General-purpose flat pallets for through transit of goods - Performance requirements and selection of tests
1 Scope
This standard specifies the performance requirements and principles for selection of tests of general-purpose flat pallets for through transit of goods.
This standard is applicable to the design, production, inspection and use of general-purpose flat pallets for through transit of goods of roads, railways and waterways.
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.
GB/T 3716-2000 Pallets for materials handling - Vocabulary (ISO 445: 1996, IDT)
GB/T 4996-2014 General-purpose flat pallets for through transit of goods - Test methods (ISO 8611-1: 2011, MOD)
GB/T 18354-2006 Logistics terms
ISO 8611-3-2011 Pallets for materials handling - Flat pallets - Part 3: Maximum working load
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 3716, GB/T 18354 and GB/T 4996-2014 and the following apply.
3.1
safety factor
ratio of the ultimate load to the nominal load
4 Performance requirements
Performance requirements for tests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 in GB/T 4996-2014 are given in Table 1. The maximum observation from the tests shall be compared with the performance requirements in Table 1.
Table 1 List of performance requirements of general-purpose flat pallets for through transit of goods
Foreword i
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Performance requirements
5 Test conditions
5.1 General
5.2 Wooden pallets
5.3 Metal pallets
5.4 Plastic pallets
5.5 Paper pallets
5.6 Wood-based composite pallets
6 Number of test samples
7 Selection of tests
7.1 Intended use of pallet
7.2 Handling of goods with racking and stacking
7.3 Handling of goods with stacking without racking
7.4 Handling of goods without racking or stacking
7.5 Other situations
8 Test load
8.1 Strength tests
8.2 Ultimate load, U
8.3 Stiffness tests
8.4 Nominal load
9 Duration for static stiffness tests
10 Number of impacts for dynamic tests
Annex A (Informative) Plots of typical force versus deformation from pallet tests showing the deformation of ultimate load, U
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