ISO 6517:2013
(Main)Air cargo — Certified lower deck containers — Design and testing
Air cargo — Certified lower deck containers — Design and testing
ISO 6517:2013 covers the minimum design and operational testing requirements for general purpose base-restrained containers exclusively intended for the lower deck compartments of main line civil transport aircraft, capable of being used by either airlines or shippers and requiring airworthiness authority approval (certification). ISO 6517:2013 does not cover the performance requirements and ultimate load testing parameters for approval by airworthiness authorities (certification), which are covered in ISO 21100 or, for units approved prior to 2012, ISO 8097:2001. The design and operational testing requirements of ISO 6517:2013 are additional to those of these standards.
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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 6517
Third edition
2013-07-01
Air cargo — Certified lower deck
containers — Design and testing
Fret aérien — Conteneurs certifiés de pont inférieur — Conception et
essais
Reference number
©
ISO 2013
© ISO 2013
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Container sizes and identification . 3
4 Requirements . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Airworthiness approval . 4
4.3 Materials . 4
4.4 Construction . 4
4.5 Performance . 7
4.6 Design loads . 8
4.7 Environment . 8
5 Testing . 9
5.1 Ultimate load tests . 9
5.2 Operation tests . 9
6 Markings .11
7 Customs/security sealing .12
8 Manufacturer’s instructions .13
9 Quality control .13
9.1 Design and production .13
9.2 Operations .14
Bibliography .21
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. www.iso.org/directives
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received. www.iso.org/patents
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 20, Aircraft and space vehicles, Subcommittee
SC 9, Air cargo and ground equipment.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 6517:1992), which has been technically
revised to take into account ISO 21100 and TSO/ETSO C90d.
iv © ISO 2013 – All rights reserved
Introduction
The basic functions of lower deck air cargo containers are:
a) the unitization of baggage, cargo or mail during ground handling and transportation, and
b) the restraint of their contents against accelerations encountered in flight.
Throughout this International Standard, the minimum essential criteria are identified by use of the key
word “shall”. Recommended criteria are identified by use of the key word “should” and, while not mandatory,
are considered to be of primary importance in providing safe, economical and usable containers. Deviation
from recommended criteria should only occur after careful consideration and thorough service evaluation
have shown alternate methods to provide an equivalent level of quality and safety.
The requirements of this International Standard are expressed in the applicable SI units, with
approximate inch-pound units conversion between brackets for convenience in those countries using
that system. Where it is deemed necessary to use exact values, the SI unit ones are to be used. Per
exception, the exact figures are those in inches for container base overall outside dimensions.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 6517:2013(E)
Air cargo — Certified lower deck containers — Design and
testing
1 Scope
1.1 This International Standard covers the minimum design and operational testing requirements
for general purpose base-restrained containers exclusively intended for the lower deck compartments
of main line civil transport aircraft, capable of being used by either airlines or shippers and requiring
airworthiness authority approval (certification).
NOTE 1 The metric equivalents for dimensions have been rounded up or down to the nearest millimetre, except
in critical dimensions. Masses have been rounded up to the nearest kilogram and forces have been rounded up to
the nearest 10 N.
NOTE 2 Containers with other base sizes than those specified by this International Standard can also be built
to a lower deck contour, but they need not be carried exclusively on the lower deck. See ISO 10327.
1.2 This International Standard does not cover the performance requirements and ultimate load
testing parameters for approval by airworthiness authorities (certification), which are covered in
ISO 21100 or, for units approved prior to 2012, ISO 8097:2001. The design and operational testing
requirements of this International Standard are additional to those of these standards.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 4116:1986, Air cargo equipment — Ground equipment requirements for compatibility with aircraft
unit load devices
ISO 7166:1985, Aircraft — Rail and stud configuration for passenger equipment and cargo restraint
ISO 8097:2001, Aircraft — Minimum airworthiness requirements and test conditions for certified air cargo
unit load devices (Endorsement of NAS 3610 10th edition)
ISO/TR 8647:1990, Environmental degradation of textiles used in air cargo restraint equipment
ISO 10046:1996, Aircraft — Methodology of calculating cargo compartment volumes
ISO 10327:1995, Aircraft — Certified aircraft container for air cargo — Specification and testing
ISO 11242:1996, Aircraft — Pressure equalization requirements for cargo containers
1)
ISO 21100:— , Air cargo unit load devices — Performance requirements and test parameters
2)
CAAC CCAR-21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
CAAC CCAR-25, Airworthiness Standards – Transport Category Airplanes, paragraph 25.855, Cargo or
2)
baggage compartments, and Appendix F
2)
CAAC CCAR-121, Air Carriers Certification and Operations system
1) To be published. (Technical revision of ISO/PAS 21100:2011.)
