4.1.2 No p rt of the plat orm or platorm-b sed container s al project b yon the en elo e defined by the overal external dimen ion Sp cified in - IC0 6 8 for the plan dimen ion of the b s
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-Partie 5: Co tene rs plates-formes et ty e plate-forme
AMENDEMENT 2
Re fe rence n mb r
IS0 14 6-5:19 1/A md.2:19 4(E)
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IS0 ( he International Organization for Stan ardization) is a worldwide
federation of national stan ard b dies (IS0 memb r b dies).The w ork of
pre arin International Stan ard is normaly caried out throu h IS0
tec nical commit e s Eac h memb r b d interested in a s bject for
whic a tec nical commite ha s b en esta ls ed has the r i ht to b
re resented on that commite Internationalorganization , governmental
a nd non-governmental, in laison with I SO, also tak e p rt in the work IS0
cola orates closely with the International Electrotec nical Commis ion
(IEC)on al maters of electrotec nical stan ardization
Draf International Stan ard ado ted by the tec nical commit e s are
circ lated to the memb r b dies for votin Publcationas a n International
Stan ard req ires a proval by at le st 7 % of the memb r b dies castin
a vote
Amen ment 2 to International Stan ardIS0 14 6-5:19 1 was pre ared by
Tec nicalCommite ISO/T C 10 , Fr ig t c onta ine s ,Subcommite SC 1,
Gene al pu rp s e c ontaine s
o IS0 19 9 4
All ri g h ts reserved U n les otherwise sp cifi ed, no p rt of this pu bl icati on may b
re rodu ced or utized in any fo rm or by an mean s, el ectron i c orm ech ani cal , i n clu di ng
photoco yi ng an mi crofi l m , witho ut p rmi ssion i n writin fro m th e pu bl i sher
In tern ati onal Org an i zati on fo r Stan dardi zati on
Casep stal e 5 C -121 Genève 20 Swi tzerl an
Pri n ted i n Swi tzerl an
I
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"The s m of the tare weig ts of the platorm
containers formin a n interlock ed pie, together with
any req ired sec rin devices, s a ll not ex e d the
Maximum Gros Mas (MGM)sp cified in IS0 6 6 8
for the size of container in q estion.'
Pag 3, su clause 5.3.1
Re lac e note 3by the fol owin note:
"NOT 3 Due to gre ate r in e re nt flex ib ilt y of al siz e s of
pla o rm-b ased co ntaine rs with inco mp lete s upe rstru -
ture, the to ape rture of to co rne r fit t in s may b
in re as e d b 10 mm in t he direct ion o f the ir end wall
In suc a cas e the e nd ap e rture sho uld b omit t ed in
orde r toret a in co rne r fitin st ren t h."
Pag 5, su clause 6.1
Re lac e the last p ra gr a ph by the folowin :
'Althou h the tests a r e n mb red in a certain order,
they may b caried out in a diferent order if more
a pro riate to o timize uti zation of the testin
faci ties or interpretation of the test r es lts
How-ev er, the we therpro fnes test ( est No 131,
where a pro riate, s al alway b p rformedafer
a ll stru turaltests ha v e b encompleted."
Pag 3 , su clause F.3 î
Re lac e the first pa ra gra ph by the folowin text:
"For pro f testin of cargo-sec rin devices,
a
ten ie force eq al to 1,5 times the rated lo d s a ll
b a ppled, u in a ho k or s ack le hav in a
minimum diameter of 10 mm, the ba se frame of
the container b in a proximately horizontal
For cargo-sec rin devices p sitioned a lon the
len th of the container, this test force s al be
a pledin a tran verse pla ne a nd at an a ngle of 4 "
to the horizontal (Se fig re F.1
F or cargo-sec rin devices p sitioned acros the
width of the container, this test force s a ll b
a pled in a lon itu inalpla ne a nd at a n a ngle of 4 "
tothe horizontal (Se fig re F.1 "
At the en of he existin secon pa ragra ph, a dd:
"Se fig re F 1."
Ad the folowin fig re F.1
1
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H2Heig t
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ICs 55.180.1 O
De criptors: c ntain rs, freig t c onta in rs, c ntain r platorms, sp cific tio s, dime sio s, tests, p rforma c tests
Pr ic e b se o 2 pa ges
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-Partie 5: Co tene rs plates-formes et ty e plate-forme
AMENDEMENT
I: Co tene rs IAAA et IB B
Refere c n mber
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Forew ord
IS0 (t he Int ernat ional O rganization for Stan ardization) is a worldwide f edera tion
of nat iona l stan ard b odies (I S0 memb er bodie s ) The wor k of prep ri g Int er-
na t iona l Stan ard is nor maly c a rried out thr ou h IS tec nical committee s
Eac memb r b d interested in a s b je ct for whic a tec nical c ommit t ee has
b en es tablis e d has the rig t to b repres ented on that c ommit t ee Int erna t iona l
organizatio ns, government a l a nd non-go ve rnmental, in la ison w ith ISO, als o take
part inthe work IS0co llab o rates clos ely with the Int erna tional Electr te chnical
Commis ion (IEC) on a ll mat t ers of e le ctrote chnical s tan ardiz atio n
Draf Int ernat iona l S tan ard adop t ed by the te chnical c ommit t ees are circula t ed
to the memb er b odies for vo tin Publication as an Int erna tional Stan ard
req ires app rovalby at le as t 75 % of the memb r b dies castin a vot e
Ame ndment 1 to Internat iona l Stan ard IS0 14 6-1:19 1 w as p re p ared b y
Te ch ical Committ ee lSO/TC 10 , Freight c ntainers, Sub-Commit t ee SC 1,
General p rpo ec ntainers
O IS019 3
Al rig tsr eser v ed N p rt of this p blc tio ma b re ro u e or uti ze in a y formof b
a ny mea ns, ele tr onic or me h nic l in lu in p oto o yin a d microfim, with ut
p rmis io in writin from th p blsh r
Intern tio al Org nizatio
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Platform and platform-basedcontainers
Page 1, Sco e, paragrap 1 I
Replace the four th lne by the folowin :
" bas ed t y pes de sig ated IA A, IAA,IA, IAX, I B , IBB,I ,IX,"
Page 2, table 2
In the column "Co ntaine r desig ation", re p lace the fir st an s e co nd lnes withthe folowin :
"IAAA, IAA, IA a d 1AX
IBBB, IBB, 1B a d IBX"
Page 4, su claus 5 9 I 1, la tparagrap
Replace this paragrap h withthe folowin :
"Fork-lf t po ckets s a llnot be prov ided on I AM, IAA, IA, IAX,I B ,IBB , 1 a nd IBXcontainer s."
