TESTS > Durability testing

Why is durability testing needed for e-passports? Governments want to maintain their image, contain the costs of their e-passport migration and satisfy citizens. Such long life identity documents bear a lot of stress in the long term, hence the need to assess the durability of e-passports.

The purpose of this session is to validate the physical conformity of the identity documents according to ICAO Layer A (durability). FIME proposes for this session these tests:

- Sheet Binding Sequence - Torsion Fatigue Sequence - Color Fastness Sequence - Thermal Cycling Sequence - Bending Fatigue Sequence - Delamination Sequence - Impact Sequence - Storage Climate Sequence - Operational Sequence - Back Pocket Sequence - Resistance to Chemicals Sequence - Pen Sequence - Datapage Abrasion Sequence - X-Ray Sequence

This test session can be adapted on request following the latest “Technical Report, Durability of Machine Readable Passports” from WG3/TF4 for ICAO-NTWG.

For more information on ePassport durability testing: epassport@fime.com