Lab Equipment

Following is the listing of equipment at the Cal Pack Labs research facility

Distribution Testing

  • Accelerometers & instrumentation
  • Climate control chambers (T, RH)
  • L.A.B. compression tester (5,000 lb)
  • L.A.B. Test Lab Professional data acquisition system
  • Lansmont Compression tester (30,000 lb)
  • Lansmont precision drop tester
  • Lansmont Test Partner data acquisition system
  • Lansmont vibration system
  • MTS shock test system
  • MTS Transportation simulator
  • Shock & vibration data recorders


Package Design

  • ACME silver stitcher
  • Artios Kongsberg Design Table
  • Box-o-Matic sample table
  • Dimensions 3-D printer
  • Dynatec hot melt glue system
  • HP 5000PS inkjet printer
  • Impulse heat sealing systems
  • TOPS and CAPE software


Material/Mechanical Testing

  • Alfa Mirage electronic densimeter
  • Gurley densometer
  • Imada DTX 85B torque tester
  • Lansmont cushion tester
  • Precision penetrometer
  • Rockwell hardness testing system
  • Scientech basis weight balance
  • Super Sealer shrink packaging
  • Sure-Torque torque tester
  • Sutherland ink rub tester
  • Tinius Olsen impact tester
  • TMI bending resistance tester
  • TMI burst strength system
  • TMI coefficient of friction tester
  • TMI dart impact tester
  • TMI digital ink rub tester
  • TMI digital micrometer
  • TMI integrating reflectometer
  • TMI seal integrity tester
  • TMI universal crush tester
  • TMI universal tensile tester, -70°C to 300°C environmental chamber
  • Vibrac torque tester

Analytical Instrumentation

  • Hunter color spectrophotometer
  • Illinois Instruments O2 permeation analyzer
  • Illinois Instruments WVT analyzer
  • Perkin-Elmer FT-IR ATR analyzer
  • Tinius Olsen melt flow indexer
  • UV transmittance test system

Collaborative equipment

  • Shimadazu Gas chromatograph
  • Shimadazu high performance liquid chromatograph
  • Shimadazu UV spectrophotometer


Polymer Processing

  • AAA Vacuum Thermoformer
  • Barbender cast film extruder
  • Branson 900M ultrasonic sealer
  • Demag/Van Dorn Extra 40-80 Injection Molder
  • Dispatch Forced Air Convection Ovens
  • Expanded Polystyrene System
  • Extrusion Blow Molder
  • Farrel Compression Molder
  • GPM Vacuum Thermoformer
  • Injection Blow Molder
  • Polyester/Acrylic Casting Fabrication
  • Powerlab Rotational Molder
  • Sterlco Granulator
  • Ultravac packaging chamber
  • Vertrod Thermal/impulse sealing


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

  • Anechoic chamber
  • Alien Technology ALR-9780 UHF development kit
  • Berkeley Varitronics Systems’ Bumble Bee multifrequency Spectrum Analyzer
  • Custom 650 fpm conveyor system
  • Garvey Corp. conveyor system
  • EMC chamber
  • Symbol XR400 UHF development kit
  • Texas Instruments series 2000 LF development kit
  • Zebra R110Xi UHF smart label printer
  • Zebra R2844-Z HF smart label printer
  • Instant EPC Hotspot™ v2.5
  • Instant EPC Mobile™