ADVANCED LOAD CONTAINMENT TESTING & ANALYSIS
Protecting palletized shipments has never been more important. Rising transportation costs, increasing product liability concerns, tighter sustainability goals, and growing supply chain demands mean companies can no longer rely on assumptions when it comes to load containment performance.
Using state-of-the-art testing technology, Rapid Lab helps customers improve load stability, reduce product damage, minimize packaging waste, and identify the most effective containment solution for their specific application.
PUTTING CONTAINMENT
TO THE TEST
TRANSPORTATION SIMULATOR
IMPACT
TESTER
COMPREHENSIVE
REPORTING
REAL IMPACT
PROVEN RESULTS
PUTTING CONTAINMENT TO THE TEST
Rapid Lab evaluates pallet performance through a series of advanced tests that replicate the forces loads experience throughout transportation and handling.
These tests help us understand how loads respond to:
- Turning forces
- Sudden stops
- Acceleration and deceleration
- Vibration during transit
- Product shifting
- Load instability
Every test is carefully measured, documented, and analyzed to provide clear, actionable insights.
TRANSPORTATION SIMULATOR
The Transportation Simulator replicates the stresses and load movements experienced during real-world transportation by tilting loads up to 38 degrees, sustaining forces of up to 0.8 Gs, recreating turning, acceleration, uphill, and downhill conditions, and introducing vibration to simulate road conditions.
Vibration is a critical component of testing because it reduces friction between pallet layers, closely replicating actual transportation dynamics. Throughout testing, we evaluate load movement, product shifting, containment performance, and stability under sustained force.
Load profiles are documented before and after testing to accurately measure the location and extent of load shifting. Testing is conducted in accordance with US DOT commercial load testing guidelines, ISTA standards, Canadian NSC STD standards, and European safe transit guidelines.
IMPACT TESTER
The Impact Tester evaluates load performance under sudden force events commonly encountered during transportation and material handling. The system generates short-duration, high-impact forces to simulate abrupt movements while precisely measuring g-force and velocity using advanced data acquisition instrumentation.
High-speed cameras capture load behavior during impact, enabling engineers to analyze product movement, stretch film performance, containment integrity, and potential failure points. Load profiles are documented before and after testing to quantify load shift and evaluate overall stability.
COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING & ANALYSIS
Upon completion of testing, customers receive a comprehensive report detailing test results, performance measurements, load shift analysis, visual documentation, engineering observations, and recommendations. This analysis provides actionable insights to support containment standards, optimize film usage, improve transportation safety, advance sustainability goals, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
REAL-WORLD TESTING. DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. PROVEN PERFORMANCE.
The result is a customized, data-driven containment strategy designed specifically for your operation.
SIMULATE REAL-WORLD TRANSPORTATION EVENTS
ANALYZE PALLET PERFORMANCE UNDER STRESS
IDENTIFY CONTAINMENT WEAKNESSES
OPTIMIZE FILM USAGE & CONTAINMENT FORCE
REDUCE PRODUCT DAMAGE & LOAD FAILURES
IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
