This video demonstrates a compression test performed on a paper cup using a compression testing system from Instron. Instron compression testers are used to determine the compressive strength of ...

Corrugated cardboard is used all over the world for strong, cheap, and light recyclable packaging. Many boxes are made to certain customers’ demands, and the aim of these tests is to maximize strength ...

Until the mid-1970s, compression testing of composite materials received relatively little attention. Up to that point it, had generally been assumed that the compressive stiffness was approximately ...