ASTM-D6653
High Altitude on Packaging Systems by Vacuum Method
About ASTM-D6653
The ASTM-D6653 test determines the effects of high altitude or pressure differential when packaged products are transported by air or ground over high mountain passes. When exposed to high altitude conditions, products or packaging systems, or a combination thereof, may be negatively affected by the pressure differential.
These test methods are suitable for package or product, or both, development, and engineering. Other test methods, such as D3078, D4991 and D5094, test for leakage of vacuum method packaging systems and are applicable for testing the effects of high altitude.
ASTM-D6653 Scope
1.1 Packaged products transported via the feeder aircraft network are liable to experience altitudes as
high as 5 791 m [19 000 ft].
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
