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ISTA3APage1of25
ISTA3A2006-Page1of25
ISTA,YourAllianceinTransportPackaging,istheworldleaderinPerformanceTestsforPackaged-Products.
ISTA3Seriestestsareadvancedtestsandaredesignedto:
•Challengethecapabilityofthepackageandproducttowithstandtransporthazards,but
•Utilizegeneralsimulationofactualtransporthazards,and
•Donotnecessarilycomplywithcarrierpackagingregulations.
Whenproperlyexecuted,ISTAprocedureswillprovidetangiblebenefitsof:
•Producttomarkettimereduction
•Confidenceinproductlaunch
•Reductionindamagesandproductloss
•Balanceddistributioncosts
•Customersatisfactioncontributingtoincreasedmarketshare
TherearethreesectionstothisProcedure:
Overview,TestingandReporting
•Overviewprovidesgeneralknowledgerequiredbeforetestingand
•Testingpresentsthespecificinstructionstodolaboratorytestingand
•ReportingindicateswhatdatashallberecordedtosubmitatestreporttoISTA.
TwosystemsofweightsandmeasuresarepresentedinISTAtestprocedures:
SI(Metric)orEnglishsystem(Inch-Pound).
MetricunitsareshownfirstfollowedbytheInch-Poundunitsinparentheses;thereareexceptionsinsometables(when
shownseparately).
Familiaritywiththefollowingunitsandsymbolsusedinthisdocumentisrequired:
FormeasuringMetricunitsandsymbolsEnglishunitsandsymbols
Weightkilograms(kg)orgrams(gm)pounds(lb)
Distancemeters(m)ormillimeters(mm)feet(ft)orinches(in)
VolumeCubiccentimeters(cm3)Cubicinches(in3)
Densitykilogramspercubicmeter(kg/m3)poundspercubicinch(lb/in3)
TemperatureCentigrade(°C)Fahrenheit(°F)
AbsolutePressureKilopascal(kPa)Poundspersquareinch(psi)
•Eithersystemmaybeusedastheunitofmeasure(standardunits),but
•Thestandardunitschosenshallbeusedconsistentlythroughouttheprocedure.
•Unitsareconvertedtotwosignificantfiguresand
•Notexactequivalents.
NOTE:
InotherISTATestProcedures68kilogramsisusedastheconversionfrom150pounds.In3A,70kilogramsand150
poundsareusedbecauseit’sacommondividingpointfoundinparceldeliverysystemsfromcountriesthatuseeithermetric
(SI)orEnglish(inch-pounds)unitsofmeasure.
VERYIMPORTANT:
Theentiredocumentshallbereadandunderstoodbeforeproceedingwithatest.
Copyright©2006byInternationalSafeTransitAssociation.AllrightsReserved.
ISTA3Series
GeneralSimulation
Performance
TestProcedure
3A2
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Packaged-ProductsforParcelDeliverySystemShipment
70kg(150lb)orLess
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OVERVIEWOFPROCEDURE3A
TestProcedure3Aisageneralsimulationtestforindividualpackaged-productsshippedthroughaparceldeliverysystem.
Thetestisappropriateforfourdifferenttypesofpackagescommonlydistributedasindividualpackages,eitherbyairor
ground.Thetypesincludestandard,small,flatandelongatedpackages.3AincludesanoptionalcombinationofaVibration
andVacuum(highaltitude’sloweredairpressure)test.Thisteststhecontainer’s(whetherprimarypackageortransport
package)abilitytoholdasealorclosureandtheretentionofcontents(liquid,powderorgas)withoutleaking.
STANDARDpackaged-productsshallbedefinedasanypackaged-productthatdoesnotmeetanyofthedefinitionsbelow
forasmall,flatorelongatedpackaged-product.AStandardpackaged-productmaybepackagessuchastraditional
fiberboardcartons,aswellasplastic,woodenorcylindricalcontainers.
SMALLpackaged-productsshallbedefinedasanypackaged-productwherethe:
•volumeislessthan13,000cm3(800in3),and
•longestdimensionis350mm(14in)orlessand
•weightis4.5kg(10lb)orless.
FLATpackaged-productsshallbedefinedasanypackaged-productwherethe:
•shortestdimensionis200mm(8in)orlessand
•nextlongestdimensionisfour(4)ormoretimeslargerthantheshortestdimension,and
•volumeis13,000cm3(800in3)orgreater.
ELONGATEDpackaged-productsshallbedefinedasanypackaged-productwherethe:
•longestdimensionis900mm(36in)orgreaterand
•bothofthepackage’sotherdimensionsareeach20percentorlessofthatofthelongestdimension.
NOTE:
Ifapackaged-productisbothFlatandElongated,thepackageshouldbetestedasElongated
•Testingcanbeusedtoevaluatetheprotectiveperformanceofapackaged-productrelatedtovibrations,shocksand
otherstressesnormallyencounteredduringhandlingandtransportationinaparceldeliverysystem.
•Testlevelsarebasedongeneraldataandmaynotrepresentanyspecificdistributionsystem.
•Thepackageandproductareconsideredtogetherandnotseparately.
•Someconditionsoftransit,suchasmoisture,pressureorunusualhandlingmaynotbecovered.
OtherISTAProceduresmaybeappropriatefordifferentconditionsortome