Page 5, su claus 5.9.3
Replace the c rrent p aragrap h withthe folowin :
" Goo s e ne ck tu nels s al b e pr ovided as ma nda tory fe tures in IA A containers, an ma y b e pr ovided as o t iona l
fe ature s in IAA, IA a nd 1A containers
The dimen ion of go os e ne ck tu nels s al b inac ordan e withannex E
The b se st ruct ure of the co ntaine rs , if an , s hal be in ac o rdan e with5 4."
1
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In the column"Co ntainer de sig atio n", rep lace the fir st an se co nd lnes withthe folowin :
"IA A, IAA,IA an 1A X
IBB , IB , 1B an IBX"
Pag 7, su clause 6.4.2, sec ndparagraph
Re l ace the s e cond to fifh lnes withthe folowin :
"3 " to the hori ont al for IAM,IA ,IA an 1A
co ntaine rs ;
37 to the hori ont al for IB B B ,IB B , 1B an I X
co ntaine rs :"
Pag 2, su clause B.2.2, first paragraph
Re l ace this p aragraph withthe folowin :
" B 2 2 The minimum n mb r of pairs of loa d-ra nsf er are s is:
For IC C, I C an 1 X c ont ainer s
For I B ,IBB, 1B an I X containers
For IAM,lu, IA an 1A containers
For IAAA, IAA,IAan 1A c ont ainer s fited with a
non-cont in ou go os e ne ck tu nel
Pag 24, fig re B.3
Re l ace the c rrent itle withthe folowin :
"Figure B.3 - IBB , IBB, 1B an IBX cont aine s"
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De criptors: c nt aine s, fr ight c nt aine s, c nt aine plat fo ms, clas ific t ion, spe ific tions, dimensions, tests, pe fo manc tests
Price based on 2 Da es
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Co nte n e urs de la sé rie í -Spé cific tio n s et es ais
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R efere nce n mb e r
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Contents
Page
1 Sco e 1
2 Normative referen es 1
3 Definition 1
4 Dimen ion an ratin s 2
4.1 Externaldimen ion 2
4.2 Internal dimen ion 2
4.3 Ratin s 2
5 Desig req irements 2
5.1 General 2
5.2 Interloc ed pi e of folded containers 3
5.3 Corner fitin s 3
5.4 Base stru ture 3
5.5 En stru ture (platorm-b sed containers only) 4
5 6 Side stru ture (platorm-b sedcontainers only) 4
5.7 W alls an sec rin devices 4
5.8 Do r o enin s 4
5.9 Req irements -Optional fe tures 4
6 Testin 5
6.1 General 5
6.2 Test No 1- Stac in 5
6.3 Test No 2 -Lif in from the four to corner fitin s 6
6.4 Test No 3 - Lifin from the four b tom corner fit in s 7
6.5 Test No 4 -External restraint (lon itu inal) 7
6 6 Test No 5 -Stren th of en wal s (where provided) 7
6.7 Test No 7 -Stren th of the ro f (where provided) 8
8 IS0 19 9 1
Ai
rig ts reserved
No
p rt
of this publcation may b re roduced
or uti ze in an form
or by an men electronic o r mec anical in lu in ph otoco yin g an microfim w ith ut
p rm i ssi on in wrltin from th e pu bl i sher
International Org anl zation for Stan d ardi zatl on
Case Postal e
56 CH-I21 1Genève
2 Swi tzerl an
Printe in Swi tzerl an
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6.9 Test No 9 - Rigidity ( ran verse) (not a plca le to platorm
6.10 Test No 10 - Rigidity (lon itu inal) (not a plca le to platorm
containers) 9
Test N o 1 - Lifin from fork-lf p c ets (where provided) 9
Test No 12 - Lifin from the b se a t gra pler-arm p sition
6.1
6.12
6.13 Test No 13 -We therpro fnes (where a pro riate) 10
7 Testin of plat orm-b sedcontainers with in omplete
s p rstru ture in the folded con ition ( yp codes 6 an 6 only)
an of an interloc ed pi e of s c containers 10
7.1 General 10
7.2 Test No 14 -Stac in ( yp codes 6 an 6 only) 10
7.3 T est No I5 - Lifin of an interloc ed pi e b the to 1
An e es
A
V
Diagrammatic re resentation of ca a i ties of platorm an
platorm-b sedcontainers 12
Detais of req irements for lo d- ran fer are s in b se stru tures
of containers 2
C Dimen ion of fork-lfl p c ets (where provided) 2
D Dimen ion of gra pler-arm lf in are s (where provided) 2
E Dimen ion of go senec tu nels (where provided) 31
F
B
Cargo-sec rin s stems for platorm an platorm-b sed
containers 3
F General 3
F.2 Desig req irements
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IS0 (he International Organization for Stan ardization) is a worldwide
federation of national stan ard b dies (IS0 memb r b dies) The work
of pre arin International Stan ard is normaly car ied out throu h IS0
tec nical commite s Ea c h memb r b d interested in a s bject for
whic a tec nical commit e has b en esta l s ed has the rig t to b
re resented on that commite International organization , govern-
mental an non-governmental, in laison with ISO, also take p ri in the
work IS 0 col a orates closely with the International Electrotec nical
Commis ion (IE C) on al maters of electrotec nical stan ardization
Q
Drafi International Stan ard ado ted b the tec nical commit e s are
circ lated to the memb r b dies for votin Publcation as an In
ter-national Stan ard req ires a proval by a t le st 7 % of the memb r
b dies castin a vote
InternationalStan ard IS014 6-5 was pre ared by Tec nical Commit e
ISO/T C 10 , Freight containers, Sub-Commite SC 1, Genera l p rp s
containers
This secon edition can els an re laces the first edition
(IS0 14 6-5:19 7), as wel a IS0 14 6-6C:19 7, of whic it con titutes
a tec nical revision
IS0 14 6 con ists of the fol owin p rts, u der the general title Serie I
freig t co tainers -Spe ific tio andte ting:
- Part 1: Genera l carg con tainers for general p rp s s
- Part 2: Thermal co tainers
- Part 3: Tan co tainers forlq ids, ga e and pre suriz d dry b lk
- Part 4: No -pre suriz d co tainers fordry b lk
- Part 5: Platorm andplatorm-ba ed containers
- Part6:Internationalc rg -s curity devic s
An exes A, 8,C, O,E an F form an integral p rt of this p rt of I S0 14 6
An exes G an " are for information only
IS0 149 -5:19 1( E)
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Bulk, non-pres urized (ho p r typ )
