1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13054:2001 Packaging Complete, filled transport packages Test methods for the determination of the centre of gravity of a package The European Standard EN 13054:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 55.180.40 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COP
2、YRIGHT LAWBS EN 13054:2001 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Consumer Products and Services Sector Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 April 2001 BSI 04-2001 ISBN 0 580 36938 2 National foreword This
3、 British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13054:2001. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PKW/1, Packaging generalities, to Subcommittee PKW/1/4, Test methods, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this
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8、 CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13054 February2001 ICS55.180.99 Englishversion PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesTestmethods forthedeterminationofthecentreofgravityofapackage EmballagesEmballagesdexpditioncompletsetpleins Mthodesdessaipourladterminationducentrede gra
9、vitdunemballage VerpackungVersandfertigePackstckePrfungzur BestimmungdesSchwerpunkteseinesPackstckes ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1December2000. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstand
10、ardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibil
11、ityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Switzerlan
12、dandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13054:2001EPage2 EN13054:2001 Content F
13、oreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Principle5 4 Apparatus .5 4.1 ApparatusforProcedureA:Usingtheedgeofarigidflathorizontaltable 5 4.2 ApparatusforProcedureB:Usingaroller .6 4.3 Additionalequipment 6 5 Testitempreparation . .6 6 Procedures .6 6.1 General6 6.2 ProcedureA:Usin
14、gtheedgeofarigidflathorizontaltable . .6 6.3 ProcedureB:Usingaroller .7 7 Expressionofresults . .8 8 Marking .8 9 Testreport . .9 Bibliography 10Page3 EN13054:2001 Foreword ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC261“Packaging“,thesecretariatof whichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanSt
15、andardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyAugust2001,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby August2001. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesa
16、reboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden, SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.Page4 EN13054:2001 Introduction Twomethodsaredescribedinthisdocument.Othermethodsmaybe
17、used. ItistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisStandardtoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpracticeinaccordance withrelevantlegislation.Page5 EN13054:2001 1Scope Thisstandardspecifiestwomethodsofdeterminingthelocationofthecentreofgravityofflatsidedrigidpackages. Inthefollowingtext,apackageiscalled“atest
18、item“. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapp
19、lytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN22206, PackagingComplete,filledtransportpackagesIdentificationofpartswhentesting(ISO2206:1987). ENISO/IEC17025,Generalrequirementsfort
20、hecompetenceoftestingandcalibrationlaboratories(ISO/IEC 17025:1999). 3Principle Determinationofthecentreofgravityofatestitembyfindingthepositionofbalance. 4Apparatus Twotypesofapparatusareusedaccordingtotheselectedtestmethod. 4.1ApparatusforProcedureA:Usingtheedgeofarigidflathorizontaltable Determin
21、ationofthebalancepositionusingtheedgeofarigidflathorizontaltableasshowninFigure1.Thetable shallhaveastraightsquareedgeandsufficientstrengthtosupportthetestitem. Key 1 Balanceposition Figure1ProcedureA:UsingtheedgeofarigidflathorizontaltabletodeterminethebalancepositionPage6 EN13054:2001 4.2Apparatus
22、forProcedureB:Usingaroller 4.2.1Roller DeterminationofthebalancepositionbybalancingthetestitemusingarollerasshowninFigure2.Therigidroller shallhavesufficientdiameterandlengthtoallowfreerollingmovementunderthetestitemasshowninFigure2. Key 1 Balanceposition Figure2ProcedureB:Usingarollertodeterminethe