2) The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) listed documents constitute the Chinese government
transport aircraft airworthiness approval Regulations.
2)
CAAC Chinese Technical Standard Order CTSO C90d — Cargo pallets, nets and containers
EASA Part 21 — Certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, and of design and
3)
production organisations (Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012)
EASA CS-25 — Certification Specifications for Large Aeroplanes, paragraph 25.855, Cargo or baggage
3)
compartments, and Appendix F
3)
EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) EU-OPS 1.035 — Quality system
EASA European Technical Standard Order ETSO C90d — Cargo pallets, nets and containers (Unit
3)
Load Devices)
4)
Japanese Airworthiness Standard Part 3 (Civil Aeronautics Law Article 10 § 4)
5)
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 CFR Part 21 — Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 Part 25 — Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Airplanes
5)
(“14 CFR Part 25”), paragraph 25.855, Cargo or baggage compartments, and Appendix F
5)
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 CFR Part 121 — Air carriers certification and operation
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular AC 120-59 — Air carriers internal evaluation
5)
programs
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Technical Standard Order TSO C90d — Cargo Pallets, Nets and
5)
Containers
6)
EUROCAE ED-14G, Environmental conditions and test procedures for airborne equipment
NOTE 3 Also see informative references in Bibliography.
3) The listed EASA documents constitute the European governments transport aircraft airworthiness approval
Regulations, and can be obtained from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Otto Platz 1, Postfach 101253,
D-50452 Cologne, Germany, or its website at www.easa.europa.eu.int.
4) Japanese Airworthiness Standard Part 3 (ISBN 4-89279-661-1) constitutes the Japanese government transport
aircraft airworthiness approval Regulations, and can be obtained from the Civil Aviation Bureau (CAB) of the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Tokyo, Japan, or its website at www.mlit.go.jp/en.
5) The listed FAA documents constitute the U.S.A. government transport aircraft airworthiness approval
Regulations, and can be obtained from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop SSOP, Washington DC 20402-
9328, or its website at www.gpoaccess.gov.
6) EUROCAE ED-14G can be obtained from the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment, 102 rue
Etienne Dolet, 92240 Malakoff, France, or its website at www.eurocae.eu.
2 © ISO 2013 – All rights reserved
3 Container sizes and identification
3.1 The overall maximum dimension
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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 6517
Third edition
2013-07-01
Air cargo — Certified lower deck
containers — Design and testing
Fret aérien — Conteneurs certifiés de pont inférieur — Conception et
essais
Reference number
©
ISO 2013
© ISO 2013
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior
written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO’s member body in the country of
the requester.
ISO copyright office
Case postale 56 • CH-1211 Geneva 20
Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11
Fax + 41 22 749 09 47
E-mail copyright@iso.org
Web www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2013 – All rights reserved
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Container sizes and identification . 3
4 Requirements . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Airworthiness approval . 4
4.3 Materials . 4
4.4 Construction . 4
4.5 Performance . 7
4.6 Design loads . 8
4.7 Environment . 8
5 Testing . 9
5.1 Ultimate load tests . 9
5.2 Operation tests . 9
6 Markings .11
7 Customs/security sealing .12
8 Manufacturer’s instructions .13
9 Quality control .13
9.1 Design and production .13
9.2 Operations .14
Bibliography .21
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. www.iso.org/directives
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received. www.iso.org/patents
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 20, Aircraft and space vehicles, Subcommittee
SC 9, Air cargo and ground equipment.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 6517:1992), which has been technically
revised to take into account ISO 21100 and TSO/ETSO C90d.
iv © ISO 2013 – All rights reserved
Introduction
The basic functions of lower deck air cargo containers are:
a) the unitization of baggage, cargo or mail during ground handling and transportation, and
b) the restraint of their contents against accelerations encountered in flight.
Throughout this International Standard, the minimum essential criteria are identified by use of the key
word “shall”. Recommended criteria are identified by use of the key word “should” and, while not mandatory,
are considered to be of primary importance in providing safe, economical and usable containers. Deviation
from recommended criteria should only occur after careful consideration and thorough service evaluation
have shown alternate methods to provide an equivalent level of quality and safety.