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-Par t 5:
1 S cop e
1.1 This p rt of IS0 149 6 sp cifies the b sic sp ci-
fication an testin req irements for IS0 series 1
freig t containers of the platorm an platorm-
b sed typ s desig ated IAA,IA, IAX, IBB, IB,IBX,
ICC, IC an 1CX whic are s ita le for international
ex han e an for con eyan e by ro d, rai an se ,
in lu in interc an e b twe n these forms of
tran p rt, with certain lmitation (or example,
when lo ded, platorms can ot b stac ed or to
l fed by me n of con entional spre ders)
1.2 The container typ s covered by this p rt of
Pla t f orm-based cont ainer
With inc omp let e s p rst r uc t ure
w it h fix ed comp let e en st ruct ure
w it h f ix ed f ree-sta ndin p st s
w it h f oldin c omplet e en struc ture
w it h foldin free-st andin p st s
w it h ro f
withop en t op
w it h op en top , open e nd (s eleta l)
With c omplet e s p r st ruct ure
1.3 The markin req irements for these containers
s al b in ac ordan e with the prin iples emb died
in IS0 6 3 46
2
Th
fol owin stan ard contain rovision whic ,
throu h referen e in this text, con titute provision
of this p rt of IS0 149 6 At the time of publcation,
the edition in icated were vald Al stan ard are
s bject to revision, an p rties to agre ments b sed
on this p t of IS0 149 6 are en ouraged to in
esti-gate the p s ibi ty of a plyin the most recent edi-
tion of the stan ard in icated b low Memb rs of
IEC an IS0 maintain registers of c r ently val d
International Stan ard
IS0 66 8 :19 8 8, Series i fe igh t co n fain e rs - Classi-
fic tio n, dim en s io ns a n dratin gs
IS083 0 :19 8 1, Fre igh t co n taine rs - Te rm ino lo gy, an
its amen ments: IS0 8 0:19 1/A md.l:19 4 an
IS0 8 30:198 1/Amd.2:198 8
IS0 1 6 1:19 8 4, Series i fe igh t co n faine rs - Corne
fitfin gs -Spe cific fio n
IS0 6 3 46 :19 8 4, Freight co n taine rs - Co ding, ide n tifi-
IS0 6 34 6 :19 4 /Amd 1 : 19 8 8
3 Def initions
For the purp ses of this p rt of IS0 149 6 , the defi-
nition given in IS0 8 30, together with the fol owin ,
a ply However, for practical re son , certain defi-
nition taken an ada ted from IS08 0 are given
b low
3, plat orm: Flat stru ture havin no s p rstru -
ture whatever The eq ipment covered by this p rt
of IS0 149 6 is defined as a lo da le platorm havin
no s p rstru ture whatever but havin the same
len th an width a s the b se of series 1 containers,
an eq ip ed with to an b tom corner fitin s,
located in plan view a s on other series 1 containers,
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so that some sec rin an l f in devices u ed on
other series 1 containers of the same len th can
also b u ed on platorms
3.2 platíorm-based c o ntainer: Container havin no
side wals but whic has a b se simiar t o that of a
platorm container
3 3 incomplete su erstructure: L c of an p rma-
nently fixed lon itu inal lo d-car yin stru ture b
-twe n the en s other than at the b se
3.4 fixed complete en d structure: Fixed en frame
with a complete lo d-b arin en wal b twe n cor-
ner p sts
3.5 foldin complete en structure: Foldin en
frame with a tran verse stru tural con ection b
-twe n corner p sts
3.6 interlocked p ile: A n mb r of plat orm con-
tainers or foldin platorm-b sed containers, with
en s folded down, whic are interloc ed to form a
u it (mod le) (se 4.1.3)
4 Dimensions and r atings
4 1 External dimensio s
4.1.1 The overal external dimen ion an tol
er-an es of the freig t containers covered by this p rt
of IS0 149 6 s al b those esta ls ed in IS0 66 8 ,
ex e t that the req irements for the overal to
len th (L) o f platorm-b sed containers with in-
complete s p rstru ture may b relaxed t o the ex-
treme l mits sp cified in ta le
Table 2 - O verall to dim ensio , L
Takin into ac ou t the fact that the mec anism of
the foldin en stru tures may introd ce natural
play, the values ofI, an L, sp cified in ta le
s al b met.Fai ure t o comply with this req irement
is l a le t o le d to han ln dific lties
4.1.2 No p rt of the plat orm or platorm-b sed
container s al project b yon the en elo e defined
by the overal external dimen ion Sp cified in
- IC0 6 8 for the plan dimen ion of the b se
stru ture of al containers, the plan dimen ion
of the to p ri of container with complete s p r-
stru ture, or the overal maximum heig t of al
containers whic may also b of red ced di-
inen ion , or
- ta le 2 for the plan dimen ion of the to p rt of
containers with in omplete s p rstru ture
4.1.3 An interloc ed pi e of either platorm or folded
platorm-b sed containers s al have the plan di-
men ion sp cified in IS0 6 8 an a pi e heig t not
ex e din 2 5 91 mml)
4.2 Internaldimensions
Internal dimen ion are not sp cified; however,
minimum internal dimen ion of existin ICC, IC
an 1C platorm-b sed containers for the car iage
of smal containers are given in an ex G The val-
ues are given a s a g ide to the desig of smal
intermoda I containers
4.3 Ratings
The values of the ratin R,the maximumgros mas
of these containers, s al b those sp cified in
An movement of the corner p sts res ltin from the
c an e from the empty to the ful y lo ded con ition
of the container s ould, as far as practica le, b
eq aly disp sed a out the me n of the values of
5.1.1 The stren th req irements for containers are
given in diagrammatic form in an ex A ( hese re-
q irements are a pl ca le to al containers ex e t
where otherwise stated) They a ply to containers
as complete u its, ¡e those remova le comp nents
in p sition as req ired for the inten ed o eratin
con ition
5.1.2 The stren th req irements for corner fitin s
(se also 5.3) are sp cified in IS0 1 6 1
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5.1.3 Al containers, ex e t containers with foldin
en s (codes 6 an 6 ) in the folded con ition, s al
