National foreword

This revision of this Part of BS 4826 has been prepared under the direction of the Packaging and Freight Containers Standards Committee and is identical with ISO 2248‑1985 “Packaging — Complete, filled transport packages — Vertical impact test by dropping” published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It supersedes BS 4826‑4:1972 which is withdrawn.

In 1992 the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) accepted ISO 2248‑1985 as European Standard EN 22248:1992. As a consequence of implementing the European Standard this British Standard is renumbered as BS EN 22248 and any reference to BS 4826‑4 should be read as a reference to BS EN 22248.

Terminology and conventions. The text of the international standard has been approved as suitable for publication as a British Standard without deviation. Some terminology and certain conventions are not identical with those used in British Standards; attention is drawn especially to the following.

The comma has been used as a decimal marker. In British Standards it is current practice to use a full point on the baseline as the decimal marker.

Wherever the words “International Standard” appear, referring to this standard, they should be read as “British Standard”.

Cross-reference

The Technical Committee has reviewed the provisions of ISO 2233, a new edition of which is currently in preparation and to which reference is made in the text, and has decided that they are acceptable for use in conjunction with this standard.

A related British Standard is BS 4826 “Complete, filled transport packages” Part 2:1986 “Method of conditioning for testing”.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

Foreword

In 1991, ISO 2248:1985Packaging – Complete, filled transport packages – Vertical impact test by dropping was submitted to the CEN Primary Questionnaire procedure.

Following the positive result of the CEN/CS Proposal ISO 2248:1985 was submitted to the Formal Vote.

The result of the Formal Vote was positive.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 1993, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 1993.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1992-10-30. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Committees responsible for this British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Packaging and Freight Containers Standards Committee (PKM/-) to Technical Committee PKM/501, upon which the following bodies were represented:

Association of Drum Manufacturers

British Fibreboard Packaging Association

Chemical Industries Association

Department of Trade and Industry (Laboratory of the Government Chemist)

Electronic Components Industry Federation

Glass Manufacturers’ Federation

Institute of Packaging

Ministry of Defence

PIRA (The Research Association for the Paper and Board, Printing and Packaging Industries)

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited

Telecommunication Engineering and Manufacturing Association (TEMA)

Timber Research and Development Association

Amendments issued since publication

1 Scope and field of application

This International Standard specifies a method for carrying out a vertical impact test on a complete, filled transport package by dropping. It may be performed either as a single test to investigate the effects of vertical impact or as part of a sequence of tests designed to measure the ability of a package to withstand a distribution system that includes a vertical impact hazard.

2 References

3 Principle

4 Apparatus

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

5 Package preparation

6 Conditioning

7 Procedure

7.1

7.2

8 Test report

BS EN 22248:1993

Complete, filled transport packages. Method for determination of resistance to vertical impact by dropping

Current

Published:

31 Jul 1986