ASTM F2057 Test for new compliance requirement for free-standing clothing storage units
ASTM F2057 Furniture test The ASTM F2057 furniture test can be used by manufacturers to comply with new requirements for free-standing…
ASTM B117 Testing Quality Control
ASTM B117 Testing ASTM B117 Testing, also known as a Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus, is used to…
ASTM B117 Test – Real world application
ASTM B117 Test - A real life example of corrosion testing We mentioned in a previous article that ASTM B117…
Boston City Fire Code Removed Requirement to Use CAL 133 for Sprinkled Occupancies
Please note that Micom no longer offers Cal TB 133 testing services. Please refer to our Furniture Testing page to…
BIFMA – Loss of Serviceability Guideline – New Release
BIFMA recently released a new revision of its loss of serviceability guidelines for interpretation on furniture testing. Most BIFMA test…
ASTM B117: The most popular accelerated metal corrosion test standard
ASTM B117 Standard - A protocol for operating the Salt Spray (fog) Apparatus At Micom Laboratories, the most requested accelerated corrosion…
Boston City Fire Code to Remove Requirement to Use CAL 133
We received a communication by e-mail from BIFMA reporting that the Boston City Fire Code will be imminently amended to…
CAN/ULC S131
It was recently brought to our attention that ULC has published a first draft standard – CAN/ULC S131 - “Test…
Micom Inc. Presents at the PAC Packaging Optimization Conference in Montreal
On Thursday March 17, 2016, Founder and CEO of Micom Laboratories Inc., Michel Comtois will present “Les essais de simulation…
New BIFMA X5.6 Standard
Micom Laboratories is happy to inform you that BIFMA released last week its most recent version of BIFMA X5.6 –…