b ca a le of with tan in the lo d an lo din s
sp cified in clau e 6
Containers with foldin en s in the folded con ition
s al b ca a le of with tan in the lo d an
lo din s sp cified in clau e 7
As the efects of lo d en ou tered u der an d -
namic o eratin con ition s ouldonly a pro c , but
not ex e d, the efects of the cor esp n in test
lo d , it is impl cit that the ca a i ties of containers
in icated in an ex A an demon trated by the tests
des rib d in clau es 6 an 7 s al not b ex e ded
in an mode of o eration
Containers ne d not b we therpro f but if desig ed
to b we therpro f they s al satisfy test No 13 (se
6.13)
5.1.4 An mova le p rt whic , if u sec red, could
le d t o a hazardou situation, s al b providedwith
an adeq ate sec rin s stem havin external in i
-cation of the p sitive sec rement of that p rt in the
a pro riate o eratin p sition
5.2 Interlocked pi e of f olded containers
Horizontal fre play s al b lmited b twe n in
i-vid al folded containers formin an interloc ed pi e
so that the pie is ca a le of complyin with the d
i-men ional req irements of 4.1.3
5.3 Corner fit ings
5.3.1 Al containers s al b eq ip ed with to an
b tom corner fitin s (se notes 2 an 3) T he re-
q irements an p sitionin of the corner fitin s are
given in IS0 1 6 1, ex e t for the case mentioned in
4 1.1
NOTES
2
may be combined prov idin t hey comp ly w it h IC0 1 61
3 Du e to t he gr ea t er in erent lon it udina l flexibi ty o f
1C X cont a iners, t he t op c rn r f it t in s may ha ve t heir to
a perture increased by 10 mm t owards the en wall In
s uc a cas e , the en a pert ur e s ould b e omite in order
to r etain c rn r fitin st ren t h
For ICX pla t forms, t he t op an d b t t m c orner fitin s
5.3.2 Containers with foldin en s s al b
eq ip ed with fe tures s c that in the folded
con-dition they may b stac ed an sec red, lfed from
the to by me n of a spre der eq ip ed with cor-
ner fitin loc in devices (e.g twistloc s), an
interloc ed with other containers havin simi ar
foldin en stru tures
The fe tures s al have at le st an eq ivalent to the
up er face an internal cavity of the to corner fit
tin
The p sitionin of the fe tures in the folded con-
dition s al me t the req irements of IS 1 6 1
5.3.3 For al containers, in lu in containers with
foldin en s folded down, the up er faces of the to
corner fitin s or eq ivalent fe tures (p rformin
some of the fu ction of to corner fitin s - se
5.3.2) s al protru e a ove the to of the container
by a minimum of 6 mm2 1 (se 5.4.3) By “ o of he
container” is u dersto d the hig est level of an
p rt of the container, for example the levelof the to
of a sof cover
However, if reinforced zones or doubler plates are
provided to aford protection inthe vicinity of the to
corner fitin s, s c plates an their sec rements
s al not protru e a ove the up er faces of the to
corner fitin s
These plates s al not exten more than 75 0 mm2)
from either en of the container but may cover the
ful width
5.4 Ba e structure
5.4.1
p rted by their b tom corner fitin s only
Al containers s al b ca a le of b in s p-
5.4.2 Al containers s al b ca a le of b in s p-
p rted only by lo d-ran fer are s in their b se
stru ture
5.4.2.1 Con eq ently, these containers s al have
en tran verse memb rs an s ficient intermediate
lo d- ran fer are s (or a flat u derside) of s ficient
stren th to p rmit vertical lo d tran fer to or from
the lon itu inal memb rs of a car yin vehicle Su h
lon itu inal memb rs are as umed to l e within the
two 2 5 0 mm*) wide zones defined by the broken l nes
in fig re B.1
5.4.2.2 The lower faces of the lo d- ran fer are s
in the container b se stru ture, in lu in those of
the en tran verse memb rs, s al b in one plane
located
12 ,5 mm ?:,5 mm*)
a ove the plane of the lower faces of the b tom
corner fitirig of the container (b se plane), ex e t
where camb r is provided (se 5.4 5)
Ap rt from the b tom corner fitin s an b tom
side rai , no p rt of the container s al project b low
this plane However, doubler plates may b provided
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in the vicinity ofthe b tom corner fitin s to aford
protection t o the u derstru ture
Su h plates s al not exten more than 5 0 mm3)
from the outer en an not more than 4 0 mm3) from
the side faces of the b tom corner fitin s an their
lower faces s al b at le st 5 mm3 ) a ove the b se
plane of the container
5.4.2.3 The tran fer of lo d b twe n the u derside
of he b tom side rai s an car yin vehicles is not
en isaged
The tran fer of lo d b twe n b tom side rai s an
han l n eq ipment s ould only oc ur when
pro-
vision has b en made in ac ordan e with 5.9.1 an
5.9.2
5.4.2.4 Containers havin al their intermediate
tran verse memb rs sp ced 1 O0 mm3 ) a art or
les (or havin a flat u derside) s al b de med to
comply with the req irements of 5.4 2 1
5.4.2.5 Req irements for containers not havin
tran verse memb rs sp ced 1 O0 mm3) a art or
les (an not havin a flat u derside) are given in
an ex B
5.4.3 For al containers u der d namic con ition ,
or the static eq ivalent of a container havin a lo d
u iformly distributed over the flo r in s c a way
that the combined mas of the container an test
lo d is eq al to 1,8 R, no p rt of the b se of the
container s al deflect more than
6 mm3 ) b low the
b se plane of the container
5 4 4 The b se Stru ture s al b desig ed t o with-
stan al forces, p rtic larly lateral forces, in u ed
by the cargo inservice (se also 5.7.3, 5.7.4 an fig-
ures A 7 an A.8) This is p rtic larly imp rtant
where provision are made for sec rement of cargo
to
the b se stru ture of the container
5.4.5 Camb r may b provided with resp ct to the
en tran verse memb rs, whic s al b located at
the heig t sp cified in 5.4.2 2
When determinin camb r ofa platorm-b sed con-
tainer, note s ould b taken of the relation hip b -
