BS EN 15433-1:2007 specifies the general requirements to be observed during the measurement and evaluation of dynamic-mechanical transportation loads, should the results raise a claim of generalization and be incorporated in this series of standards as fundamental data. It is part of a complete normative concept to acquire and describe the loads acting on goods and influencing them during transport, handling and storage.
BS EN 15433-1contains:
- Normative references
- Requirements
- Fundamental requirements
- Location of measuring points
- Source data
- Care during data acquisition and documentation
- Measuring report
- Measurement on a transported item
- Data validity check
- Data analysis
- Derivation of test specifications
- Transportation monitoring with automatic recording equipment
BS EN 15433-1 becomes significant when related to the realisation of the European Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (Directive 94/62 EC, 20 December 1994). This directive specifies requirements on the avoidance or reduction of packaging waste, and requires that the amount of packaging material is adjusted to the expected transportation load, in order to protect the transportation item adequately.