1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13974:2002 Rigid plastics containers Specification of tolerance for dimensions, weight and volume The European Standard EN 13974:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 55.100; 55.140 BS EN 13974:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the
2、 Consumer Products and 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 40622 9 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 1397
3、4:2002. The UK participation 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
4、 secretary. Cross-references 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
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6、and the text; present 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
7、a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 7 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 EN13974 Octo
8、ber2002 ICS55.100;55.140 Englishversion RigidplasticscontainersSpecificationoftolerancefor dimensions,weightandvolume ConteneursenplastiquerigideSpcificationsdes tolrancessurlesdimensions,lepoidsetlevolume FormstabileKunststoffbehlterGrenzabmaehinsichtlich Abmessungen,MasseundVolumen ThisEuropeanSta
9、ndardwasapprovedbyCENon19August2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonappl
10、icationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersa
11、rethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG
12、ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13974:2002EEN13974:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Termsanddefinitions. .5 3 Requirements .5EN13974:2002(E) 3 Foreword T
13、hisdocumentEN13974:2002hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC 261“Packaging“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyApril2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdraw
14、natthelatestby April2003. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portu
15、gal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13974:2002(E) 4 Introduction Thepurposeofpackagingisthecontainment,protection,distributionandpromotionofproducts.Amajorroleis preventionofproductdamageand/orproductwaste. ThisEuropeanStandardwasdevelopedtotestthedesignofacontainerandtoproviderequire
16、mentsandtest procedurestomeetrecommendationsoncapacities.EN13974:2002(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiestolerancesfordimensions,massandvolumeofplasticbottlesandjarswitha nominalcapacityupto5l,ofplasticscanisters/jerricanswithanominalvolumeupto20landforplasticpailsupto 60l. NOTE Plasticsbottle
17、s,jars,canistersandjerricansandpailsarereferredtoas“containers”inthisstandard. 2 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply. 2.1 plasticsbottle rigidplasticscontainerwithshouldersandasmallaperture,andgenerallyblowmoulded 2.2 plasticsjar rigidplastic
18、scontainerofanybaseshape,withanapertureofareasimilartothatofthebase 2.3 plasticscanister/jerrican rigidplasticscontainerwithmostlyrectangularorcircularsection NOTE Anapertureonthetoporsideofthebodyandacarryingdeviceisusual. 2.4 pail rigidplasticscontainerofanyshape,thetopofwhichisgreaterthanorequalt
19、otheareaofthebottom.The containerhasalidwithorwithoutasealandisgenerallynestable 2.5 nominalcapacity capacityforwhichthecontainerisdesigned 2.6 totalcapacity totalinternalvolumeoftheclosedcontainer 2.7 brimfulcapacity volumeofwaterinlitresheldbythecontainerwhenfilledthroughthefillingorificetothepoin
20、tofoverflowing 3Requirements 3.1General Therequirementsbelowrefertoemptycontainers.Themeasurementsshallnotbemadewithin48hafter manufactureandshallbeconductedatambientconditionsunlessotherwisestated. 3.2Tolerancelevelsforthebrimfulandtotalcapacity Theabsolutevaluesforeachindividualcontainershallbeass
21、tatedinTables1to3. EN13974:2002(E) 6 Table1Bottles/jarsupto5l Volume(V) Nominalcapacity Minimumbrimful capacity Maximumbrimful capacity Millilitres(ml) millilitres(ml) %ofnominalcapacity V 15 upto15 a +10 15V 100 upto100 a +10 100V 300 upto300 a +10 300V 750 upto750 a +5 750V 2000 upto2000 a +2,5 20
22、00V 5000 upto5000 a +2 a Theminimumbrimfulcapacitymayberegulatedbylocalgovernmentregulations. Table2Canister/Jerricansupto20l Volume(V) Nominalcapacity Minimumbrimful capacity Maximumtotal capacity Litres(l) Litres(l) %ofnominalcapacity %ofnominalcapacity V 3l upto3 +6 +20 3V 5l upto5 +5 +20 5V 10l
23、upto10 +5 +15 10V 20l upto20 +4 +15 Table3Pailsupto60l Volume(V) Nominalcapacity Minimumbrimful capacity Maximumtotal capacity Litres(l) Litres(l) %ofnominalcapacity %ofnominalcapacity V 3l upto3 +6 +25 3V 5l upto5 +5 +20 5V 10l Upto10 +3 +15 10V 20l Upto20 +2 +10 20V 60l Upto60 +1 +6EN13974:2002(E)
24、 7 3.3 Tolerancefordimensionlength TheabsolutevalueforeachindividualcontainershallbeasstatedinTable4. Table4Tolerancefordimensionlength a Dimensionlength(L) Tolerancelevels mm % 020101201301400 1,2 a Principaloveralldimensionsofthecontaineronly 3.4Tolerancelevelsforcontainermass Themassoftheemptycon
25、tainershallbeagreed,andthetoleranceshallbeasgiveninTable5. Table5Tolerancelevelsforcontainermass Mass(M) (g) Acceptabletolerancelevel % 15103050150500750 3BS EN 13974:2002 BSI 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL BSI British Standards Institution BSI is the independent national body responsible for
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