Designation:D6179−20StandardTestMethodsforRoughHandlingofUnitizedLoadsandLargeShippingCasesandCrates1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6179;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodscovertestingtheintegrityofunitizedloadsandlargeshippingcasesandcratesaswellastheabilityofthecontentstoendureroughhandling.Notallofthetestmethodsareapplicabletoallproducts,containers,andloads.Thesetestmethodsareapplicabletocommonmeansofmaterialhandlingasfollows:1.1.1TestMethodA,B,C,D,andE—DropTest—Formeasuringtheabilityofthecaseorcrateorunitizedloadtowithstandroughhandlingimpactsandprovideinformationusefulinimprovingthedesignofthecontainer.Normally,TestMethodsAandBarenotappliedtounitizedloads.1.1.2TestMethodF—TipTest—Fordeterminingiffilledtallortopheavycases,crates,orunitizedloadswilltipoverwhentiltedtoapredeterminedangle.1.1.3MethodG—TipoverTest—Fordeterminingtheabilityoffilledlargeshippingcasesorcratestoresisttheimpactsassociatedwithtipoverhazards,andfordeterminingtheabilityofthepackagingandpackingmethodstoprovideprotectiontothecontents,whenthecaseorcrateistippedover.NOTE1—TestMethodGfulfillstherequirementsofISO8768.ISO8768maynotmeettherequirementsforTestMethodG.1.1.4TestMethodH—RollingTest—Fordeterminingtheabilityofcomplete,filledlargeshippingcasesorcratestowithstandtheeffectsofrolling.NOTE2—TestMethodHfulfillstherequirementsofISO2876.ISO2876maynotmeettherequirementsforTestMethodH.1.2AdditionalTestProcedures:1.2.1TestmethodsformechanicalhandlingofunitizedloadsandlargeshippingcasesandcratesaresetforthinTestMethodD6055.Additionalteststhatapplytomechanicalhandlingofunitizedloadsandlargecasesandcratesincludeinclineimpacttests,describedinTestMethodD880andhorizontalimpacttests,describedinTestMethodsD4003andTestMethodD5277.TestMeth...