twe n the b se deflection whic oc ur u der load
an the lon itu inal movement whic is p rmit ed
at the to of the corner p sts ( or whic the l mit is
sp cified in 4.1.1)
When a container with camb r is lo dedto its ratin
R, the b se s ould b a proximately horizontal to
faci tate the tran p rt of the container when it is
s p orted by its b se stru ture only
5.5 End structure (plat orm-b sed containers
only)
For al plat orm-b sed containers, the sideway de-
flection of the to of the container with resp ct to the
For al platorm-b sed containers, the lon itu inai
deflection of the to of the container with resp ct to
the b t om of the container at the time it is u der ful
lon itu inal rigidity test con ition s al not ex e d
4 mm3)
5.7 Wal s and s cur in dev ic s
5.7.1 Where containers are provided with en
wal s, these s al b a le to with tan the efects o f
test No 5 ex e t in ofar as is impled in 5.7 3
5.7.2 Where o enin s are provided in en wals,
the a i ty of hese wals to with tan test No 5 s al
not b imp ired
5.7.3 Where containers are provided with en s
whic are not a le t o with tan test N 5 , me n
s al b provided for sec rin the cargo t o the b se
stru ture in s c a man er that the cargo do s not
tran mit lon itu inal forces t o
the en s
5.7.4 Sin e the containers do
n t have side wals,
adeq ate me n s al b provided to p rmit the se-
c rin of the cargo again t lateral movement
5.7.5 The desig req irements for cargo-sec rin
devices presented in 5.7 3 an 5 7 4 are sp cified in
5.9.1.1 Fork-lf p c ets for han l n ICC, IC an
1CX containers in the lo ded or u lo ded con ition
may b provided a s o tional fe tures
Fork-lf p c ets s al not b provided on IAA, IA,
IAX, IBB, 1B an IBXcontainers
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ted a s in 5 9 1.1, a secon set of fork-lf p c ets
may, in ad ition, b provided on ICC, IC an 1CX
containers for empty han l n only
5.9.1.3 The fork-lf p c ets, where provided, s al
me t the dimen ional req irements sp cified in an-
nex C an s al p s completely throu h the b se
stru ture of the container so that lf in devices may
b in erted from either side The b se of the fork-lf
p c ets ne d not b the ful width of the container
but s al b provided ne r e c en of the fork-lf
p ck ets
5.9.2 Grap ler arms or simiar d vic s
Fixtures for han ln al containers by me n of
gra pler arms or simi ar devices may b provided
as o tional fe tures The dimen ional req irements
for s c provision are sp cified in an ex D
5.9.3 Go s n c tu n ls
Go senec tu nels may b provided a s o tional
fe tures in IAA, IA an IAX containers T he di-
men ional req irements are sp cified in an ex E
an , in ad ition, al other p rts of the b se stru ture
s al b as sp cified in 5.4
6 Te st ing
6.1 Ge eral
Unles otherwise stated, containers complyin with
the desig req irements sp cified in clau e 5 s al ,
in ad ition, b ca a le of with tan in the tests
sp cified in 6.2 to 6 13 an 7.1 to 7.3, a s a plca le
Containers s al b tested in the con ition for whic
they are desig ed to b o erated Containers
eq ip ed with remova le stru tural items s al b
tested with these items in p sition
It is recommen ed that the test for we therpro f
nes (est No 13), where a pro riate, b made last
6.1.1 The s mb l P denotes the maximum p ylo d
of the container t o b tested, that is:
P=R - T
where
R is the ratin ;
T is the tare
NOT 4 R, P an T ,by definit ion, are inu its of mas s
Whe re t est req irements a re b as ed on t he gravitational
forces derived from the se values, t hese forc es, whic are
iner tial forces, a re in ic a t ed th s:
Rg,Pg, Tg
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t he u it s of which a re in newt on or mult iples’thereof
Th e word “lo d”, when u ed
to desc r ib a phy sic a l q an-
tity to which u it s may b a sc rib d, imples mas s
T he word “loa din ”, fo r ex a mp le as in “inter nal lo din ”,
imples force
6.1.2 T he test lo d or lo din on the platorm or
platorm-b sed container s al b u iformly distrib-
uted
6.1.3 The test lo d an lo din s sp cified in al of
the folowin tests are minimum req irements
6.1.4 T he dimen ional req irements to whic r ef
eren e is made afer e c test are those sp cified
This test s al b car ied out to prove the a i ty of
a ful y lo ded container to s p ori a s p rimp sed
mas of containers, takin into ac ou t con ition
a o rd s ips at se an the relative ec entricities
b twe n s p rimp sed containers
Ta le sp cifies the force to b a pled a s a test to
e c p ir of corner fitin s an the s p rimp sed
mas that the test force re resents
6.2.2 Proc d re
6.2.2.1 Plat orm contain r
The container in the tare con ition s al b placed
on four level p d , one u der e c b tom corner
fitin or eq ivalent corner stru ture The p d s al
b centralzed u der the fitin s, an s al b s b-
stantialy of the same plan dimen ion as the fit
tin s
T he container s al b s bjected t o vertical forces
a pled either to al four corner fitin s simu
l-tane u ly or to e c p ir of en fitin s, at the a
-pro riate level sp cified in ta le 3
6.2.2.2 Piat orm-ba e Contain r
The container s al b placed o four level p d ,
one u der e c b tom corner fitin The p d s al
b central zed u der the fitin s, an s al b s
b-stantial y of the same plan dimen ion as the f it -
tin s
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The container s al have a lo d u iformly distributed
over the flo r in s c a way that the combined mas
of the container an test lo d is eq al to 1,8
The container s al b s bjected to vertical forces
For platorm or platorm-b sed containers, the
forces s al b a pl ed throu h a test fixture
eq ip ed with corner fitin s as sp cified in
IS0 1 61, or eq ivalent fit in s whic have imprints
of the same ge metry (¡e with the same external
dimen ion , c amfered a erture an rou ded
