IS 6219 : 2024/ISO 8611-1 : 2021 Pallets for Materials Handling - Flat Pallets - Methods of Test
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Third Revision) which is identical to ISO 8611-1 : 2021 'Pallets for materials handling - Flat pallets - Part 1: Test methods' issued by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendations of Transport Packages, Packaging Codes and Pallets Sectional Committee and approval of the Transport Engineering Division Council.
This standard was first published in 1971 covering test code for non-expendable flat timber pallets only. First revision of this standard was made in 1977 incorporating bending strength test. In the first revision, the tests for metal pallets were also incorporated. The second revision of this standard was taken up in 1989 to align it with ISO/DIS 8611 'General purpose flat pallets for through transit of goods - Test methods' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO DIS 8611 later got published as ISO 8611 : 1991 and later was splitted into three parts by ISO TC 51 under the general title 'Pallets for materials handling - Flat pallets':
a) ISO 8611-1 : 2021 'Pallets for materials handling - Flat pallets - Part 1: Test methods';
b) ISO 8611-2 : 2021 'Pallets for materials handling - Flat pallets - Part 2: Performance requirements and selection of tests'; and
c) ISO 8611-3 : 2011 'Pallets for materials handling - Flat pallets - Part 3: Maximum working loads'.
As Part 1 of ISO 8611 covers the test methods for pallets, in order to align Indian standard with latest international practices, IS 6219 is being revised by adopting ISO 8611-1 : 2021. The title of IS 6219 has also been aligned with ISO 8611-1 : 2021.
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain terminologies and conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker, while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.