EN ISO 2234:2002

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Term and definition
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
6 Test item preparation
7 Conditioning
8 Procedure
9 Test report
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
         publications with their relevant European
         publications

This International Standard specifies three methods for carrying out a stacking test on a complete, filled transportpackage, or on a unit load, using a static load. Whichever method is employed, the test may be used to assess theperformance of a package or a unit load, in terms of its strength or the protection that it offers to its contents when itis 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 or aunit load 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, whenthe bottom package in a stack rests on an open-decked pallet; or when the profile of the superimposed load iseccentric, as when it is supported on the bearers of a single-decked pallet which rests on a container. For suchpurposes, one of the three methods of carrying out the test may be more suitable than the others.NOTE A method for carrying out a stacking test using a compression tester is given in ISO 120481).