23、balanceposition 4.2.2 Rigidflathorizontalsurface 4.3Additionalequipment Ifneeded,aflatboardlargeenoughtosupportentirelyanyfaceofthetestitem,withouttheboarddeforming significantly.Themassoftheboardshallnotexceed5%ofthemassofthetestitem. 5 Testitempreparation Thetestitemshallbefilledwithitsintendedcon
24、tents.Ensurethatthetestitemisclosednormallyasifreadyfor distribution. 6Procedures 6.1General ProcedureAistobeusedforlightitems,whichcanbeeasilyhandledbyoneperson.Heavierpackagesshouldbe testedusingprocedureB. Selectandidentify3faceswhichmeetatacornerasreferencefaces,numberedaccordingtoEN22206. Whena
25、nitemtravelsonitsbase,itisconvenienttousethisbaseasareferenceface. NOTE Figures3and4showbothmethodsusing2faces,butorthogonalfacesmaybeused. 6.2ProcedureA:Usingtheedgeofarigidflathorizontaltable DeterminethebalancepositionbyusingtheedgeofarigidflathorizontaltableasshowninFigure3.Page7 EN13054:2001 NO
26、TE Thenumberingofthereferencefacesaregivenasanexample. Figure3ProcedureA:Usingarigidtable 6.2.1 Placethetestitemonthetableonthefirstreferencefacewiththeendfaceofthistestitemlevelwiththe edgeofthetable. 6.2.2 Pullthetestitemslowlyandsquarelyoffthetableuntilthepositionofbalanceortipisreached. 6.2.3 If
27、deformationofthetestitemoccursduetopressurefromtheedge,aflatrigidboardshouldbeplaced centrallytosupportthetestitem. 6.2.4 Ensurethatthetestitemislooselysupportedsothatitdoesnotfalloffthetable. 6.2.5 Thecentreofgravityiswithinthecrosssectionofthetestitemverticallyinlinewiththeedgeofthetableat theposi
28、tionofthebalance. 6.2.6 Repeatthetestforthetwootherreferencefacestodeterminethecentreofgravity. 6.2.7 Thecentreofgravityistobedeterminedbytheintersectionofthethreecrosssections. 6.3ProcedureB:Usingaroller DeterminethebalancepositionbybalancingthetestitemonarollerasshowninFigure4.Page8 EN13054:2001 N
29、OTE Thenumberingofthereferencefacesaregivenasanexample. Figure4ProcedureB:Usingaroller 6.3.1 Positionthetestitemonthefirstreferencefacesquarelyontherollerasnearaspossibletotheexpected balanceposition.Ensurethattherollerextendsbeyondthefullwidthonthetestitemontheroller.Movethetest itemontherollerunti
30、lthepositionofbalanceisreached. 6.3.2 Ifpressurefromtherollerdeformsthetestitem,aflatrigidboardshouldbeplacedcentrallybetweenthe testitemandtheroller. 6.3.3 Thecentreofgravitylieswithintheverticalcrosssectionareaofthetestitemverticallyinlinewiththeaxis oftherolleratthepositionofbalance. 6.3.4 Repeat
31、thetestprocedurefortheotherreferencefaces. 6.3.5 Thecentreofgravityistobedeterminedbytheintersectionofthethreecrosssections. 7 Expressionofresults Thepositionofthecentreofgravityisdefinedastheorthogonaldistancefromthe3predeterminedreferencefaces accordingtoEN22206. 8Marking Ifmarkingisrequired,thece
32、ntreofgravityshallbeplacedonallsixsides,exceptwherethetestitemnormally travelsonitsbase,whenonlythefoursidesneedtobemarked.Page9 EN13054:2001 9 Testreport ThetestreportshallcomplywithENISO/IEC17025,andincludethefollowing: a) referencetothisStandard; b) nameandaddressoftestinglaboratory; c) uniqueide
33、ntificationoftestreport; d) dateofreceiptofthetestitemsanddateoftest; e) name,titleandsignatureofpersonsacceptingtestresponsibilityforthetestreport; f) astatementtotheeffectthatthetestresultsrelateonlytothetestitemstested; g) astatementthatthereportshallnotbereproducedexceptinfullwithoutthewrittenap
34、provalofthetesting laboratory. h) fulldescriptionincludingdimensions,structuralandmaterialspecificationsofthetestitemanditsfittings, cushioning,blocking,closureofreinforcingarrangements,grossmassoftestitemandweightofcontentsin kilograms; i) descriptionofcontents; j) procedureusedandifaflatrigidboard
35、hasbeenused; k) anydeviationfromthetestmethoddescribedinthisStandard; l) arecordoftheresultwithanyobservationswhichmayassistincorrectinterpretation.Page10 EN13054:2001 Bibliography ENISO780:1999, PackagingPictorialmarkingforhandlingofgoods(ISO780:1997).blankBS EN 13054:2001 BSI 389 Chiswick High Roa
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