JEWELRY TESTING
COMFORT WITH CONFIDENCE
Evaluation of costume or children’s jewelry for performance characteristics in addition to regulatory requirements.
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Although there are legal requirements for assessing lead or nickel content, there are hardly any industry standards for evaluating the performance and longevity of jewelry. Because of this, jewelry producers and sellers lack or seldom ever use objective techniques and information to judge how long their goods will last or how well they will serve customers. Manufacturers and merchants are thus left unsure of whether their quality goals will be achieved and thus exposed to the risk of product returns, recalls, and customer unhappiness, eventually endangering their brand and image.
SOLUTION
Jewelry Testing is the evaluation of costume or children’s jewellery for performance characteristics in addition to regulatory requirements.
- Regulatory testing can determine if products comply with requirements such as lead in surface coatings per 16 CFR Part 1303, as well as California Proposition 65.
- Performance testing to customized standards for jewellery can identify how a product will perform for the consumer.
- A combination of regulatory and performance testing can provide you with the ability to better manage risk and protect your company’s brand.
WHAT ARE THE KEY BENEFITS?
- Prove compliance of products to applicable regulations
- Evaluate how a product will perform in the hands of the consumer
- Assess product performance
- Analyze how normal usage will affect a product
- Reduce product returns
- Identify issues missed in the manufacturing process
- Enhance risk management and brand protection
OUR APPROACH
To provide our clients with the ability to better determine the durability and performance of their jewelry products, we worked with manufacturers and industry experts to develop objective quality standards. The result: a comprehensive range of customized services to help our clients evaluate the mechanical properties of their jewelry products, including:
- Clasp Evaluations: Evaluates the performance of clasps for tensile strength, actuation force and durability.
- Compression Test: Assesses the potential of crushing or denting on jewelry items.
- Wearing Back Test: Evaluates the performance of earrings, including post-type, snap-bar type and shepherds-hook type earrings.
- Setting Strength Test: Determines the force required to pull a gemstone out of its mounting.
- Tarnish Test: Evaluates the jewelry box components and materials for their potential to tarnish jewelry items.
- Tensile Test: Assess the strength of various chain types including herringbone, leather, mono filament line, etc. Also can be used to determine clasp-chain strength.