EN 14477 Puncture Resistance Tester

BS EN 14477:2004:  Packaging. Flexible packaging material. Determination of puncture resistance. Test methods

Headline: Packaging, Packaging materials, Flexible materials, Perforating tests, Mechanical testing, multilayer flexible packaging , Burst

Emballage. Materiaux d’emballage souples. Determination de la resistance a la perforation. Methodes d’essai

Verpackung, Flexible Packstoffe. Bestimmung der Durchstossfestigkeit. Pruefverfahren

BS EN 14477 is also known as the Parker Ball-Point Test.

Probe diameter is 0.8 mm.

A similar test is described in ASTM F1306. In this standard, the probe has a diameter of 35 mm.