Reaffirmed 2022

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 2) (First Revision) which is identical with ISO 3037 : 2013 ‘Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of edgewise crush resistance (unwaxed edge method)’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Paper Based Packaging Materials Sectional Committee and approval of the Chemical Division Council.

This Indian Standard (Part 2) first was adopted by Bureau of Indian Standards on 29 July 1976. The increasing use of corrugated fibreboard for transport containers has given an impetus to this industry for expansion. The growing demand for this product has brought to the fore the need of evaluating the various physical characteristics of the corrugated board. Edgewise crush resistance of corrugated fibreboard is used for indicating the edgewise rigidity of the board and the probable crushing resistance of the finished container. This data would help the designer for specifying a suitable corrugated board container to resist the compression force expected to be encountered in shipment and storage.

This standard was originally published in 1976 and was based on ISO 3037 issued by ISO. The first revision of this standard has been undertaken to align it with the latest version of ISO 3037 : 2013

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’.

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.