Is : 9141-1979 (Indian Standard ) Sr CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PACKAGING OF FASTENERS 0.Foreword 0. This indian Standard was adopted by the Indian Standards Institution on 30 March 1979, after the draft finalized by the Packaging of Engineering Goods Sectional Committee had been approved by the Marine, Cargo Movement and Packaging Division Council. 0.2 The packaging function has to fulfil a variety of objectives including the protection of the contents against transport, handling and storage hazards. Fasteners, particularly, threaded ones, like bolts, nuts, ‘screws and studs, have some special features which must be protected to keep them fit for use at the ultimate destination. 0.3.Packaging has also to be designed in such a way as to ensure the availability of fasteners in packs to meet the general demand. Since the requirement of quantity may vary with the type of customer and the availability of facilities for storage with him, packaging has to meet these variations. 10.4 Some of the standards on fasteners, to which this code of practice applies, are as follow: 1S : 1963-1967 Black hexagon bolts, nuts and lock nuts ( diameter 6 to 39 mm) and black hexagon screws ( diameter 6 to 24 mm )( first revision ) IS : 1964-1967 Prevision and semi— precision hexagon bolts, screws, nuts and lock nuts ( diameter range 6 to 39 mm ) first revision ) IS : 1265-1968 Slotted counter sunk head and slotted raised countersunk head screws (dia range 1.6 to 20 mm ) { second revision ) IS : 19661968 Slotted cheese head screws (dia range 1.6 to 20 mm ) (first revision ) IS : 1862-1975 Studs ( second revision ) IS : 2989—1968 Precision hexagon bolts, screw, nuts and lock nuts ( diameter range 1.6 to 5 mm ) (first revision ) IS : 2585-1968 Black square bolts and nuts ( diameter range 6 to 38mm) and black square screws (diameter range6to24mm)(tirstrevision) IS : 3198-1966 Hexagonal bolts and nuts ( M42 to M150) IS : 6760-1972 Slotted countersunk head wood screws, IS : 6761-1972 Countersunk head screws with hexagon socket IS : 7169-1974 Slotted raised countersunk ( oval ) head tapping screws IS : 7170-1974 Slotted countersunk ( flat ) head tapping screws IS : 717341974 Slotted pan head tapping screws 0.5 In the preparation of this standard, assistance has been derived from MSZ 229113-71 ‘Screws and nuts—Technical requirements—Packaging' issued by the Magyar Szabvanyugyl Hivatal (MSZH ), Hungary, and UNI 3740-74 : Part 9 ‘Steet fasteners—Technical requirements —Packaging’, issued by the Ente Na- zionale Italiano di Unificazione ( UNI , Italy.Is : 9141-1979 1. Scope: 1.1 This standard sets out-a procedure for packaging of threaded fasteners and for identification marking of the packages. 2. General 2.4 The fasteners should be marketed in the packed condition only. 22 The fasteners without any surface protection shall be covered with a suitable anticorrosive agent before being packed. 2.3 For identification, the packages shall always carry sultable tags or labels. 2.4 In a single packing unit, only fasteners of the same designation, mechanical properties and quality characteristics shall be packed. 2.8 Collective packages may be used for a number of unit packs in a common bigger container provided the separately packed fastener products can be identified easily by means of their labels or tags. 2.6 Packages shall be made in such a way that they are protected against mechanical damage in transit. 2.7 The external dimensions of the unit package shall conform to IS : 8470-1977 ‘Dimensions of rigid rectangular transport packages’. to permit unitization for easy handling in transportation, 3, Typesof Packaging 3.1 Generally, the fasteners are supplied in boxes, crates, cartons or bags. The packing materials used shall be as under: "Specification for greaseproof paper’ Material for Primary Packing—Greaseproot paper conforming to IS : 6622-1972 ‘Specification for Tow density polyethylene films’. or piastic bags made of LOPE conforming to IS : 2508-1973 Boxes, Crates and Cartons—wooden box or crate, conforming to IS: 1503-1967 ‘Specification for wooden packing cases(first,evision)’. plastic box or crate’ fibreboard box conforming to 1S:271 (Part1}1977 ‘Specificationfor ibreboardboxes; Part { Corrugated fibrevoard boxes (first revision)’. metal crate, Bags—Jute or plastic bags. 3.2 Bags shall be used only for Grade C fasteners ( see IS : 1967 (Part 21979), 38.2.1 The number of items in a bag shall be such that the net mass of the bag does not exceed 50 kg. 3.3 Grades A and B fasteners ( see IS : 1967 ( Part 2 }-1979 “Technical supply conditions for threaded stee! fasteners: Part 2 Product grades and tolerances’, ) shall be packed in cartons/boxes in numbers selected from the following values: 410, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and, if required in larger quantities multiples of 600. ‘4.4 The mass of a single pack shall not exceed the following: Mass in kg Paper of plastic bag 3 Plastic box or carton 5 Plastic or metal crate or carton 40 Wooden crate or box 50 (net ) 4, Package Marking 4.1 The packages shall be marked clearly and legibly with the following information: @) The product designation; b) A pictorial representation of the product, where possible;Is 9141-1979 ) Total number of pieces in the package; 4d) Net mass of the package; and @) Name or Identification symbol of the manufacturer. 4.4.4 The label or tag shall be placed on the package in such a way that the package can be identified ‘easily during transportation and storage. It should be fixed on the package as is customary and shall be removable with difficulty only. 4.2 Distinctive colour markings shall be used for the packages as under: Property cass Gee 15: 1967(Par 9}107] Bolts and screws Nuts Colour of the Label Up 0 66 6 Green ( optional ) 88 8 Red 109 10 Blue 129 12 Yellow 5. Tolerances onthe Number of Pieces ina Package 5:1 The following deviations shall be permitted in respect of the nominal number of pieces declared in a package: Permissible Deviation For packages containing up to 100 pieces: a) For fasteners with d>12 mm 0 b) For fasteners with d<12 mm 41 For packages with more than 100 pieces: 4) For fasteners with d>12 mm £1 percent ) For fasteners with d<12 mm £2 percent “Technical supply conditions for threaded stee! fasteners: Part 3 Mechanical properties and test methods for bolts, ‘screws and studs with full loadabilty,