Standard for Corrugated Boxes for Export Product Packaging
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
UDC676.874
Corrugated boxes for export product packaging
676.76
621.798
Corrugated box for export products GB5033-85
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This standard applies to corrugated boxes used for the transport packaging of export products (hereinafter referred to as corrugated boxes).
According to the packaging capacity of the corrugated box and the type of corrugated board used, corrugated boxes are divided into the 8 types shown in Table 1.
(sum of length, width and height)
10 1000
20 1400
30 1750
40 2000
20 1400
30 1750
40 2000
50 2500
nth="12" year="1899">2.1.1
The corrugated board used for manufacturing corrugated boxes shall be the corrugated board specified in GB5034-85
"Corrugated Board for Export Product Packaging".
Nailed corrugated boxes shall use
gauge coated flat metal wire; the flat metal wire must be free from cracks or defects affecting its use.
Glued corrugated boxes shall use polyvinyl acetate emulsion or other adhesives with an equivalent bonding effect.
The box shall be square and true, with a clean surface, free from obvious appearance defects and other defects affecting its use.
The overlap width of the corrugated box shall be not less than
. Boxes shall be nailed with diagonal or transverse stitches. The box stitches shall be neatly arranged and evenly spaced. The stitch pitch for double stitching shall be not greater than
, the stitch pitch for single stitching shall be not greater than
, and the distance from the first and last stitches to the crease centerline shall be not greater than
, and the box stitches must be driven entirely into the lap joint.
The compression strength of the corrugated box shall meet the requirements of the product and the transport conditions.
After the corrugated box is formed, the thickness of the corrugated board shall be not less than
GB5034-85
the lower limit value of the corresponding flute height specified therein.
The structure of the corrugated box shall take
as the basic form, and other forms of corrugated boxes may also be used.
The dimensions of the corrugated box shall comply with
GB4892-85
"Series of Dimensions for Rigid Rectangular Transport Packages".
Corrugated boxes shall be delivered in batches. The manufacturer shall guarantee that the corrugated boxes leaving the factory comply with the provisions of this standard and shall issue a certificate of conformity.
The purchaser shall carry out acceptance inspection in accordance with this standard; when basic indices are found not to meet the requirements of the standard, the non-conforming indices may be re-inspected.
If any one of the internal dimensions, thickness, bursting strength, puncture strength, edgewise compression strength, bonding strength or moisture content fails to meet this standard, or if the number of boxes whose other indices do not conform to this standard exceeds
, the batch of boxes shall be judged as non-conforming.
Marking, Packaging, Transport and Storage
The storage and transport markings for boxes shall be implemented in accordance with
GB191-85
"Pictorial Markings for Handling of Packages", and dangerous goods markings shall be implemented in accordance with
GB190-85
"Marking of Packages for Dangerous Goods".
The manufacturer shall package the corrugated boxes in accordance with user requirements.
Corrugated boxes shall be protected from direct rain, snow, exposure to the sun and contamination during transport. They must not be thrown down from a height during loading and unloading, and tools that would damage product quality must not be used.
Storage warehouses shall be kept ventilated and dry; for short-term open-air storage, good covering and dunnage protection measures must be provided.
This standard is proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the People's Republic of China.
This standard is drafted under the responsibility of the China Export Commodities Packaging Research Institute and its Tianjin Branch.
The main drafters of this standard are Sha Renyu, Guo Lianbi and Gong Yingxuan.
——This article is reprinted from China Packaging Network (pack.cn), original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-362282.html
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