ISTA_3H_2005

ISTA3H2001-Page1of19ISTA,YourAllianceinTransportPackaging,istheworldleaderinPerformanceTestsforPackaged-Products.ISTA3Seriestestsareadvancedtests.•Theychallengethecapabilityofthepackageandproducttowithstandtransporthazards,but•Theyusegeneralsimulationofactualtransporthazards,and•Theydonotnecessarilycomplywithcarrierpackagingregulations.Whenproperlyapplied,ISTAprocedureswillprovidetangiblebenefitsof:•Shortenedpackageddevelopmenttimeandconfidenceinproductlaunch•Protectionofproductsandprofitswithreduceddamageandproductloss•Economicallybalanceddistributioncosts•Customersatisfactionandcontinuedbusiness.Therearethreesections:Overview,TestingandReport•Overviewprovidesthegeneralknowledgerequiredbeforegoingintothetestinglaboratoryand•Testingpresentsthespecificinstructionstodothetestinginthelaboratoryand•ReportindicateswhatdatashallberecordedtosubmitatestreporttoISTA.TwosystemsofweightsandmeasuresarepresentedinISTAtestprocedures.TheyaretheEnglishsystem(Inch-Pound)andtheinternationalsystemSI(Metric).Inch-PoundunitsareshownfirstwithMetricunitsinbrackets,exceptinsometableswheretheyareshownseparately.•Eithersystemmaybeusedastheunitofmeasure(standardunits),but•Thestandardunitschosenshallbeusedconsistentlythroughouttheprocedure.•Unitsareconvertedtotwosignificantfiguresand•Notexactequivalents.VERYIMPORTANT:Theentiredocumentshallbereadandunderstoodbeforeproceedingwithatest.OVERVIEWOFPROCEDURE3HTestProcedure3Hisageneralsimulationtestformechanicallyhandledbulkloads.•Itisintendedforbulkloadsofthesameproductbutitcanalsobeconsideredformixedloads.•Itcanbeusedtoevaluatetheprotectiveperformanceofbulktransportsystemsrelatedtovibrations,shocksandotherstressesnormallyencounteredduringhandlingandtransportation.•Itcanbeusedtoevaluateinteriordunnage.•Thetestlevelsarebasedongeneraldataandmaynotrepresentanyspecificdistributionsystem.•Thepackageandproductareconsideredtogetherandnotseparately.•Someconditionsoftransit,suchasmoisture,pressureorunusualhandling,maynotbecovered.OtherISTAProceduresmaybeappropriatefordifferentconditionsortomeetdifferentobjectives.RefertoGuidelinesforSelectingandUsingISTAProceduresandProjectsforadditionalinformation.Copyright©2005byInternationalSafeTransitAssociation.AllrightsReserved.3H2001PrefaceISTA3SeriesGeneralSimulationPerformanceTestProcedureProductsorPackaged-ProductsinMechanicallyHandledBulkTransportContainersISTA3H2001-Page2of19OVERVIEWOFPROCEDURE3HTestProcedure3Hcoverstestingofbulkloadsmadeupofonetransportcontainerorsystemconsistingofthesameproductthatbecauseoftheirsizeand/orweightmustbehandledbymechanicalmeans,forexample,automotivepartsinreusableracks.Theshippershalldeterminethefollowingpriortotesting:•Whatconstitutesdamagetotheproductand•whatdamagetolerancelevelisallowable,ifany,and•thecorrectmethodologytodetermineproductconditionattheconclusionofthetestand•theacceptablecontainerconditionattheconclusionofthetest.ForadditionalinformationonthisdeterminationprocessrefertoGuidelinesforSelectingandUsingISTAProceduresandProjects.Samplesshouldbetheuntestedactualpackageandproduct,butifoneand/ortheotherisnotavailable,thesubstitutesshallbeasidenticalaspossibletoactualitems.Numberofsamplesrequired:Onesample(bulkload)isrequiredforthetestsinthisprocedure.Additionalproductmayberequireddependingonsequencefollowed.NOTE:Packagesthathavealreadybeensubjectedtotherigorsoftransportationcannotbeassumedtorepresentstandardconditions.Inordertoinsuretestinginperfectcondition,productsandpackagesshippedtocertifiedlaboratoriesfortestingmustbe:•over-packagedforshipmenttothelaboratoryor•repackagedinnewpackagingatthelaboratory.ReplicateTestingRecommended:Topermitanadequatedeterminationofrepresentativeperformanceofthepackaged-product,ISTA:•Requirestheproceduretobeperformedaminimumofonetime,but•Recommendsperformingtheprocedurefiveormoretimes.ScopeProductDamageToleranceandDegradationAllowanceSamples3HISTA3H2001-Page3of19OVERVIEWOFPROCEDURE3HThetestsshallbeperformedoneachtestsampleinthesequenceindicatedinthefollowingtable:Sequence#TestCategoryTestTypeTestLevelForISTACertification1AtmosphericPreconditioningTemperatureandHumidityAmbientRequired2AtmosphericConditioningControlledTemperatureandHumidityTemperatureandHumidityChosenfromchartOptional3ShockHorizontalImpact2mph(0.9m/s)15mshalfsineRequired4ShockRotationalFlatDrop4inch(100mm)Required5ShockRotationalEdgeDrop4inch(100mm)Required6ShockRotationalFlatDrop4inch(100mm)Required7ShockRotationalEdgeDrop4inch(100mm)Required8VibrationRandomOverallGrmslevelvarieswithModeofTransportRequired9ShockHorizontalImpact4and6mph(1.8and2.7m/s)300msTrapezoidalRequiredforRailShipmentsOnly10ShockHorizontalImpactRequiredforRailShipmentsOnly11ShockRotationalFlatDrop4inch(100mm)Required12ShockRotationalEdgeDrop4inch(100mm)Required13ShockRotationalFlatDrop4inch(100mm)Required14ShockRotationalEdgeDrop4inch(100mm)RequiredMachineApplyandReleaseCalculatedTestForcex1.4MachineApplyandHoldCalculatedTestForce15CompressionWeightandloadSpreaderCalculatedTestLoadOptionalTestSequence3HISTA3H2001-Page4of19EQUIPMENTREQUIREDFORPRO