TestProcedure3Eisageneralsimulationtestforunitizedloadsofthesameretailorinstitutionalpackaged-products.Aunitizedloadisdefinedasoneormoreproductsorpackaged-productsusuallyonaskidorpallet,butalwayssecuredtogetherorrestrainedfordistributionasasingleload.Exampleswouldbeastretchwrappedpalletloadofindividualcontainers,asinglenon-packagedmachinebandedtoapalletorapalletwithacorrugatedtray,tubeandacap.
•Itcanbeusedtoevaluatetheprotectiveperformanceofpackaged-productsrelatedtovibrations,shocksandotherstressesnormallyencounteredduringhandlingandtransportation.
•Itcanbeusedtoevaluateloadstability.
•Thetestlevelsarebasedongeneraldataandmaynotrepresentanyspecificdistributionsystem.
•Thepackageandproductareconsideredtogetherandnotseparately.
•Someconditionsoftransit,suchasmoisture,pressureorunusualhandling,maynotbecovered. |