ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 18616-1 First edition 2016-11-15 Transport packaging Reusable, rigid plastic distribution boxes . Part 1: General purpose application Emballages de transport - Boites de distribution en plastique rigide réutilisables- Partie 1: Application a un besoin genéral Reference number IS0 18616-1:2016(E) OSI International Organization for Standardization @ IS0 2016 ted without license from IHS IS0 18616-1:2016(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT IS0 2016, Published in Switzerland 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 Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org networking permited without license from IHS IS0 18616-1:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..2 4 Types of reusable rigid plastic distribution boxes ..4 5 Dimensions. ..10 5.1 Plan view dimensions .10 5.2 Slippage prevention.. 10 5.3 Box tare mass .10 5.4 Nominal stacking load .10 6 Safety ..11 6.1 Safety in stacking .11 6.2 Safety in handling .. 11 7 Identification ..11 7.1 Unique identification of the returnable transport box .11 7.2 Designation of the box 11 8 Marking and labelling ..13 8.1 Marking .13 8.1.1 Symbology requirements 13 8.1.2 Data requirements. 13 8.2 Labelling .. .15 8.2.1 General ..15 8.2.2 Labelling for parallelepipedic type of box .15 9 Radio frequency identification (RFID) ..15 Bibliography .16 ii vithout license from IHS