ASTMD78282-0759530053bb05383-Designation:D782-82(Reapproved1993)“’AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceSt.Philadelphia,Pa19103ReprintedfromtheAnnualBookofASTMStandards.CopyrIghtASTMIfnotlistedinthecurrentcombinedindex,willappearinthenexteditionStandardTestMethodforShippingContainersinRevolvingHexagonalDrum’ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD782;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapprowl.Asuperscriptepsilon(L)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.‘INOTE-ThetitlewaschangedandSection14addededitoriallyinMay1993.1.Scope1.lThistestmethodcoversaprocedureforperformingtestsonloadedshippingcontainersbymeansofthere-volvingdrumtestertodeterminetherelativeabilityofashippingcontainertowithstandroughhandling.1.2Thistestmethodisusedtogiveanindicationoftheabilityofashippingcontainertowithstandavarietyofshocksandimpactstresses,usuallyforpermittingacompar-isonofdifferentdesignsofcontainersofthesamesizeandcarryingthesameload.Thistestmethodpermitsanobser-vationoftheprogressivedestructionorfailureofthepackage,throughwhichmeansofimprovingthedesignmaybedetermined.Thedrumtestisnotintendedtosimulateanyspecificenvironmentalhazard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyproblems,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D685PracticeforConditioningPaperandPaperProductsforTesting*D775TestMethodforDropTestforLoadedBoxes*D880TestMethodforImpactTestingforShippingCon-tainersandSystems2D996TerminologyofPackagingandDistributionEnvi-ronments*D2956PracticeforConductingControlledShockInputTestsforShippingContainers3E122PracticeforChoiceofSampleSizetoEstimateaMeasureofQualityforaLotorProcess42.2ASTMAdjunct:AdjunctNo.12-407820-10(14-Bdrum)5Adjunct...
