CQM 2.19 card test

Card Quality Management (CQM) norm has been updated in March 2020 (version 2.19) by MasterCard®.

It is addressed to:

Cards vendors,
Components suppliers,
Personalization bureaus.

BG INGENIERIE has developed more than 40 different tests or equipment related to the latest CQM, amongst them, bending, torsion, 3 wheels, peel strength...

CQM 2.19 card test

Dynamic torsional stress

Dynamic bending stress

3 wheel test (2 cards 1 axis)

Soft eraser rub test

Sandpaper rub test

Wear test

Card insertion test

Automatic resonance frequency test

3 wheel test

3 wheel test (1 card 2 axes)

3 wheel test (5 cards 2 axes)

3 wheel test (6 cards 2 axes)

ICM adhesion

Peel strength test

Peel strength pre-cutting tool

Tape pull test

Durability of tipping

Relative height of contacts

Automatic wrapping test

Manual wrapping test (x10)

Manual wrapping test

Resistance to impact

Resistance to corner impact

Adhesion of stripe to cards

Bending stiffness

Overall card warpage

Corners

Default ICC holder

Height, width and thickness

Bending / Shortened bending

Dynamic torsional & bending stress

Embossed character relief height retention pressure