ed es) as the lower face of the b tom corner fitin
sp cified in IS0 1 61, If eq ivalent fitin s are u ed
they s al b desig ed to prod ce the same efect
on the container u der the test lo d as when cor-
ner fit in s are u ed
In al cases, the forces s al b a pled in s c a
man er that rotation of the planes throu h whic the
forces are a pl ed an on whic the container is
s p orted is minimized
Eac corner fitin oreq ivalent fit in s al b ofset
in the same direction by 2 ,4 mm4) lateral y an
3 m m 4) lon itu inal y
6.2.3 Re uireme ts
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normal ty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
6.3 Te t No 2 - Lif ting f r om the four t op
corner fit in s
6.3.1 Ge eral
This test s al b car ied out t o prove the a i ty of
a container to with tan b in lf ed from the four
to corner fitin s with the l fin forces a pl ed
ver-tical y.These are the only recog ized way of lfin
these plat orm containers by the four to corner fit
tin s
NO TE 5
sp rea ders w it h ex t en ion
L oa ded plator ms s hould b lfed b me n of
This test s al also b regarded as provin the a i
-ity of the flo r an b se stru ture to with tan the
forces arisin from ac eleration of the p ylo d in
l fin o eration
6.3.2 Proc d re
The container s al have a lo d u iformly distributed
over the flo r in s c a way that the combined mas
of the container an test lo d is eq al to 2 R, an it
s al b carefuly lf ed from al four to corners in
s c a way that no sig ificant ac eleration or de-
celeration forces are a pled
For al platorm containers,the l fin forces s al b
a pl ed vertical y
Afer l fin , the container s al b s sp n ed for
5 min an then lowered t o the grou d
6.3.3 Re uireme ts
O n completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normal ty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln ,sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
Table 3 - F rc s to be ap le in sta kin te t
T est per c ntain r Te st orc e per pa ir of e d Super imp s d mass
f itt i g r epr es nte b te t for c e (al four cor ner s
Contain r de sig a on s imult a ne ou ly)
of one con tal n er, al b i ng rated to 2 0 0 k , an an ac eleratlon of 1,8g [The corn er p sts of such Containers are
k own tohave b en tested to 8 4 0 k (19 4 0 Ib)
4) 2 ,4 mm = 1 in; 3 mm = 1 1/2 in
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a container to with tan b in lfed from its four
b tom corner fitin s by me n of l fin devices
b arin on the b tom corner fitin s only an at
tac ed toa sin le tran verse central spre der b am
a ove the container
6.4.2 Proc d re
The container s al have a lo d u iformly distributed
over the flo r in s c a way that the combined mas
of container an test lo d is eq al to 2R , an s al
b careful y lfed from the side a ertures of al four
b tom corner fitin s in s c a way that n sig ifi-
cant ac eleration or deceleration forces are a pled
4 " to the horizontal for ICC, IC an ICX
In e c case, the l ne of action of the l fin force an
the outer face of the corner fitin s al b no further
a art than 3 mm5) The lfin s al b car ied out
in s c a man er that the l fin devices b ar on the
four b tom corner fitin s only
This test s al b car ied out to prove the a i ty of
a container to with tan lon itu inal external re-
straint u der d namic con ition of rai way o er-
ation , whic impl es ac eleration of 2
6.5.2 Proc d re
The container s al have a lo d u iformly distributed
over the flo r in s c a way that the combined mas
of the container an the u iformly distributed test
lo d is eq al to R, an it s al b sec red
lon itu inal y to rigid an hor p ints throu h the
b tom a erture of the b tom corner fitin s at one
en of the container
A force of 2Rg s al b a pl ed horizontal y to the
container throu h the b tom a ertures of the other
b t om corner fitin s, first toward an then away
from the an hor p ints
6.5.3 Re uireme ts
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normalty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
6.6 T est No 5 -Strength of end wal s (where
provide d)O)
6.6.1 Ge eral
This test s al b car ied out t o prove the a i ty of
a container to with tan forces u der the d namic
con ition refer ed to in 6.5.1
Afer l fin , the container s al b s sp n ed for
5 min an then lowered t o the grou d
6.fi2 Proc d re
6.4.3 Re uireme ts
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normal ty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
The container s al have e c en tested when one
en is bl n an the other eq ip ed with sp cial
fe tures In the case of s mmetrical con tru tion,
one en only ne d b tested The container s al b
s bjected t o an internal lo din of 0,4Pg The
internal lo din s al b u iformly distributed over
the wal u der test an aran ed to alow fre de-
flection of the wal
5 )
3 8 mm = 1 1 2 in
6 ) Tests No 5 and N 7 are a pl ica le to Only some typ s of pla o rm-b ased containers Test No.6 o IS 14 6-1:19 0 ( stre ngth of
si de wa lls) is not a plca le
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6.6.3 Req irements
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normal ty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
6.7 T est No 7 - Strength of the roof (where
pr~vided)~)
6.7.1 General
This test s al b car ied out to prove the a i ty of
the rigid ro f of a container, where fited, t o with-
stan the lo d imp sed by p rson workin on the
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normalty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
6.8 T est No 8 -Flo r strength
6.8.1 General
This test s al b car ied out to prove the a i ty of
a container flo r to with tan the con entrated d -
namic lo din d rin cargo o eration in olvin
tru k or simi ar devices
irec-tion p ral el to the axle of the whe l) by 10 m m e)
