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BS ISO 1496-5:2018

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Series 1 freight containers. Specification and testing – Platform and platform-based containers

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BSI 2018 44
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This document specifies the basic specifications and testing requirements for ISO series 1 freight containers of the platform and platform-based types designated 1AAA, 1AA, 1A, 1AX, 1BBB, 1BB, 1B, 1BX, 1CC, 1C and 1CX which are suitable for international exchange and for conveyance by road, rail and sea, including interchange between these forms of transport, with certain limitations (for example, when loaded, platforms cannot be stacked or top lifted by means of conventional spreaders).

The container types covered by this document are given in Table 1.

Table 1

Container types (in accordance with ISO 6346:1995/Amd 3:2012, Table E.1)

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
7 Foreword
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
10 3 Terms and definitions
4 Dimensions and ratings
4.1 External dimensions
11 4.2 Internal dimensions
4.3 Ratings
5 Design requirements
5.1 General
12 5.2 Interlocked pile of folded containers
5.3 Corner fittings
5.4 Base structure
14 5.5 End structure (platform-based containers only)
5.6 Side structure (platform-based containers only)
5.7 Walls and securing devices
5.8 Door openings
5.9 Requirements — Optional features — Fork-lift pockets
15 6 Testing
6.1 General
6.2 Test No. 1 — Stacking
6.2.1 General
16 6.2.2 Procedure
6.2.3 Requirements
6.3 Test No. 2 — Lifting from the four top corner fittings
6.3.1 General
17 6.3.2 Procedure
6.3.3 Requirements
6.4 Test No. 3 — Lifting from the four bottom corner fittings
6.4.1 General
6.4.2 Procedure
18 6.4.3 Requirements
6.5 Test No. 4 — External restraint (longitudinal)
6.5.1 General
6.5.2 Procedure
6.5.3 Requirements
6.6 Test No. 5 — Strength of end walls (where provided)
6.6.1 General
6.6.2 Procedure
6.6.3 Requirements
19 6.7 Test No. 6 — Strength of the roof (where provided)7)
6.7.1 General
6.7.2 Procedure
6.7.3 Requirements
6.8 Test No. 7 — Floor strength
6.8.1 General
6.8.2 Procedure
6.8.3 Requirements
6.9 Test No. 8 — Rigidity (transverse) (not applicable to platform containers)
6.9.1 General
20 6.9.2 Procedure
6.9.3 Requirements
6.10 Test No. 9 — Rigidity (longitudinal) (not applicable to platform containers)
6.10.1 General
6.10.2 Procedure
21 6.10.3 Requirements
6.11 Test No. 10 — Lifting from fork-lift pockets (where provided)
6.11.1 General
6.11.2 Procedure
6.11.3 Requirements
22 6.12 Test No. 11 — Weatherproofness (where appropriate)
6.12.1 Procedure
6.12.2 Requirements
7 Testing of platform-based containers with incomplete superstructure in the folded condition (type codes P3 and P4 only) and of an interlocked pile of such containers
7.1 General
7.2 Test No. 12 — Stacking (type codes P3 and P4 only)
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Procedure
23 7.2.3 Requirements
7.3 Test No. 13 — Lifting of an interlocked pile by the top
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Procedure
7.3.3 Requirements
7.4 Test No. 14 — Lifting of a flush folded container by the top
7.4.1 General
7.4.2 Procedure
24 7.4.3 Requirements
25 Annex A (normative) Diagrammatic representation of capabilities of platform and platform-based containers
36 Annex B (normative) Dimensions of fork-lift pockets (where provided)
38 Annex C (normative) Cargo-securing systems for platform and platform-based containers
41 Annex D (informative) Dimensions of existing 1CC, 1C and 1CX platform-based containers (type codes P1 to P4) for the carriage of small multimodal containers
43 Bibliography
BS ISO 1496-5:2018
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