The requirements of this International Standard are expressed in the applicable SI units, with
approximate inch-pound units conversion between brackets for convenience in those countries using
that system. Where it is deemed necessary to use exact values, the SI unit ones are to be used. Per
exception, the exact figures are those in inches for container base overall outside dimensions.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 6517:2013(E)
Air cargo — Certified lower deck containers — Design and
testing
1 Scope
1.1 This International Standard covers the minimum design and operational testing requirements
for general purpose base-restrained containers exclusively intended for the lower deck compartments
of main line civil transport aircraft, capable of being used by either airlines or shippers and requiring
airworthiness authority approval (certification).
NOTE 1 The metric equivalents for dimensions have been rounded up or down to the nearest millimetre, except
in critical dimensions. Masses have been rounded up to the nearest kilogram and forces have been rounded up to
the nearest 10 N.
NOTE 2 Containers with other base sizes than those specified by this International Standard can also be built
to a lower deck contour, but they need not be carried exclusively on the lower deck. See ISO 10327.
1.2 This International Standard does not cover the performance requirements and ultimate load
testing parameters for approval by airworthiness authorities (certification), which are covered in
ISO 21100 or, for units approved prior to 2012, ISO 8097:2001. The design and operational testing
requirements of this International Standard are additional to those of these standards.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 4116:1986, Air cargo equipment — Ground equipment requirements for compatibility with aircraft
unit load devices
ISO 7166:1985, Aircraft — Rail and stud configuration for passenger equipment and cargo restraint
ISO 8097:2001, Aircraft — Minimum airworthiness requirements and test conditions for certified air cargo
unit load devices (Endorsement of NAS 3610 10th edition)
ISO/TR 8647:1990, Environmental degradation of textiles used in air cargo restraint equipment
ISO 10046:1996, Aircraft — Methodology of calculating cargo compartment volumes
ISO 10327:1995, Aircraft — Certified aircraft container for air cargo — Specification and testing
ISO 11242:1996, Aircraft — Pressure equalization requirements for cargo containers
1)
ISO 21100:— , Air cargo unit load devices — Performance requirements and test parameters
2)
CAAC CCAR-21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
CAAC CCAR-25, Airworthiness Standards – Transport Category Airplanes, paragraph 25.855, Cargo or
2)
baggage compartments, and Appendix F
2)
CAAC CCAR-121, Air Carriers Certification and Operations system
1) To be published. (Technical revision of ISO/PAS 21100:2011.)
2) The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) listed documents constitute the Chinese government
transport aircraft airworthiness approval Regulations.
2)
CAAC Chinese Technical Standard Order CTSO C90d — Cargo pallets, nets and containers
EASA Part 21 — Certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, and of design and
3)
production organisations (Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012)
EASA CS-25 — Certification Specifications for Large Aeroplanes, paragraph 25.855, Cargo or baggage
3)
compartments, and Appendix F
3)
EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) EU-OPS 1.035 — Quality system
EASA European Technical Standard Order ETSO C90d — Cargo pallets, nets and containers (Unit
3)
Load Devices)
4)
Japanese Airworthiness Standard Part 3 (Civil Aeronautics Law Article 10 § 4)
5)
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 CFR Part 21 — Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 Part 25 — Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Airplanes
5)
(“14 CFR Part 25”), paragraph 25.855, Cargo or baggage compartments, and Appendix F
5)
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 CFR Part 121 — Air carriers certification and operation
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular AC 120-59 — Air carriers internal evaluation
5)
programs
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Technical Standard Order TSO C90d — Cargo Pallets, Nets and
5)
Containers
6)
EUROCAE ED-14G, Environmental conditions and test procedures for airborne equipment
NOTE 3 Also see informative references in Bibliography.
3) The listed EASA documents constitute the European governments transport aircraft airworthiness approval
Regulations, and can be obtained from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Otto Platz 1, Postfach 101253,
D-50452 Cologne, Germany, or its website at www.easa.europa.eu.int.
4) Japanese Airworthiness Standard Part 3 (ISBN 4-89279-661-1) constitutes the Japanese government transport
aircraft airworthiness approval Regulations, and can be obtained from the Civil Aviation Bureau (CAB) of the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Tokyo, Japan, or its website at www.mlit.go.jp/en.
5) The listed FAA documents constitute the U.S.A. government transport aircraft airworthiness approval
Regulations, and can be obtained from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop SSOP, Washington DC 20402-
9328, or its website at www.gpoaccess.gov.
6) EUROCAE ED-14G can be obtained from the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment, 102 rue
Etienne Dolet, 92240 Malakoff, France, or its website at www.eurocae.eu.
2 © ISO 2013 – All rights reserved
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3.1 The overall maximum dimension
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