IS 9733 : 2024/ISO 4180 : 2019 Packaging - Complete, Filled Transport Packages - General Rules for The Compilation of Performance Test Schedules
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Second Revision) which is identical to ISO 4180 : 2019 'Packaging - Complete, filled transport packages - General rules for the compilation of performance test schedules' 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 originally published as IS 9733 (Part 1) : 1981 'Guidelines for the compilation of performance test schedules of complete, filled transport packages: Part 1 General principles' and IS 9733 (Part 2) : 1989 'Guidelines for compilation of performance tests schedules of complete filled transport packages: Part 2 Quantitative data'. As ISO 4180 has now published in one composite form, the Committee decided to revise this standard in order to align it with the latest version of ISO 4180 : 2009 to harmonize with the latest international practices.
In 2009, ISO 4180 was published in one composite form that is, ISO 4180 : 2009 and hence to align with latest ISO standard, Part 1 and Part 2 of IS 9733 were also merged and published as IS 9733 : 2015 which was identical adoption of ISO 4180 : 2009.
In order to harmonize with the latest international practices, IS 9733 is being revised to harmonize it with ISO 4180 : 2019. The major changes in this revision are as follows:
a) The test item in the test schedule can now be selected by agreement of the stakeholders depending on the expected or existing transportation process and hazards;
b) In 6.4, the test conditions have been reviewed and revised by the distance and condition of transportation;
c) In 6.5, a new Level-4 has been added for well controlled handling; and
d) In 6.6, the test conditions have been reviewed and revised; they can be changed or selected depending on the storage conditions by the agreement of stakeholders.
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 daft 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.