ASTM E1133-86(2005)

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Designation:E1133–86(Reapproved2005)
Standard Practice for
Performance Testing of Packaged Laboratory Apparatus for
United States Government Procurements
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1133; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2.2 Military Standard:
MIL-STD-810D Environmental Test Method
1.1 This practice describes the procedures for testing loaded
shipping containers that would be sold to the United States
3. Significance and Use
government. The following tests are performed to measure the
3.1 The test procedure in this practice is proposed as a
ability of the shipping container to protect the contents from
package performance test to be met for items shipped for
the environment, shock, and vibration during wartime condi-
United States government procurements. This practice will
tions. This practice is not intended to supplant material
apply only when requested by the buyer.
specifications or existing pre-shipment test procedures. The
suitability of this practice for use with hazardous materials has
4. Requirements
not been determined.
4.1 Three individual shipping containers, or one unit con-
1.2 The procedures covered in this practice are suitable for
sisting of two or more overpackaged individual units are
all types of laboratory apparatus including reusable and dis-
required. Each specimen shall be run through the sequence of
posable macro and micro products.
tests, in the order given.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units shall be regarded
4.2 ConditionthetestspecimensinaccordancewithMethod
standard.
D685for72hat50 6 2 % relative humidity and 23 6 1°C.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
5. Procedure
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
5.1 Expose the specimens to a salt spray for2hin
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
accordance with Test Method D951.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
5.2 Drop Test Procedures:
5.2.1 Items less than 100 lb shall be drop tested in accor-
2. Referenced Documents
2 dance with Practice D4169 ElementA,Assurance Level I, (see
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Table 1). The drop sequence shall be conducted as follows:
D685 Practice for Conditioning Paper and Paper Products
bottom at twice specified height; bottom long edge at specified
for Testing
height; bottom adjacent short edge at specified height; bottom
D951 Test Method for Water Resistance of Shipping Con-
corner at specified height; bottom diagonal opposite corner at
tainers by Spray Method
specified height; and top at specified height.
D1083 Test Methods for Mechanical Handling of Unitized
3 5.2.2 Items more than 100 lb (see Methods D1083) shall be
Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
drop tested in accordance with Practice D4169 Element B,
D4169 Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Con-
Assurance Level I, (see Table 2). The drop sequence shall be
tainers and Systems
conducted as follows: one drop on each bottom edge; and the
D4332 Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or
total number of drops shall be four.
Packaging Components for Testing
5.3 Compression Test Level—Conduct the compression test
in accordance with Practice D4169 using the following equa-
This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E41 on Laboratory
tion.
Apparatus and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E41.01 on Apparatus.
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Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2005. Published December 2005. Originally
L 5W 3 8.0 (1)
approved in 1986. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as E1133 – 86 (2000). ~h!
DOI: 10.1520/E1133-86R05.
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