SIST EN ISO 3037:2023

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN ISO 3037:2023
01-maj-2023
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 3037:2013
Valoviti karton - Določanje robne odpornosti (metoda ECT) (ISO 3037:2022)
Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of edgewise crush resistance (non-waxed edge
method) (ISO 3037:2022)
Wellpappe - Bestimmung des Kantenstauchwiderstandes (Verfahren für ungewachste
Kanten) (ISO 3037:2022)
Carton ondulé - Détermination de la résistance à la compression sur chant (méthode
sans enduction de cire) (ISO 3037:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 3037:2022
ICS:
85.060 Papir, karton in lepenka Paper and board
SIST EN ISO 3037:2023 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN ISO 3037:2023


EN ISO 3037
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

December 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 85.080.30 Supersedes EN ISO 3037:2013
English Version

Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (non-waxed edge method) (ISO 3037:2022)
Carton ondulé - Détermination de la résistance à la Wellpappe - Bestimmung des
compression sur chant (méthode sans enduction de Kantenstauchwiderstandes (Verfahren für
cire) (ISO 3037:2022) ungewachste Kanten) (ISO 3037:2022)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 25 November 2022.

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EN ISO 3037:2022 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3

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EN ISO 3037:2022 (E)
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 3037:2022) 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 June 2023, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2023.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 3037:2013.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 3037:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 3037:2022 without any modification.

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SIST EN ISO 3037:2023
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 3037
Sixth edition
2022-11
Corrugated fibreboard —
Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (non-waxed edge method)
Carton ondulé — Détermination de la résistance à la compression sur
chant (méthode sans enduction de cire)
Reference number
ISO 3037:2022(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1 Terms and definitions . 1
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 2
4 Principle . 2
5 Apparatus . 2
6 Sampling . 2
7 Conditioning . 3
8 Preparation of test pieces .3
9 Procedure .4
10 Calculation . 4
11 Precision . 5
12 Test report . 5
Annex A (informative) Examples of suitable cutting devices . 6
Annex B (informative) Precision data . 7
Bibliography . 9
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ISO 3037:2022(E)
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 6, Paper, board and pulps, Subcommittee
SC 2, Test methods and quality specifications for paper and board, in collaboration with the European
Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 172, Pulp, paper and board, in
accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This sixth edition cancels and replaces the fifth edition (ISO 3037:2013), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— the title has been changed from "Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (unwaxed edge method)" to "Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (non-waxed edge method)";
— the introduction has been updated to highlight the impact of edge effects and the incomparability of
different test methods;
— information about the corrugated fibreboard grades has been added to the scope;
— Clause 3 has been updated;
— Clause 6 has been revised;
— Clause 9 has been updated and a constant feed rate has been added;
— Clause 11 has been added to refer to precision data in Annex B;
— Clause 12 has been updated;
— Annex A has been revised;
— the bibliography has been updated.
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ISO 3037:2022(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 four groups as follows:
a) Those in which a carefully cut rectangular test piece is tested without any special treatment or
modification (e.g. this document).
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).
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).
d) Those in which carefully cut rectangular test pieces are tested with edges clamped to prevent the
result from being influenced by edges effects (e.g. TAPPI T 839).
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 might not give the same numerical results and experience has shown that results for the
four groups of test methods will not correlate. It can be shown that most of them can be used (at varying
levels of accuracy) to predict the top-to-bottom compression strength that will be achieved when the
board is properly converted into a transport package, provided that the formula to predict BCT values
from ECT results is based on data from the ECT method being used.
This document describes a method for 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), c) and d). This systematic difference is due to edge effects.
Other methods can 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.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3037:2022(E)
Corrugated fibreboard — Determination of edgewise crush
resistance (non-waxed edge method)
1 Scope
This document specifies a non-waxed edge method for the determination of the edgewise crush
resistance of corrugated fibreboard. The force is applied in the direction of the flute axis.
This method is applicable to single-wall (double-faced), double-wall, and triple-wall corrugated
fibreboard.
It is applicable to all corrugated fibreboard flute types if no buckling and/or tipping occurs during
measurement. This method is also applicable to test samples taken from corrugated cases and other
converted products.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated referen
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