ISO 8568:2007规定了机械冲击试验机的性能参数和检查方法，并给出了描述其特性的指南。其目的是确保向特定冲击试验机的潜在用户提供机器特性的充分说明，并为此类机器的选择提供指导。 ISO 8568:2007适用于用于演示或评估代表使用环境的冲击条件的影响以及用于诊断测试的冲击试验机。冲击试验的目的是揭示机械缺陷和/或规定性能的退化。它还可用于确定试样的结构完整性，或作为质量控制手段。 ISO 8568:2007未涵盖用于模拟地震、音爆、爆炸和内爆、爆破试验、金属加工、成型等的机器。

ISO 8568:2007 specifies performance parameters and methods of inspection of mechanical shock-testing machines and gives guidelines for describing their characteristics. It is intended to ensure that the potential user of a particular shock-testing machine is provided with an adequate description of the characteristics of the machine, and also to give guidance on the selection of such machines. ISO 8568:2007 is applicable to the shock-testing machines that are used for demonstrating or evaluating the effect of shock conditions representative of the service environment and also for diagnostic testing. The purpose of the shock test is to reveal mechanical weakness and/or degradation in specified performance. It can also be used to determine the structural integrity of a test specimen or as a means of quality control. Machines used for simulation of earthquakes, sonic booms, explosions and implosions, bursting tests, metalworking, forming, etc. are not covered in ISO 8568:2007.