1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13973:2002 Rigid plastics containers Method for determination of drainability The European Standard EN 13973:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 55.100; 55.140 BS EN 13973:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Consumer Products a
2、nd Services Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 21 October 2002 BSI 21 October 2002 ISBN 0 580 40623 7 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13973:2002. The UK parti
3、cipation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PKW/5, Primary and transport packaging, to Subcommittee PKW/5/25, Rigid plastics packaging, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-re
4、ferences The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of Brit
5、ish Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; presen
6、t to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an in
7、side front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13973 Oc
8、tober2002 ICS55.100;55.140 Englishversion RigidplasticscontainersMethodfordeterminationof drainability ConteneursenplastiquerigideMthodededtermination delaptitudeauvidage FormstabileKunststoffbehlterVerfahrenzurBestimmung derEntleerbarkeit ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon19August2002. CENmembe
9、rsareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.
10、 ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium
11、,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussel
12、s 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13973:2002EEN13973:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Termsanddefinitions. .5 4 Principle6 5 Sampling.6 6 Apparatus .6 7 Procedure .6 8 Calculat
13、ion7 9 Testreport . .7EN13973:2002(E) 3 Foreword ThisdocumentEN13973:2002hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC 261“Packaging“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyApril2
14、003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby April2003. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Irela
15、nd,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13973:2002(E) 4 Introduction Thepurposeofpackagingisthecontainment,protection,distributionandpromotionofproducts.Amajorroleis preventionofproductdamageand/orproductwaste. ThisEuropeanStandardwasdevel
16、opedtotestthedesignofacontainerandtoproviderequirementsandtest procedurestomeetrecommendationsonresidualproductwaste.EN13973:2002(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesamethodfordeterminationonthedrainabilityofplasticbottlesandjarswitha nominalcapacityupto5landofplasticscanisters/jerricanswithano
17、minalvolumeupto20l. NOTE Plasticsbottles,jars,canistersand jerricansarereferredtoas“containers”inthisstandard. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublic
18、ationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN13974, Rigidplasticscontainer
19、sSpecificationoftolerancefordimensions,weightandvolume. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thetermsanddefinitionsgiveninEN13974:2002(someofwhichare repeatedbelowforconvenience)andthefollowingapply. 3.1 plasticsbottle rigidplasticscontainerwithshouldersandasmallaperture,andgen
20、erallyblowmoulded EN13974:2002 3.2 plasticsjar rigidplasticscontainerofanybaseshape,withanapertureofareasimilartothatofthebase EN13974:2002 3.3 plasticscanister/jerrican rigidplasticscontainerwithmostlyrectangularorcircularsection NOTE Anapertureonthetoporsideofthebodyandacarryingdeviceisusual. EN13
21、974:2002 3.4 nominalcapacity capacityforwhichthecontainerisdesigned 3.5 drainability quantitivemeasureoftheresidualcontentofacontaineremptiedafteritsnormaluse 3.6 absolutedrainability theresidualcontentofthetestliquidexpressedingEN13973:2002(E) 6 3.7 relativedrainability theresidualcontentexpresseda
22、sapercentageofthenominalcapacity 4Principle Obtainingthemassofthechosentestliquidleftasaresidueinthecontainerafterdrainageundergravity. 5Sampling Thetestshallbeperformedonapredeterminednumberofcontainerswhichshallberepresentativeofthe consignment. 6Apparatus 6.1Balance Balancewithanaccuracyofatleast
23、0,1%oftheweightbeingmeasured. 6.2Thermometer Thermometerwithascalerangegraduatedinincrementsofnomorethan1C,withanaccuracyof1C. 6.3Testingliquids 6.3.1 Normaltapwater Normaltapwater,notdistilledandwithoutanyadditionaladditives,withtemperatureof23C1C. 6.3.2 Anothertestliquid Anothertestliquidofchoicew
24、ithdefinedcharacteristics. 6.4Holdingdeviceforthecontainer Holdingdeviceforthecontainer,whichwillenable7.7tobecarriedoutifrequired. 7Procedure 7.1 Placetheemptycontainerwithitsnormalclosureonthebalance(6.1)andrecorditsmassing. 7.2 Fillthecontainertoatleast50%ofitsnominalcapacitywiththetestliquid(6.3
25、)andclosethecontainer. 7.3 Removeanyliquidfromtheoutsidesurfaceofthecontainer.EN13973:2002(E) 7 7.4 Agitatethecontainertoensurethattheentireinnersurfaceisexposedtotheliquid. 7.5 Openthecontainerandemptyituntiltheliquidflowstops. 7.6 Slowlyinclinethecontaineruptotheanglewhichensuresoptimaldraining.Le
26、avethecontainerinthispositionfor afurther1minwithoutmovingorshakingit. 7.7 Reweightheemptiedcontainerwithitsclosureandrecordthemassing. 8Calculation 8.1Absolutedrainability Calculatetheabsolutedrainability,ing,bysubtractingthemassoftheemptycontainer(7.1)fromthe mass ofthe containerafteremptying(7.7)
27、. 8.2Relativedrainability Calculatetherelativedrainability,in%,fromtheratioofabsolutedrainabilitytonominalcapacity(themassofthe testliquid,ing)multipliedby100. 9 Testreport Thetestreportshallincludethefollowinginformation: a) areferencetothisEuropeanStandard; b) adescriptionofthecontainer(i.e.design
28、,name,supplieretc.)andtypeofplasticsmaterial; c) thedateofthetest; d) thenumberofreplicatestested; e) thenominalcapacityofthecontainer; f) thecavitynumber,ifapplicable; g) thechosentestliquid,togetherwithitscharacteristics; h) thetesttemperature; i) theabsolutedrainabilityofeachcontainer; j) therela
29、tivedrainabilityofeachcontainerstested; k) theaverageabsolutedrainabilityofallcontainertested; l) theaveragerelativedrainabilityofallcontainerstested;EN13973:2002(E) 8 m) areportonthesamplingprocedureused; n) thenameandsignatureofthepersonconductingthetest.blankBS EN 13973:2002 BSI 389 Chiswick High
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