculating the coefficient of friction is a very simple operation. It allows testing under three distinct terms to establish the specimen’s dynamic and static friction levels. Manufacturers in the packaging sector give the friction tester great marks because of how easily it can do tests for each of the three metrics, which are:
- Sample to sample
- Metal for examination
- A glass for tasting
The specimen is clamped once the operator positions it above the glass top using a fly-screw powered gripper to ensure wrinkle-free placement and no movement. This starts the test. In sample-to-sample testing, a horizontal movement tray assembly is used to slide a metal sledge coated in the other half of the sample over the specimen’s surface.
Samples slide across each other’s surfaces during assembly movement, causing friction. The microprocessor-based digital display connected to the control panel shows the amount of friction. A straightforward mathematical formula can be used by the operator to measure the coefficient of friction testing machine and record the generated results: COF is equal to the sledge weight (upon which the sample is placed) plus either static or kinetic friction. The specimen is not wrapped on the metal sledge when conducting the test with the other two testing methodologies; instead, it slides across the surface of the specimen wrapped on the glass panel with the aid of a gripper.
Features
The instrument has gathered attention from the packaging industry due to its ergonomic functioning and feature-enriched build. The instrument offers futuristic features that allow the operator to conduct testing repeatedly and achieve results with absolute ease & facile consistency.
The first & foremost feature of the instrument is its ability to determine both static as well as dynamic friction which allows the operator to identify the smoothness level of the specimen with maximum accuracy & precision,
Another top-quality feature of the equipment is the performance of tests into three different terminologies. The variable material testing allows the manufacturer of the product to ensure that the packaged material will not slip when kept above any of these materials if the outcomes of the test are desired.
The lab testing apparatus also features an extremely sophisticated gripping mechanism that is driven by fly screws to guarantee that the specimen does not move and to enable wrinkle-free adjustment to meet greater precision requirements and quickly obtain the intended findings.
The control panel, an incredibly sophisticated component of the testing apparatus that includes a microprocessor-based digital display that provides incredibly precise and accurate test results, and feather touch control buttons that make single-handed testing easy to use, have raised the bar for testing standards. The coefficient of friction tester is also integrated with this control panel.
In addition, calibration weights and a meal sledge for conducting the test are included with the equipment.