Designation:D7580/D7580M−09(Reapproved2014)StandardTestMethodforRotaryStretchWrapperMethodforDeterminingtheReadabilityofPassiveRFIDTranspondersonHomogenousPalletizedorUnitizedLoads1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7580/D7580M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodquantitativelyevaluatesthereadabilityofradiofrequencyidentification(RFID)taggedunitizedloadinasimulatedstretchwrapperreadpointscenario.1.2Thistestmethodisintendedforuseinlaboratorysettingsthatsimulate,ascloselyasispracticable,thedistribu-tionenvironmentoftheproductbeingtestedorwithintheactualdistributionenvironmentitself.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D996TerminologyofPackagingandDistributionEnviron-mentsD4332PracticeforConditioningContainers,Packages,orPackagingComponentsforTestingE337TestMethodforMeasuringHumiditywithaPsy-chrometer(theMeasurementofWet-andDry-BulbTem-peratures)3.Terminology3.1Definitions—TermsanddefinitionsusedinthesetestmethodsmaybefoundinTerminologyD996.3.2DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.2.1firmware—aseriesofprogrammableinstructions,storedinread-onlymemory(ROM),whichcontrolsthecapa-bilitiesofaninterrogator.3.2.2materialhandlingbase—ageneralizedtermreferringtoanyapparatususedtofacilitateassembling,mechanicalhandli...
