Imada DTXS/ DTXA Series Cap Torque Testers

Features:

• Test cap loosening (CCW) and tightening (CW) torque
• Selectable real time and peak modes
• USB, RS-232, Digimatic and Analog outputs
• Selectable units of lbf-in, kgf-cm, N-m, ozf-in, N-cm
• 1000 data point memory capacity
• Programmable high/low setpoints with color-coded LED indicators and audible signal
• Overload and low battery indicators
• 200% overload capacity
• DTXS accommodates samples from 20 up to 160 mm (0.787″ – 6.30″)
• Four rubber-coated 1 inch pegs are included with DTXS
• Optional “Small Table” accommodates samples from 7 up to 50 mm (0.275″ – 2″)
• Optional Peg sizes/material available

Food, Beverage & Dairy Bottling Applications

Protecting Shelf-Life and Eliminating Costly Production Leaks

In high-speed food and beverage bottling lines, achieving the exact parameter of bottle cap tightness is a delicate balance. If closures are applied too loosely, carbonation escapes, oxygen enters, and products perish prematurely. If applied too tightly, threads strip, caps crack, and consumers face a frustrating opening experience.

Our precision cap torque testers allow quality control teams to quickly verify and calibrate automated capping chucks on the factory floor, ensuring perfect seal integrity across all production batches.

Key Advantages for Food & Beverage Quality Assurance:

• Airtight Seal Verification: Accurately measure the application and removal torque of plastic screw caps, sports caps, and lug lids to guarantee a 100% airtight seal that prevents leakage during transit.

• Tamper-Evident Security Checks: Ensure that tamper-proof security bands break cleanly at the exact torque specified by your quality standards, proving to consumers that the product is fresh and uncompromised.

• Export & Industry Standard Compliance: Easily gather and log the traceable data required to pass strict food safety audits and satisfy global testing standards, including ASTM D2063 parameters.

Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging Compliance

Meeting Strict Regulatory Standards and Child-Safety Laws

In the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, packaging integrity is a matter of strict regulatory compliance. Manufacturers must ensure that liquid medications, pill bottles, and diagnostic vials are hermetically sealed to maintain absolute sterility, while remaining accessible to the intended end-user.

Our cap torque testers provide the highly repeatable, precise measurements required to validate the performance of specialized medical closures on your packaging lines.

Key Advantages for Pharmaceutical QA Teams:

• Child-Resistant Closure (CRC) Testing: Accurately measure the specific push-and-turn or squeeze-and-turn forces required to open child-resistant caps. This ensures your packaging strictly complies with international child safety standards like ISO 8317 and ISO 13127.

• Preventing Contamination & Volatility: Maintain the perfect seal tightness required to prevent moisture ingress, evaporation of volatile liquids, or atmospheric contamination of sensitive medicaments.

• Audit-Ready Validation Data: Because our testing instruments are verified using ISO 17025 traceable reference standards, your facility instantly gains the ironclad calibration documentation needed to confidently pass strict Medsafe, FDA, and GMP audits.

Honey & Premium Jar Packaging Solutions

Optimizing Seal Integrity for Mānuka and Export Honey

New Zealand’s premium honey industry demands flawless presentation and absolute product security on the global stage. If you are setting up a new honey bottling line or scaling up for export, ensuring consistent jar lid tightness is critical to protecting your valuable yield.

Our specialized cap torque testers are engineered to help honey packers easily calibrate automated capping machines, ensuring every glass or PET jar is sealed to exact specifications.

Why Honey Bottlers Need Precision Torque Measurement:

• Guarantee Tamper-Proof Integrity: Export honey jars rely heavily on tamper-evident security caps. Our meters precisely measure the exact force required to cleanly break the security ring, ensuring the international consumer receives a completely uncompromised, premium product.

• Prevent Sticky Leaks & Spoilage: Honey naturally absorbs moisture from the air. If a lid is too loose, moisture ingress causes fermentation and spoilage. If it’s too tight, plastic threads can strip, leading to catastrophic, sticky leaks during air or sea freight.

• Audit-Ready for MPI Export Standards: Meeting the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and international market access requirements means maintaining strict quality logs. Our ISO 17025 calibrated testers provide the traceable data needed to prove your packaging process is verified, consistent, and compliant.

Supported Compliance & Testing Standards

To help your production facility pass strict internal, local, and international quality audits, our cap torque testers are designed to support and satisfy the following regulatory benchmarks: (suggestions only, check your own industry standards)

Local NZ Calibration & Support

Every torque tester we supply is backed by our local technical support. We ensure your equipment arrives fully calibrated using ISO 17025 traceable reference standards, giving your quality assurance team the data-driven confidence needed to maintain flawless packaging standards year after year.