Verpackungsanweisung 455 (für UN 1945)

Passenger and cargo aircraft for UN 1945 only

General requirements

Part 4, Chapter 1 requirements must be met, including:

1) Compatibility requirements

- Substances must be compatible with their packagings as required by 4;1.1.3.

2) Closure requirements

- Closures must meet the requirements of 4;1.1.4.

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COMBINATION PACKAGINGS
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                    |                           |  Total    |  Total
                    |                           | quantity  | quantity
UN number and       |                           |per package|per package
proper shipping name|Packing conditions         |- passenger|  - cargo
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UN 1945 Matches,    |Packaging as set out in the|           |
        wax 'vesta' |list of outer packagings   |           |
                    |below may be used.         |           |
                    |                           |           |
                    |For a maximum of 50 books  |           |
                    |                           |           |
                    |The following packaging is |           |
                    |permitted:                 |           |
                    |Strong fibreboard carton,  |   25 kg   |  100 kg
                    |which is made of straw     |           |
                    |board covered with kraft   |           |
                    |paper, having a securely   |           |
                    |glued inside lining consis-|           |
                    |ting of aluminium foil, at |           |
                    |least 0.01 mm thick, the   |           |
                    |carton to have a full depth|           |
                    |lid with all joints secured|           |
                    |with gummed paper tape.    |           |
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ADDITIONAL PACKING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBINATION PACKAGINGS

- Matches, safety (book card or strike on box) must be of a type that will not ignite spontaneously under normal conditions of air transport and can be readily ignited by friction only by striking on the manufacturer's box, book or card.

- Matches must be tightly packed to prevent movement within the package and ignition by rubbing against an adjoining box, book or card.

- Matches must be securely wrapped in paper or foil or packed in tightly closedinner packagings.

- No more than 50 books of matches may be packed in one inner packaging.

- Packagings must meet the Packing Group II performance requirements.

OUTER PACKAGINGS OF COMBINATION PACKAGINGS (see 6;3.1)

Boxes                        Drums                       Jerricans

Aluminium (4B)               Aluminium (1B1, 1B2)        Aluminium (3B1, 3B2)
Fibreboard (4G)              Fibre (1G)                  Plastics (3H1, 3H2)
Natural wood (4C1, 4C2)      Other metal (1N1, 1N2)      Steel (3A1, 3A2)
Other metal (4N)             Plastics (1H1, 1H2)
Plastics (4H1, 4H2)          Steel (1A1, 1A2)
Plywood (4D)
Reconstituted wood (4F)
Steel (4A)