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
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- Storage Climate Sequence
- Operational Sequence
- Back Pocket Sequence
- Resistance to Chemicals Sequence
- Pen Sequence
- Datapage Abrasion Sequence
- X-Ray Sequence
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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
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