With extensive experience in logistics and packaging engineering, TransPak has a clear understanding of how growth and innovation go hand in hand. As distribution environments become more demanding—particularly for high-value and sensitive systems—the company continuously evaluates how to strengthen its technical capabilities and improve the way packaging systems are validated.
This is especially critical in the transportation of server racks and data center equipment, where discretion, security, and physical protection are essential. TransPak operates in environments where equipment integrity and confidentiality must be maintained at every stage, supporting the secure movement of fully integrated racks through custom-engineered packaging and tightly controlled logistics processes.
In this context, TransPak decided to further develop its in-house testing resources, incorporating additional physical-mechanical validation methods to better reflect real distribution hazards. To support this effort, the company worked with Safe Load Testing Technologies to integrate drop testing and horizontal stability testing through the implementation of innDrop and innSlide systems.
This step expanded TransPak’s ability to assess packaging and unit load performance under controlled, repeatable, and realistic conditions, directly within its own laboratory—reinforcing both the physical protection of sensitive equipment and the confidence required to support secure, large-scale server transportation worldwide.
Every year, TransPak packages more than 200,000 fully integrated racks for global deployment.
Advanced testing systems added to the TransPak laboratory
To strengthen its physical-mechanical validation capabilities, TransPak incorporated two new testing systems into its laboratory:
The objective was straightforward: to better reproduce critical mechanical events that occur during distribution and handling, and to evaluate packaging and unit loads under controlled, repeatable conditions.
By bringing these capabilities in-house, TransPak can directly observe how packaging systems respond to impact and lateral forces, supporting faster engineering feedback and more informed technical decisions.
For its drop testing capability, TransPak incorporated a custom-designed innDrop system, developed specifically to meet the company’s laboratory and application requirements.
Before designing the system, Safe Load Testing Technologies worked closely with TransPak to understand:
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The types of products and packaging systems being evaluated
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The handling scenarios most relevant to its operations
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The need for repeatability, flexibility, and efficient test execution within the laboratory
The innDrop system is configured to support TransPak’s specific testing objectives rather than relying on a generic solution. Among its benefits are:
Validates the protective performance of packaging under realistic handling conditions.
Provides physical evidence to support packaging recommendations and design decisions.
Enables direct comparison of alternative packaging designs using the same impact parameters.
By using a drop testing system developed specifically for its needs, TransPak ensures that impact validation is aligned with how products are actually handled in real distribution environments.
While drop testing focuses on impact events, horizontal stability testing addresses a different—and equally critical—set of risks encountered during transportation.
With the innSlide horizontal stability tester now part of its laboratory, TransPak can evaluate how palletized loads and integrated systems behave when exposed to lateral forces representative of real transport conditions.
During transportation, loads are subjected to forces generated by braking, acceleration, cornering, and repeated lateral movements over long distances. These forces can lead to sliding, deformation, loss of alignment, or progressive instability, even when packaging appears adequate under static conditions.
Horizontal stability testing makes these behaviors visible, measurable, and repeatable, allowing engineers to understand not just if a load fails, but how and when stability begins to degrade.
Key benefits of horizontal stability testing include:
Evaluates unit load stability under braking, acceleration forces.
Identifies risks of sliding, deformation, or loss of load integrity.
Assesses the effectiveness of load configuration and securing strategies.
By incorporating both drop testing and horizontal stability testing into its laboratory, TransPak strengthens its ability to evaluate packaging and integrated systems under conditions that closely reflect real distribution and handling environments.
These capabilities allow the laboratory to move beyond isolated checks and support system-level understanding, where packaging, product, and unit load behavior are evaluated together. The result is clearer technical insight, reduced uncertainty during development, and stronger engineering decisions supported by physical evidence.
With these additions, TransPak’s laboratory continues to evolve as a practical engineering resource—designed to anticipate real transportation risks and support reliable performance across complex supply chains.
If you’d like to learn more about how to design or expand an in-house laboratory for testing rack-mounted servers and integrated systems, Safe Load Testing Technologies is here to support you. We work closely with engineering and logistics teams to define testing needs, design the right equipment, and implement physical-mechanical testing solutions tailored to real handling and transportation conditions—just as we did for TransPak.
To dive deeper into this topic, explore our article on physical-mechanical testing of server racks and why companies trust Safe Load Testing Technologies.
