ASTM D5415-95(2001)

Standard Test Method for Evaluating Load Containment Performance of Stretch Wrap Films by Vibration Testing

SCOPE
1.1 This test method is used to evaluate and compare the ability of stretch-wrap films to contain unitized loads during shipping.  
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 14-Jul-1995
• ICS: 55.040 - Packaging materials and accessories
• Technical Committee: D10 - Packaging
• Drafting Committee: D10.25 - Palletizing and Unitizing of Loads

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D5415-95 - Standard Test Method for Evaluating Load Containment Performance of Stretch Wrap Films by Vibration Testing
• Effective Date: 15-Jul-1995
• Replaced By: ASTM D5415-95(2007) - Standard Test Method for Evaluating Load Containment Performance of Stretch Wrap Films by Vibration Testing
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2007
• Referred By: ASTM D4649-20 - Standard Guide for Use of Stretch Films and Wrapping Application
• Effective Date: 15-Jul-1995

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:D5415–95 (Reapproved 2001)
Standard Test Method for
Evaluating Load Containment Performance of Stretch Wrap
Films by Vibration Testing
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5415; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4.2 This test method simulates the shipping of unitized
loads by way of truck and rail, concentrating on the vibration
1.1 This test method is used to evaluate and compare the
element associated with these modes. Other elements of the
ability of stretch-wrap films to contain unitized loads during
distribution system, such as mechanical handling, are not
shipping.
addressed specifically in this test method.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.3 This test method establishes a method for rating the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
performance of films, but it leaves open to the discretion of the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
user the establishment of an acceptable rating for the specific
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
end-use intended.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
5. Apparatus
2. Referenced Documents
5.1 Load Wrapping Apparatus—A machine or apparatus to
2.1 ASTM Standards:
wrap the test load. The method of wrap application is prefer-
D 996 Terminology of Packaging and Distribution Environ-
ably as near as possible to that used in an actual production
ments
situation (stretch wrapper or manual wrapping unit).
D 999 Test Methods for Vibration Testing of Shipping
5.2 Vibration Table—A vibration testing apparatus con-
Containers
forming to Method D 999, preferably equipped with the
3. Terminology
capability of varying the frequency or amplitude, or both, of
vibration input in a controlled fashion and maintaining a set
3.1 Definitions—General definitions for packaging and dis-
vibration mode.
tribution environments are found in Terminology D 996.
5.2.1 The table shall be large enough and have a weight
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
capacity sufficient to hold an entire wrapped shipping unit.
3.2.1 amplitude—the maximum value of a sinusoidal quan-
5.2.2 The table should have a means for attaching the
tity (zero to peak).
bottom of the wrapped test unit securely to the table (for
3.2.2 resonance—a system of forced vibration existing
example, threaded holes in the table surface for bolting a pallet
when any change, however small, in the frequency of excita-
securely to the table).
tion causes a decrease in the response of the system.
5.3 Accelerometer (optional), to measure the output re-
4. Significance and Use
sponse of the test load at various vibration table input frequen-
cies. This is the most accurate way of determining the resonant
4.1 This test method is intended to be used mainly as a
frequency of the test load.
means of comparing the performance of stretch-wrap films. It
can also be used to compare the effectiveness of different wrap
6. Procedure
cycles with the same wrapping materials. No direct correlation
6.1 Prepare the test load. Arrange the units comprising the
between these test results and actual field performance has
test load in layers and stack them in the manner normally used
been established.
for shipping the product.
6.2 When the units are normally shipped on pallets, stack
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D10 on
the units on the pallet in the normal manner.
Packaging and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D10.25 on Palletizing
6.3 When the units are normally shipped on slip sheets
and Unitizing of Loads.
without pallets, stack the units on slip sheets and affix the
Current edition approved July 15, 1995. Published September 1995. Originally
published as D 5415 – 93. Last previous edition D 5415 – 93.
bottom layer to the slip sheet in the normal manner (glue, hot
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have been fixed previously to a pallet surface to provide a
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means of securing the load to the vibration table.
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D5415–95 (2001)
6.4 Wrap the test load with the stretch-wrap film at a number of minutes survived as shown in Fig. 1. If desired, a
predetermined percent stretch and wrap cycle. minimum acceptable rating can be established for qualifying
6.5 Allow the wrapped load to stand undisturbed for a film or wrap cycles for use with the load tested.
minimum of 16 h before testing. This gives the stress retention
forces in the stretched wrapping material time to equilibrate.
7. Report
6.6 Place the
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