ISO 3394:2012

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 3394
Third edition
2012-11-01
Packaging — Complete, filled transport
packages and unit loads — Dimensions
of rigid rectangular packages
Emballages — Emballages d’expédition complets et pleins et charges
unitaires — Dimensions des emballages rectangulaires rigides
Reference number
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Contents  Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Principle . 1
5  Plan dimensions . 1
6 Height . 8
7  Tolerances . 8
Annex A (informative) Examples of combination multiples and submultiples, arranged
to interlock . 9
Bibliography .10
Foreword
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ISO 3394 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 122, Packaging
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 3394:1984), which has been
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3394:2012(E)
Packaging — Complete, filled transport packages and unit
loads — Dimensions of rigid rectangular packages
1 Scope
This International Standard sets forth a series of dimensions for rigid rectangular transport
packages, based on the standard plan dimension (module) of 600 mm × 400 mm, 600 mm × 500 mm
and 550 mm × 366 mm, as outlined in ISO 3676, which defines the plan dimensions of four series
(1 219 mm × 1 016 mm, 1 200 mm × 1 000 mm, 1 200 mm × 800 mm, 1 100 mm × 1 100 mm).
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 21067, Packaging — Vocabulary
ISO 6780:2003, Flat pallets for intercontinental materials handling — Principal dimensions and tolerances
3  Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 21067 and the following apply.
3.1
plan dimensions
dimensions of the rectangle defined on a horizontal surface by the four vertical planes intersecting at
right angles which enclose a transport package freestanding on that surface
NOTE
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