6.5.6.3.7

Design type tests required and sequential order

Type of IBC	Vibration f	Bottom lift	Top lift a	Stacking b	Leak- proofness	Hydraulic pressure	Drop	Tear	Topple	Righting c
Metal:
11A, 11B, 11N	-	1st a	2nd	3rd	-	-	4th e	-	-	-
21A, 21B, 21N	-	1st a	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th e	-	-	-
31A, 31B, 31N	1st	2nd a	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th e	-	-	-
Flexible d	-	-	x c	x	-	-	x	x	x	x
Rigid plastics:
11H1, 11H2	-	1st a	2nd	3rd	-	-	4th	-	-	-
21H1, 21H2	-	1st a	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	-	-	-
31H1, 31H2	1st	2nd a	3rd	4th g	5th	6th	7th	-	-	-
Composite:
11HZ1, 11HZ2	-	1st a	2nd	3rd	-	-	4th e	-	-	-
21HZ1, 21HZ2	-	1st a	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th e	-	-	-
31HZ1, 31HZ2	1st	2nd a	3rd	4th g	5th	6th	7th e	-	-	-
Fibreboard	-	1st	-	2nd	-	-	3rd	-	-	-
Wooden	-	1st	-	2nd	-	-	3rd	-	-	-

a When IBCs are designed for this method of handling.

b When IBCs are designed to be stacked.

c When IBCs are designed to be lifted from the top or the side.

d Required test indicated by x; an IBC which has passed one test may be used for other tests, in any order.

e Another IBC of the same design may be used for the drop test.

f Another IBC of the same design may be used for the vibration test.

g The second IBC in accordance with 6.5.6.2.2 can be used out of the sequential order direct after the preliminary

storage.

6.5.6.4

Bottom lift test

6.5.6.4.1

Applicability

For all fibreboard and wooden IBCs, and for all types of IBC which are fitted with means of lifting

from the base, as a design type test.

6.5.6.4.2

Preparation of the IBC for test

The IBC shall be filled. A load shall be added and evenly distributed. The mass of the filled IBC and

the load shall be 1.25 times the maximum permissible gross mass.

6.5.6.4.3

Method of testing

The IBC shall be raised and lowered twice by a lift truck with the forks centrally positioned and

spaced at three quarters of the dimension of the side of entry (unless the points of entry are fixed).

The forks shall penetrate to three quarters of the direction of entry. The test shall be repeated from

each possible direction of entry.

6.5.6.4.4

Criteria for passing the test

No permanent deformation which renders the IBC, including the base pallet, if any, unsafe for

carriage and no loss of contents.

6.5.6.5

Top lift test

6.5.6.5.1

Applicability

For all types of IBC which are designed to be lifted from the top and for flexible IBCs designed to be

lifted from the top or the side, as a design type test.

6.5.6.5.2

Preparation of the IBC for test

Metal, rigid plastics and composite IBCs shall be filled. A load shall be added and evenly distributed.

The mass of the filled IBC and the load shall be twice the maximum permissible gross mass. Flexible

IBCs shall be filled with a representative material and then shall be loaded to six times their maximum

permissible gross mass, the load being evenly distributed.

6.5.6.5.3

Methods of testing

Metal and flexible IBCs shall be lifted in the manner for which they are designed until clear of the

floor and maintained in that position for a period of five minutes.

Rigid plastics and composite IBCs shall be lifted:

(a) by each pair of diagonally opposite lifting devices, so that the hoisting forces are applied

vertically, for a period of five minutes; and

(b) by each pair of diagonally opposite lifting devices, so that the hoisting forces are applied

toward the centre at 45º to the vertical, for a period of five minutes.

6.5.6.5.4

Other methods of top lift testing and preparation at least equally effective may be used for flexible IBCs.

6.5.6.5.5

Criteria for passing the test

(a) Metal, rigid plastics and composite IBCs: the IBC remains safe for normal conditions of

carriage, there is no observable permanent deformation of the IBC, including the base pallet, if

any, and no loss of contents;

(b) Flexible IBCs: no damage to the IBC or its lifting devices which renders the IBC unsafe for

carriage or handling and no loss of contents.

6.5.6.6

Stacking test

6.5.6.6.1

Applicability

For all types of IBC which are designed to be stacked on each other, as a design type test.

6.5.6.6.2

Preparation of the IBC for test

The IBC shall be filled to its maximum permissible gross mass. If the specific gravity of the product

being used for testing makes this impracticable, the IBC shall additionally be loaded so that it is tested

at its maximum permissible gross mass the load being evenly distributed.

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