Say “No” To Vibration Testing

As a result of issues brought forth to members of the European Delegation of the United Nations Committee of Experts, a recent proposal was circulated that would require vibration testing to be mandatory for a design type, and thus retested at least annually. The current ‘capability’ requirement does not require an annual retest. The impact of this proposal, if it were to be adopted by the UN, would be another cost passed on to end users for a questionable test. There is no evidence to support that vibration testing, let a lone annual vibration testing, will result in the reduction of an in-transit failure. The ‘packaging community’ and associations such as the Reusable Industrial Packaging Association and the Dangerous Goods Advisory Council are opposing this test requirement and have sent comments to the UN COE with the goal of validating the effectiveness of the current vibration requirement.