scope:

This Standard specifies a method for carrying out a stacking test on complete, filled transport packages, using a compression tester. This test may be used to assess the performance of a package in terms of its strength or the protection that it offers to its contents when it is subjected to stacking. It may be performed either as a single test to investigate the effects (deformation, creep, collapse or failure) of stacking or as part of a sequence of tests designed to measure the ability of a package to withstand a distribution system that includes a stacking hazard. The test may also be used to investigate performance under particular conditions of loading, as, for example, when the bottom package in a stack rests on an open-decked pallet. When the compression load is not to be applied over the whole surface of the package which is being tested, appropriate devices should be suitably interposed between the package and platen of the press in order to simulate the conditions met in practice when applying these compression loads.