an that e c whe l makes ph sical contact over
an are within this en elo e of not more than
14 cm2 s) The whe l width s al b nominal y
18 m m 8) an the whe l centres s al b nominaly
7 0 mm8 ) The test vehicle s al b manœu red over
the entire flo r are of the container b th
lon itu inaly an tran versal y T he test s al b
made with the container restin on four level s p-
p rts u der its four b tom corner fitin s, with its
b se stru ture fre to deflect
6.8.3 Req irements
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normal ty
This test s al b car ied out to prove the a i ty of
a container, other than a platorm container, to
with tan the tran versal rac in forces res ltin
from s ip movement
6.9.2 Proc d re
6.9.2.1 The container in tare con ition (T)s al b
placed on foi r level s p orts, one u der e c cor-
ner fitin , an s al b restrained again t lateral
an vertical movement by me n of an hor devices
actin throu h the b tom a ertures of the b tom
corner fitin s L teral restraint s al b provided
only at a b tom corner fit in diagonal y o p site
an in the same en frame a s the to corner fitin
to whic forces are a pled When testin the two
en frames se arately, vertical restraint s al b
a pled only at the en frame u der test
6.9.2.2 In the case of containers of typ code 6 or
6 , in order to re resent typical service con ition
a s closely as practica le, the to corner fitin s at
the en or en s of the container u der test s ould
b con ected tran versaly by me n of a memb r
or memb rs re resentin the lower tran verse
memb r(s) in the en frame(s) of a s p rimp sed
container The re resentative memb r s al b
sec rely atac ed t o the corner fitin s so that the
lo d wi b eq aly a pled to the two p sts
6.9.2.3 Forces of 15 kN l s al b a pled either
se arately or simultane u ly to e c of the to
cor-ner fitin s on one side of the container in lnes
p ral el b th to the b se an to the planes of the
en s of the container The forces s al b a pled
first toward an then away from the to corner fit
tin s
7) Tests No 5 an d N o 7 are a plca le to o ly some typ s of pla o rm-b ased containers Test No 6 of IS014 6-1:19 0 (s tre ngth of
sid wals ) is n t a plca le
8) 142 cmz = 2 i n 2; 3 0k = 6 0Ib; 2 3 k g = 6 0 1b; 5 6 k = 12 0 Ib; 15 kN = 3 7WIbf; 10 mm = 4in; 18 0 mm =
7 in; 18 5 mm = 7 1/4 in; 6 0 mm x 30mm = 2 in x 12in; 70 mm = 3 in
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one en ne d b tested Where a n en is not es-
sentialy s mmetrical a out its own vertical centre-
lne, b th sides ofthat en s al b tested
For alowa le deflection u der ful test lo din ,se
5.5
6.9.3 Re uireme ts
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normal ty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di
-men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
N OT 6 T he sa tisfac t ory c omple t ion of this te st by a
contain r o f ty pe cod 6 or 6 imple t hat e c p os t ma
be s ubjec t ed to a max imum tr an v er se ra ckin loa in o f
7 kN9) in s r vic
6.10 T est No 10 - Rigidity (longitu inal) (not
a pl ca le to plat orm containers)
6.10.1 Ge eral
This test s al b car ied out to prove the a i ty of
a container, other than a platorm container, to
with tan the lon itu inal rac in forces res ltin
from s ip movement
For a container whic has in omplete s p rstru
-tures, a total rac in lo din of 15 k N9) is as umed
to b s ared b twe n the two en s of the container
in the ratio of 2 to 1, althou h there is u certainty
s r ou din the precise division of lo din T he test
s al b a pled in ac ordan e with the proced re
given in 6.10.2
6.10.2 Proc d re
6.10.2.1 T he container in tare con ition (T) s al
b placed on four level s p orts, one u der e c
corner fitin , an s al b restrained again t lon
i-tu inal an vertical movement by me n of an hor
devices actin throu h the b tom a ertures of the
b tom corner fitin s L n itu inal restraint s al
b provided only at a b tom corner fitin
diagonal y o p site an in the same side frame as
the to corner fitin to whic the force is a pled
6.10.2.2 For containers with in omplete s p r-
stru ture ( yp s 61, 6 , 6 an 6 ), forces of 5 k N9i
s al b a pled either se arately or simultane u ly
to e c of the to corner fitin s on one en of the
container in lnes p ral el b th to the b se of the
container an to the planes of the sides of the con-
tainer The forces s al b a pled first toward an
then away from the to corner fitin
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6.10.2.3 For containers with complete s p rstru -
ture ( yp s 6 , 6 an 6 7 ), forces of 7 kNg) s al b
a pl ed either se arately or simultane u ly to e c
of the to corner fitin s on one en of the container
in l nes p ral el b thto the b se of the container an
to the planes of the sides of the container T he
forces s al b a pl ed first toward an then away
from the to corner fitin
6.10.2.4 In the case of a container with identical
sides, only one side ne d b tested Where a side
is not es ential y s mmetrical a out its own vertical
centrelne, b th en s of hat side s al b tested
For alowa le deflection u der ful test lo din , se
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normalty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
T he container s al have a lo d u iformly distributed
over the flo r in s c a way that the combined mas
of container an test lo d is eq al to 1,6R It s al
b s p orted on two horizontal b rs, e c 20 0 mm9)
wide, projectin 18 8 mm Jr 3 mm9)into the fork
p c et, me s red from the outside face of the side
of the container.The b rs s al b centredwithin the
p c ets
Afer lfin , the container s al b s p orted for
5 min an then lowered tothe grou d
6.1 2.2 Contain rs fit e with two s ts of fork-l f
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A secon test s al b a pled to the (ad itional)
