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DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTAINERS FOR EXPLOSIVES
Our packaging complies with the three main design specifications that all packaging for explosives supplied to the Ministry of Defence directly or through a third party have to follow.
Def Stan 00-88- Packaging for Ammunition and Explosives
Def Stan 00-814- Unit Loads of Ammunition for military use
JSP 482- Explosive Packaging, marking and sealing
MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATION FOR TIMBER CONTAINERS
Wooden Cases- plywood, metal edged construction to Def Stan 81-8
Wooden Cases- collapsible, re-useable to Def Stan 81-113
Wooden Cases- panel and batten construction to Def Stan 81-12
Wood Crates -to Def Stan 81-5
Wooden Cases- batten and board construction to Def Stan 81-14
Wooden Cases- packing, re-useable to Def Stan 81-71
Wooden Cases- packing, board or panel and batten construction to Def Stan 81-135
Fire retarding treatment to customers’ requirements. United States importation requirements will be met where specified.
Paint Finish
Top coats to Def Stan 80-25 Colour as required or wood preservatives BS 4072- Copper/ Chrome/Arsenic Compositions (not to be used in contact with rubber or light alloys). Treated timber may be stained, painted, varnished or glued. Suitable for protection against insect infestation. BS 5707- Wood Preservative in organic solvent.
MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATION FOR METAL CONTAINERS
Metals used- Steel, Tin Plate, Aluminium, Stainless Steel Non Spark metals and non magnetic metals - Brass, Copper, Zinc, Aluminium.
Metal Specification
Steel to BS EN 10152 Grade DC 01 or DC03
Tin Plate to E2.8/2.8 temper T57 to spec BS EN 10203
Aluminium to spec BS EN 485: 1993 AW 5251 H22
Stainless steel grades 304 or 316 Brass and Copper must be good commercial quality
Construction
Welding Gas to BS 693 Welding Arc to BS5135 Spot Welding to BS1140 Seam Welding to BE6265 Rubber Gaskets to BS2752
Primary Protection
Zinc plate, hot Aluminium spray, hot Zinc spray, Galvanized, Tin Plated or Phosphate primers
Pre-treatment Primer ( etching primer) to Def Stan 80-15 when required
Under coats to Def Stan 80-124 Top Coats to Def Stan 80-25.
Watertight containers are manufactured to spec L9994 if required.
MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATION FOR FIBREBOARD CONTAINERS
Paper, plastic bags or envelopes to various Def Stans
Fibreboard cartons and boxes to Def Stan 81-15
Corrugated fibreboard cartons (light duty) to Def Stan 81-9
Solid Fibreboard cartons to Def Stan 81-11
Multi-Wall corrugated fibreboard cartons to Def Stan 81-28
Paint Finish
Top coats to Def Stan 80-25 Colour as required.
INTERNAL FURNITURE SPECIFICATION
Soft or Hardwoods
Conforming to ISPM 15
Plywood
To Spec BS 5268 & Def Stan 81-27
Solid Plastics
Nylon, Polyethylene high or low density Def Stan 93-36, Polyvinyl Chloride, Conductive Polyethylene high or low density “Cabelec” 3817, Polyethylene sheet Def Stan 93-13
Expanded Plastics
Expanded polyethylene Def Stan 81-116 Grades A,B,C or D.Conductive Expanded polyethylene Def Stan 81-125, Static Distributive expanded polyethylene to Spec Def Stan 93-117 (40-50 Kg/m 3), Expanded rubber, Expanded Ethafoam.
QUALITY
Dereham Designs & Packaging have achieved external independent recognition of quality against the provisions of International Standard BS EN ISO 9001:2008.
We actively apply this Standard by continually seeking to improve both the service and products offered to our customers and the initial avoidance of problems, rather than subsequent detection.
We give our assurance that our best endeavours will be used at all times to provide an outstanding quality of service to all our customers.
