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The '''container compression test''' measures the [[compressive strength]] of packages such as boxes, drums, and cans. It usually provides a plot of [[Deformation (engineering)|deformation]] vs compressive [[force]].

It is commonly used to evaluate [[shipping container]]s made of [[corrugated fiberboard]] as well as [[wooden box]]es and [[crate]]s. Industrial and consumer packages other than boxes can also be subjected to compression testing: drum, pail, bottle, tub<ref>
{{cite journal

| last =Varzinskas | first =Visvadas

| author2=Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis

| first =Visvadas

|author2=Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis |author3=Alis Lebedys
| |author4=Edmundas Kibirkštis
| |author5=Valdas Miliūnas

| year =2009

| title = Life Cycle Assessment of Common Plastic Packaging for Reducing Environmental Impact and Material Consumption

| journal = Environmental Research, Engineering and Management

| volume =50 | issue =4 | pages =57–65

| issue =4

| pages =57–65

| year =2009

| url = http://www.matsc.ktu.lt/index.php/erem/article/viewArticle/42

| accessdate = 21 September 2012}}</ref> etc. Package components are also evaluated for compression resistance.<ref>{{Citation

| jfm =

| last =Urbanik |first =T. J.

| accessdate = 21 September 2012}}</ref> etc. Package components are also evaluated for compression resistance.<ref>{{Citation

| lastlast2 =Lee Urbanek |first2=S. K

| firstlast3 =Johnson T|first3=C. G.

| author-link =

| last2 =Lee, Johnson

| first2 =

| title = Column Compression Strength of Tubular Packaging Forms Made of Paper

| publisher journal= Journal of Testing and Evaluation

| place =

| first2volume = 34

| publisher = Journal of Testing and Evaluation

| seriesissue = 6

| volumepages = 34,631–40

| pages =31–40

| language =

| url = http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2006/fpl_2006_urbanik001.pdf

}}</ref>

| archiveurl =

| accessdate =12 December 2011}}</ref>

It is usually a laboratory test involving a special machine, a compression tester, to apply controlled compression on a test [[Laboratory specimen|specimen]]. A [[universal testing machine]] is sometimes configured to perform a package compression test. Compression testing can also involve a superimposed ''dead load'' to a test package.