in er p c ets The proced re for this secon test
s al b as req ired in 6.1 2.1 ex e t that, in this
case, the combined mas of the container an test
lo d s al b eq al to 0,6 5R, an the b rs s al b
placed in the in er p c ets
6 11 3 Req irem ents
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normalty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
6.12 T est No i 2- Lif ing from the bas at
grappier-arm positions (where provided)
6.12.1 General
This test s al b car ied out on an container whic
is fited with fixtures for b in l fed by gra pler
arms or simi ar devices with l f in p sition a s de-
tai ed in an ex D
6 12 2 Proc d re
The container s al have a lo d u iformly distributed
over the flo r in s c a way that the combined mas
of the container an the u iformly distributed test
lo d is eq al to
1,2 5R, an it s al b s p orted at
the fo ur p sition where provision has b en made
for the eq ipment en isaged in 6.12.1, over an are
of 3 mm x 25 4 mrn10) centraly located at e c of
the four p sition , cle r of the safety l ps
Afer lfin , the container s al b s p orted for
5 min an then lowered tothe grou d
6.12.3 Req u irem en ts
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normalty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the d
i-men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
6.13 T est No 13 - We therproofne s (where
a pro riate)l )
6 13 1 Proc d re
A stre m of water s al b a pl ed on al exterior
joints an se ms of the container from a noz le of
12 ,5 mmlo) in ide diameter, at a pres ure of a out
10 k Palo) [cor esp n in to a he d of a out 10 mro)
of water] on the upstre m side of the noz le The
noz le s al b held 1,5 m’O) from the container u -
der test, an the stre m s al b traversed at a vel-
ocity of 0,l m/slO)
Proced res in olvin the u e of several noz les are
ac e ta le provided that e c joint or se m is s b-
jected to a water lo din not les than that whic
would b given by a sin le noz le
6 13 2 Req u iremen ts
O n completion of the test, the container s al b fre
from p netration of water
7 Te ting of plat orm-ba ed containers
w ith incomplete super str uctur e in the
folded condition ( y pe codes 6 and 64
only) a nd of an interlocked pi e of s uc h
containers
7.1.2 The s mb l i denotes the maximum n mb r
of containers whic form an interloc ed pi e as d
e-fined in 3.6 an 4 1.3
7.1.3 Th test lo d sp cified in al the fol owin
tests are the minimum req irements
7.2 T est
No
14
Sta k ing ( ype codes 6 and
-6 only)
7 2.1 General
This test s al b car ied out to prove the a i ty of
a foldin container, in the folded con ition, to s p-
p ri a s p rimp sed mas of fuly lo ded
con-tainers, takin into ac ou t con ition a o rd s ips
at se an the relative ec entricities b twe n
s p rimp sed containers
Ta le sp cifies the force t o b a pl ed a s a test to
e c p ir of corner fitin s an the s p rimp sed
mas that the test force re resents
10) 10 kPa = 14,5 psi; 12,5 mm = 1 2 i n ; 1,5m = 5 f; 10 m = 3 f; 3 mm x 2 4 mm = 114 in x 10 in; 0.1 m/ s = 4 in/s
1 ) Fo r example, typ 6 co ntaine rs equ i pp d w it h side c rtain
Trang 267.2.2 Proc d re
The container in the tare an folded con ition s al
b placed onfour level p d , one u der e c b tom
corner fitin The p d s al b centralzed u der
the fitin s an s al b s bstantialy of the same
plan dimen ion a s the fitin s
The container s al b s bjected t o vertical forces
a pled either to al four fe tures provided for
stac in (as in 5.3.2)simultane u ly or to e c p ir
of same fe tures at the a pro riate level sp cified
in ta le
The forces s al b a pled throu h a test fixture
eq ip ed with corner fitin s as sp cified in
IS0 1 61 or eq ivalent fitin s whic have imprints
of the same ge metry (¡e with the same external
dimen ion , c amfered a erture an rou ded
ed es) a s the b tom face of the b tom corner fit
tin sp cified in IS0 1 61 If eq ivalent fitin s are
u ed they s al b desig ed to prod ce the same
efect on the container u der the test lo d as when
corner fitin s are u ed
In al cases, the forces s al b a pled in s c a
man er that rotation of the planes throu h whic the
forces are a pled an on whic the container is
s p orted is minimized
Ea c h corner fitin or eq ivalent fitin s al b ofset
in the same direction by 2 5 ,4 mmlz) lateral y an
3 mml*) lon itu inaly
7.2.3 Re uireme ts
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normalty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e an the di-
12 ) 2 4 mrn = 1i n ; 3 rnrn = 1 1 2 i n ; 2 91 m rn = 10 in
IS0 14 6-5:19 1(E)
men ional req irements afectin han ln , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied
7.3 T est No 15 - Lif ing of an interlocked pi e
b the top
7.3.1 Ge eral
This test s al b car ied out to prove the resistan e
of either a platorm or a folded container con ected
to a interloc ed pi e when l fed from a ove u in
the fe tures (se 5.3.2)provided, an with the lfin
forces a pl ed verticaly
7.3.2 Proc d re
The container s al b con ected by me n of
interloc in devices or by its integral interloc in
devices (where fited) to another container or t o a
test fixture whic simulates a secon container, so
that the gros mas lfed by the container u der test
is ( n -1)7, the mas b in eq aly s ared amon
the interloc in devices, where n is the largest
n mb r of interloc ed u its havin a combined
heig t of les than 2 59 1 rnrnlz)
The combined u its s al b carefuly l fed from al
four to corners in s c a way that no sig ificant
ac eleration or deceleration forces are a pled
7.3.3 Re uireme ts
On completion of the test, the container s al s ow
neither p rmanent deformation nor a normalty
whic wi ren er it u s ita le for u e, an the di-
men ional req irements afectin han l n , sec rin
an interc an e s al b satisfied