1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13626:2003 Packaging Box pallets General requirements and test methods The European Standard EN 13626:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 55.180.20 BS EN 13626:2003 This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committe
2、e on 18 December 2003 BSI 18 December 2003 ISBN 0 580 43109 6 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13626:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PKW/5, Primary and transport packaging, to Subcommittee PKW/5/
3、34, Pallets, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catal
4、ogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its cor
5、rect application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests in
6、formed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 21 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the docu
7、ment was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13626 April2003 ICS55.180.20 Englishversion PackagingBoxpalletsGeneralrequirementsandtest methods EmballageCaissespalettesExigencesgnraleset mthodesdessai VerpackungBoxpal
8、ettenAllgemeineAnforderungenund Prfverfahren ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon2January2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalre
9、ferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManageme
10、ntCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMI
11、TTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13626:2003EEN13626:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1
12、Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Terms,definitions,symbolsandabbreviations . 5 4 Requirements .7 5 Tests8 6 Marking .20 7 Testreport . .21EN13626:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN13626:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC261,“Packaging“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanSt
13、andardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyOctober2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byOctober2003. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countrie
14、sareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13626:2003(E) 4 Introduction Boxpalletsareintendedforrepeat
15、edusewhilemaintainingtheirserviceabilityandtheirsafehandling. Theymaybeusedfor: Mechanicalhandlingbyforkliftandhandpallettrucks. Bulkstorageinstacksstoragewhere,forsafetyreasons,itisnotadvisabletostackboxpalletstoa heightexceedingseventimesthesmallerhorizontaldimensionoftheboxpallet. Transport: This
16、standardisperformancebased,i.e.nominimumvaluesarefixed.ItreflectsISO86111inthisrespect.Box palletsshouldbetestedinaccordancewiththeclaimedperformances.Thestandardevaluatesperformancesin relationtotheloadcapacityofaboxpalletcarryingauniformlydistributedloadusedastestloadandcalledthe nominalload.Howev
17、er,itisrecognisedthattheactualsafeworkingloadforaboxpalletcouldvarywiththetypeof loadcarriedandthat,foraspecifictypeofload,themaximumworkingloadmaybesmallerorlargerthanthe nominalloadofaboxpallet.Therefore,theallowablemaximumloadforagivendesignofboxpalletvaryaccording tothecharacteristicsofthetypeof
18、loadcarried.EN13626:2003(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardsetsoutdefinitionsandspecifiesgeneralrequirementsandtestmethodsregardingthe useofreusableboxpallets. ThisdraftEuropeanStandardappliestoboxpallets,postpalletsandcagepallets,butexcludestankorsilopallets, asdefinedinENISO445.Theycanbefixed,collap
19、sibleordemountable.ThisEuropeanStandardonlyappliesto theabovementionedproductswhicharehandledwithforklifttrucksorpallettrucksandnootherliftingdevices. TestsforstorageinracksandspecifictransportationconditionsarenotaddressedbythisEuropeanStandard. NOTE Forthepurposesofthisstandard,thetermboxpalletcov
20、ersboxpallets,postpalletsandcagepallets,asdefinedin 3.1.1. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequ
21、entamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN131831. MoisturecontentofapieceofsawntimberPart1:Determinationbyovendrymethod EN1
22、31832 MoisturecontentofapieceofsawntimberPart2:Estimationbyelectricalresistancemethod EN13382, FlatpalletsformaterialshandlingPrincipaldimension. EN22206 ,PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesIdentificationofpartswhentesting(ISO2206:1987). EN22248, PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesVertic
23、alimpacttestbydropping (ISO2248:1985). ENISO445, PalletsformaterialshandlingVocabulary(ISO445:1996). ENISO2233,PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesandunitloadsConditioningfortesting(ISO 2233:2000) ENISO2234, PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesandunitloadsStackingtestsusingastaticload (ISO
24、2234:2000) ENISO2244,PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesandunitloadsHorizontalimpacttests(ISO 2244:2000) ENISO2247,PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesandunitloadsVibrationtestsatfixedlow frequency(ISO2247:2000) 3 Terms,definitions,symbolsandabbreviations 3.1 Termsanddefinitions Forthepur
25、posesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply:EN13626:2003(E) 6 3.1.1 boxpallet boxpallet,postpalletorcagepallet,asdefinedinENISO445,whetherfixed,collapsibleordemountable.(see Figures1to5) Figure1Boxpallet Figure2Postpallet Figure3Cagepallet Figure4Collapsibleboxpallet Figure5Demo
