EN ISO 3037:2013

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of edgewise crush resistance (unwaxed edge
method) (ISO 3037:2013)
Wellpappe - Bestimmung des Kantenstauchwiderstandes (Verfahren für ungewachste
Kanten) (ISO 3037:2013)
Carton ondulé - Détermination de la résistance à la compression sur chant (méthode
sans enduction de cire) (ISO 3037:2013)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 3037:2013
ICS:
85.060 Papir, karton in lepenka Paper and board
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 3037
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2013
ICS 85.080.30 Supersedes EN ISO 3037:2007
English Version
Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (unwaxed edge method) (ISO 3037:2013)
Carton ondulé - Détermination de la résistance à la Wellpappe - Bestimmung des Kantenstauchwiderstandes
compression sur chant (méthode sans enduction de cire) (Verfahren für ungewachste Kanten) (ISO 3037:2013)
(ISO 3037:2013)
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Contents
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Foreword .3

Foreword
This document (EN ISO 3037:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 6 “Paper, board and
pulps” in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 172 “Pulp, paper and board” the secretariat of
which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2014, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
at the latest by February 2014.
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rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 3037:2007.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 3037:2013 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 3037:2013 without any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 3037
Fifth edition
2013-08-01
Corrugated fibreboard —
Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (unwaxed edge method)
Carton ondulé — Détermination de la résistance à la compression sur
chant (méthode sans enduction de cire)
Reference number
ISO 3037:2013(E)
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ISO 3037:2013(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principle . 1
5 Apparatus . 1
6 Sampling . 2
7 Conditioning . 2
8 Preparation of test pieces . 2
9 Procedure. 3
10 Calculation . 3
11 Test report . 4
Annex A (informative) Examples of suitable cutting devices . 5
Annex B (informative) Precision data . 6
Bibliography . 8
ISO 3037:2013(E)
Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 6, Paper, board and pulps, Subcommittee SC 2,
Test methods and quality specifications for paper and board.
This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition (ISO 3037:2007), which has been technically
revised. Specifications for the compression testing machine have been replaced by reference to ISO 13820.
Details of acceptable cutting devices have been moved to an informative annex and have been replaced
by specifications of the quality of cut. In addition, precision data have been inserted in Annex B.
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ISO 3037:2013(E)
Introduction
A variety of methods for the determination of edgewise crush resistance are in use in different parts of
the world. These can be classified into three groups as follows:
a) Those in which a carefully cut rectangular test piece is tested without any special treatment or
modification (e.g. ISO 3037).
b) Those in which the edges of the test piece to which the force is applied are waxed, to prevent the test
result being influenced by “edge effects“ (e.g. ISO 13821, Corrugated fibreboard — Determination of
edgewise crush resistance — Waxed edge method).
c) Those in which the test piece edges are not waxed but the shape of the test piece is such that the
length is substantially reduced at a point midway between the loaded edges, in order to induce the
failure to occur away from those edges (e.g. JIS Z 0403-2).
The dimensions of the test piece vary from one group to the other and, in group c), the methods vary
in the shape and method of reducing the length, and in whether or not the test piece is held in a clamp
during crushing.
The methods may not give the same numerical results, but it can be shown that most of them can be used
to predict the top-to-bottom compression strength which will be achieved when the board is properly
converted into a transport package.
This International Standard describes a method from group a). It is intended as a method for quality
measurement and quality specification purposes and is selected because it correlates with the top-to-
bottom compression strength of the final transport package and because it is the simplest and most
operationally convenient method, an important factor when large numbers of tests need to be conducted.
However, it does not measure the actual intrinsic compressive strength of the corrugated fibreboard,
giving lower results than most of the methods in groups b) and c). This systematic difference is due to
edge effects.
Other methods may be used for other purposes, particularly when the object of the test is to study
fundamental structural characteristics of the package.
There are methods available for calculating the edgewise crush resistance from the compression
strength of the component papers.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3037:2013(E)
Corrugated fibreboard — Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (unwaxed edge method)
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies an unwaxed edge method for the determination of the edgewise
crush resistance of corrugated fibreboard. It is applicable to all corrugated fibreboard grades.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 186, Paper and board — Sampling to determine avera
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