Designation:D5639/D5639M−20StandardPracticeforSelectionofCorrugatedFiberboardMaterialsandBoxConstructionBasedonPerformanceRequirements1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5639/D5639M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticeprovidesinformationoncorrugatedfiber-boardfortheprospectiveuserwhowantsguidanceinselectingattributesofmaterialsandboxconstructionbasedonperfor-mancerequirements.Theseattributesshouldbepartofspeci-ficationswhichestablishlevelsofthequalitiesashippingcontainershallhaveachievedinordertobeacceptabletothepurchaseroruser.Theattributesandqualitiesshouldbetestable,usingstandardmethodsthatarerecognizedbyboththebuyerandseller.Thispracticewillassistusersindevelop-ingspecificationsforcorrugatedcontainersthroughananalysisofperformancerequirementsandsubsequentrelationshipstofiberboardmaterialsandboxconstructionattributes.Thispracticeismeanttocomplementtheboxbuyer–boxmanufac-turerrelationshipbyhavingthebuyer(user)betterunderstand,discuss,andnegotiateneededelementsofboxdesignandspecification.Thefullboxdesignprocessiscomplex,anditisbeyondthescopeofthisstandard.1.2Theattributesandtheirlevelsshouldbebasedontheintendeduseofthebox,includingthehandlingandenviron-mentitwillencounter.Manypackagingrulesincludedetaileddescriptionsofthematerialsthatmaybeusedandstyle,closure,orotherconstructiondetailsofallowedshippingcontainers.Theserulesarepresentedasminimumrequire-ments;theymaybeexceededforfunctionalreasons,butthereisnoregulatoryreasontodoso.Railandmotorfreightclassificationsapplicableforsurfacecommoncarriertranspor-tationhaveestablishedminimumrequirementsforcertainattributesofcorrugatedpackaging.Thesemayormaynotbeappropriateforapplicationinthecompletedistributionsystem,astheyencompassonlycontainerboardorcombinedcorru-gatedbo...
