No. of test samples |
Drop orientation |
|
(a) Steel drums Aluminium drums Drums of metal other than steel or aluminium Steel jerricans Aluminium jerricans Plywood drums Fibre drums Plastics drums and jerricans Composite packagings which are in the shape of a drum Light gauge metal packagings |
Six (three for each drop) |
First drop (using three samples): the packaging shall strike the target diagonally on the chime or, if the packaging has no chime, on a circumferential seam or an edge.
Second drop (using the other three samples): the packaging shall strike the target on the weakest part not tested by the first drop, for example a closure or, for some cylindrical drums, the welded longitudinal seam of the drum body |
(b) Boxes of natural wood Plywood boxes Reconstituted wood boxes Fibreboard boxes Plastics boxes Steel or aluminium boxes Composite packagings which are in the shape of a box |
Five (one for each drop) |
First drop: flat on the bottom Second drop: flat on the top Third drop: flat on the long side Fourth drop: flat on the short side Fifth drop: on a corner |
(c) Bags - single-ply with a side seam |
Three (three drops per bag) |
First drop: flat on a wide face Second drop: flat on a narrow face Third drop: on an end of the bag |
(d) Bags - single-ply without a side seam, or multi-ply |
Three (two drops per bag) |
First drop: flat on a wide face Second drop: on an end of the bag |
(e) Composite packagings (glass, stoneware or porcelain), marked with the symbol "RID/ADR" according to 6.1.3.1 (a) (ii) and which are in the shape of a drum or box |
Three (one for each drop) |
Diagonally on the bottom chime, or, if there is no chime, on a circumferential seam or the bottom edge |
3 See ISO Standard 2248.
For solids and liquids, if the test is performed with the solid or liquid to be carried or with another
substance having essentially the same physical characteristics:
Packing Group I |
Packing Group II |
Packing Group III |
1.8 m |
1.2 m |
0.8 m |
For liquids in single packagings and for inner packagings of combination packagings, if the test is performed with water:
(a) where the substances to be carried have a relative density not exceeding 1.2:
Packing Group I |
Packing Group II |
Packing Group III |
1.8 m |
1.2 m |
0.8 m |
(b) where the substances to be carried have a relative density exceeding 1.2, the drop height shall be calculated on the basis of the relative density (d) of the substance to be carried, rounded up to the first decimal, as follows:
Packing Group I |
Packing Group II |
Packing Group III |
d × 1.5 (m) |
d × 1.0 (m) |
d × 0.67 (m) |
(c) for light-gauge metal packagings, marked with symbol "RID/ADR" according to 6.1.3.1(a) (ii) intended for the carriage of substances having a viscosity at 23 °C greater than 200 mm2/s (corresponding to a flow time of 30 seconds with an ISO flow cup having a jet orifice of 6 mm diameter in accordance with ISO Standard 2431:1993)
(i) if the relative density does not exceed 1.2:
Packing group II |
Packing group III |
0.6 m |
0.4 m |
Packing group II |
Packing group III |
d × 0.5 m |
d × 0.33 m |
Packing group II |
Packing group III |
d × 0.5 m |
d × 0.33 m |
(ii) where the substances to be carried have a relative density (d) exceeding 1.2 the drop height shall be calculated on the basis of the relative density (d) of the substance to be carried, rounded up to the first decimal place, as follows:
Number of test samples: three test samples per design type and manufacturer.