Whats a batch test, and is it better than RST?
Batch testing is another form of compliance checking. It is a common method used by many European and other country’s Governmental Standards as well as some of the private ones. Batch test schemes are used to test many types of products. It’s called a batch test is because a manufacturer will produce a batch of product and be required to submit a certain number of samples from the batch for testing, or in some cases test data collected by the manufacturer these products to the organization requiring the test. The drawbacks of batch testing are that the system may be manipulated too easily. Unscrupulous manufacturers could make sure the tests performed on their products in their own lab, or by a hired one, indicate that they technically are in compliance with the requirements of the standard. Additionally, if it is required that the batch helmet samples are tested at an outside source, it is possible to make sure the helmets selected will perform as required. The potential benefit of ba
