AS 2582.3-2003

Table of Contents

1 -  AS 2582.3-2003 COMPLETE, FILLED TRANSPORT PACKAGES-METHODS OF TEST - STACKING TESTS USING A STATIC LOAD
1 -  PREFACE
2 -  INTRODUCTION
3 -  1 Scope
3 -  2 Normative references
3 -  3 Term and definition
3 -  3.1 test item
4 -  4 Principle
4 -  5 Apparatus
4 -  5.1 Horizontal surface,
4 -  5.2 Means of loading,
4 -  5.2.1 Method 1:
4 -  5.2.2 Method 2:
4 -  5.2.3 Method 3:
4 -  5.3 Means of measuring deflection
4 -  6 Test item preparation
5 -  7 Conditioning
5 -  8 Procedure
5 -  9 Test report

Abstract

Provides a method for testing complete, filled transport packages, using a static load, in order to assess their performance in terms of strength and protection of their contents. Identical with and reproduced from ISO 2234:2000.

Scope

This International Standard specifies three methods for carrying out a stacking test on a complete, filled transport package, or on a unit load, using a static load. Whichever method is employed, the test may be used to assess the performance of a package or a unit load, in terms of its strength or the protection that it offers to its contents when it is subjected to stacking. It may be performed either as a single test to investigate the effects (deformation, creep, collapse or failure) of stacking or as part of a sequence of tests designed to measure the ability of a package or a unit load to withstand a distribution system that includes a stacking hazard.
The test may also be used to investigate performance under particular conditions of loading, as, for example, when the bottom package in a stack rests on an open-decked pallet; or when the profile of the superimposed load is eccentric, as when it is supported on the bearers of a single-decked pallet which rests on a container. For such purposes, one of the three methods of carrying out the test may be more suitable than the others.
NOTE A method for carrying out a stacking test using a compression tester is given in ISO 12048 1).

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
Pages
ISBN
Committee	PK-012
Supersedes	DR 03273 CP AS 2582.3-1983 DR 03271-03281 CP