26、untableboxpalletEN13626:2003(E) 7 3.1.2 nominalload maximumpermittedloadwhichmaybeplacedintheboxpallet.Itisexpressedinkilogramsandassumesa uniformlydistributedload(whentheboxpalletisnottestedwiththeactualproductorfamilyofproductsbutwiththe dummyballastsetin5.2) 3.1.3 nominalstackingload maximumpermi
27、ttedloadwhichmaybeplacedontheboxpalletrestingontheground(ofastorageareafor instance).Itisexpressedinkilogramsand,ifappropriate,inthenumberofboxpalletswhichmaybestackedon theonerestingontheground.Inthelattercase,thefollowingabbreviationisused:1/1(stackoftwoboxpallets), 2/1(stackofthreeboxpallets),etc
28、.Itassumesauniformlydistributedload(whentheboxpalletisnottestedwith theactualproductorfamilyofproductsbutwiththedummyballastsetin5.2) 3.1.4 dynamicload testloadusedinthevibrationtestinordertosimulateanaveragetransportationsituation 3.1.5 testload loadappliedduringtestinorontheboxpalletinordertosimul
29、atestorageandtransportconditions 3.2 Symbolsandabbreviations F l Forceappliedparalleltothelengthoftheboxpalletinthelifttruckstackingtest,innewtons F w Forceappliedparalleltothewidthoftheboxpalletinthelifttruckstackingtest,innewtons g 9,81ms 2 H Heightoftheboxpalletinmetres l Lengthoftheboxpalletinme
30、tres n Numberofboxpalletstobestackedontopofaboxpalletsubmittedtotests w Widthoftheboxpalletsinmetres m Coefficientofstaticfriction 4Requirements 4.1Stackingdevices Boxpalletsshallbedesignedorequippedinordertoallowstacking. 4.2Dimensions Thestructureshallallowhandlingfromthebottomusingforklifttrucksa
31、nd/orpallettruckswithentriesconforming toEN13382.Inaddition,theheightoftheboxpalletshallnotexceedtwicethesmallestbasedimensiontoensure stabilityoftheproduct.EN13626:2003(E) 8 4.3NominalLoadNominalStackingLoadDynamicLoad 4.3.1 NominalLoadNominalStackingLoad Thevaluesofnominalloadandnominalstackingloa
32、dshallbethosegiveninthemanufacturersspecificationsor thosemarkedontheproduct.Themanufacturermayalsostipulateavaluebeforethetest. 4.3.2Dynamic Load Dynamicloadshallbespecifiedbythemanufacturerinaccordancewithanytransportationlimitsonvehicles.For example,avalueof2000kg/miscommonlyobservedandthuslimits
33、thedynamiccapacityofboxpallets. 5Tests 5.1Samplingforthetests Thenumberofboxpalletsrequiredforthetestsisatleastoneforeachtest,exceptin5.4wheretwoareneeded. NOTE1 Itisrecommendedforrepeatabilityandqualityoftheteststousemorethanonesample. NOTE2 Thefullrangeoftestscanbedoneonthesamesampleiftheeffectsof
34、thetestsareclearlyidentified. Itisnecessarytoensurethattheboxpalletsubjectedtothetestsiscompleteand,whenappropriate,fittedwiththe accessoriesexpectedtobeused(covers,togglefastenersetc.)asifitwerereadyforuse. 5.2Ballast Theballastismadeupof: eithertheactualproducttobetransportedoraproducthavingthesam
35、ephysicalcharacteristics. Inthiscase,thetestcertificateisonlyvalidforsuchproduct; oroneofthefollowingdummyballasts: ballastn1:sand, ballastn2:plasticgranules, Unlessotherwisespecified,thetestload,consistingofreceptaclesfilledwithballastn1or2,shallbeuniformly spreadandshalloccupymorethan80%ofthecapac
36、ityoftheboxpallet. 5.3Climaticconditioning Noclimaticconditioningisrequiredasageneralruleforallmetalboxpallets.Forboxpalletsconsistingcompletely orpartiallyofothermaterials,itisnecessarytoapplytheconditioningspecificationsmentionedinTable1(in accordancewithENISO2233)beforetesting.Unlessotherwisespec
37、ified,thetestsshallbecarriedoutatthe temperaturegiveninTable1.EN13626:2003(E) 9 Table1Conditioningbeforetesting Material TemperatureC Humidity(RH)% Moisturecontent% Minimumdurationh Plastic b +232 48 Wood +232 202 a 24 Woodbased panels +202 505 c 48 a Intheeventthatenduseisnotknownthenthemoisturecon
38、tentshouldbe202%.Ifthemoisturecontent isoutsidethisvalue,thetestsmayproceedprovidedthatthemoisturecontentofcriticalcomponentsis recordedatthebeginningandendbynondestructivemeans(byportableelectricalresistancetypemoisture meterwhichenablescorrectionstobemadewhenreportingaccordingwithEN131832)priortot
39、heuseofEN 131831(ovendryingmethod)whichshallbeusedshortlyafterthetestprogramme. b Forplastics,ifthevariationoftherawmaterialperformancesatthetemperatureofusearegreaterthan20% fromtheonesattemperaturedeterminedinTable1,thetestshallbeconductedatthattemperature(for instancedroptestat(202)Corstackingtes
40、tat(402)C).Inthisevent,conditioningforthetestshall lastatleast24hoursinordertohavehomogeneoustemperaturethroughthematerial. c Forwoodbasedpanels,itisacknowledgedthathumiditymaychangewidelytheperformancesofthepallet. Highrelativehumidityconditionsofuseimplytestswithrelevantparameters(highertemperatur
41、eand/orhigher relativehumidity). 5.4Stackingtestusingastaticload 5.4.1General ThetestshallbeperformedinaccordancewithENISO2234,usinganunguidedload(seeFigure6). 5.4.2 StandardcalculationEquation1 Thetestloadshallbecalculatedinaccordancewithequation1: TestLoad=1,5 n (Tareweight+Nominalload) (1) where:
42、 n:numberofboxpalletstobestackedontopofaboxpalletsubmittedtotests 5.4.3 FoldedboxpalletsEquation2 Thetestloadforfoldableboxpalletsshallbecalculatedinaccordancewithequation2: NOTE Emptyfoldableboxpalletsareusuallystoredinafoldedpositioninhighstacks.Thissituationmayleadtodamage ofthefoldablepartswhichmaketheproductunabletofulfilitsoriginaluse. TestLoad=1,5 n Tareweight (2) where: n:numberofboxpalletstobestackedontopofaboxpalletsubmittedtotests EN13626:2003(E) 10 Key 1 Testload 2 Emptyboxpalle
