The Testing Times

Tinius Olsen   engineers have developed more new attachments for the destructive testing of Baby Pacifiers with the key focus being the health & safety of infants. According to a Nationwide survey on ‘Baby Bottles, Pacifiers & Sippy cups’ by US News & World Report, in May 2012, over the past couple of decades there have been over 45,000 cases of problematic pacifiers, in the US alone.              There are a number of tests that can be performed by Tinius Olsen’s attachments on baby pacifiers, including puncture, tear, component pull off, and a Bite Endurance Test. Tinius Olsen grip reference S355 is used with one of our benchtop tension and compression testing machines, and as the pictures above demonstrate, the grip tests the bonding between the teat and the knob/plug; the international test standards that the S355 grip was designed for are EN1400 and ASTM F963-08.   These tests are designed to ensure that the teat stay bonded to the plug, ensuring infants

A Luer fitting is the common name for a tapered fitting that adheres to ISO 594. In this case it was necessary to hold a needle which had a Luer attachment on it. this was to be used for puncture testing, so no thread was required. Used as in conjunction with S0994, this test used a range of standard needles with Luer ends. This simple needle or luer attachment could be used for any number of compression, puncture tests on components with Luer ends.

This Grip is used to test the bodies of Sharps Containers. As you might imagine, it is very important that 'sharps' cannot penetrate the sides of the container. This grip is used to hold a fine needle in one end, and a sample of the moulded box the other. There is a piece of foil underneath the specimen , this allows the system to know when the needle has punctured right through. An accurate measurement of the force required is then taken. The needle holder rotates allowing the user to insert the needle without bending over or risking hurting themselves with the needle. The base is a simple stand with hole, the connection to the foil is made with a clip.