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Military Packaging

Sarah Gedrich

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Major US Bases

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Environmental Conditions

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Modes of Transportation

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Handling

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Packaging and Storage

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Guiding Documents

▪ Army Regulation (AR) 700-15/NAVSUPINST 4030.28E/

AFMAN24-206/MCO 4030.33/DLAR 4145.7, Packaging of

Materiel, establishes procedures for packaging to meet military

operational needs.

– Items delivered during wartime or sustainment

– Depot level repairables/consumption

– Delivery-at-sea

– Storage

▪ AR 700-15 establishes leads for testing materials and processes:

– To eliminate duplication of effort

– Improve skills and increase productivity through specialization

– Standardize

▪ http://www.apd.army.mil/

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Lead Services

▪ Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center

– Personal support material (clothing, textiles, and subsistence)

– Biodegradable packaging material

▪ Defense Ammunition Center

– Automatic Banding systems

▪ Naval Surface Warfare Center

– Strapping materials (metal and non-metal)

▪ Naval Air Systems Command

– Electrostatic Discharge

– Electromagnetic interference materials, equipment, and test methodologies

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Lead Services

▪ Air Force Packaging Technology Engineering Facility (AFPTEF)Materials Processes

Containers – Metal & plastic Foam-in-place systems

Shock indicators Fast-pack container systems

Crates – Wood & metal Cushioning systems

Cushioning materials Strippable coating systems

Humidity indicators C.A.D systems & finite element

structural analysis

Foam (Pre-formed or foam-in-place)

Pallets, metal

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Lead Services

▪ Army Materiel Command, Logisitics Support Activity, Packaging,

Storage, and Containerization Center (LOGSA PSCC)

Materials Processes

Adhesives Unitization systems (MIL-STD-147E)

Preservation materials Stretch wrap systems

Barrier materials Shrink wrap systems

Boxes – wood and wire bound Marking & labeling systems

Boxes and sheet stock, fiberboard Vacuumed-formed thermoplastic systems

Pallets, other than metal Cold-seal packaging systems

Tapes Dehumidification systems

Marking & labeling materials Plastic wrap system

Desiccant materials Plastic bag/package forming systems

Tags, document protectors, packing lists

Bags & sacks

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Standardization

▪ MIL-STD-2073-1, Standard Practice for Military Packaging,

outlines the processes for development and documentation of

military packaging.

– Corrosion and Environmental deterioration

– Physical and Mechanical Damage

– Multiple Handling

– Shipment in the Defense Transport System

▪ MIL-STD-648, Specialized Shipping Containers

– Design for use with a specific item

– Uniquely configured to support and protect the contents and the personal

and equipment

– May contain energy absorbing systems, temperature control, or special

features for safety, reliability, and maintenance.

▪ ASSIST Quick Search - http://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsSearch.aspx

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The “Act”

▪ The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995

– Requires that all federal agencies use standards developed by consensus

standards bodies instead of government-unique wherever possible.

▪ Simplifies compliance

▪ Decreases costs of developing standards and decreases costs of goods through

standardization

▪ Improves reliance on private sector goods and improves government participation

in standards bodies

▪ American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International)

– ASTM develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards

including specifications, guides, practices, and test methods.

– ASTM assisted the DoD in transforming many military standards into the

standards we know and use today.

– D10/F02 currently has 217 standards and 44 of them have been adopted by

the DoD

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Significant ASTMs

▪ Some DoD adopted ASTMs include:

– D4169, Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Containers

and Systems

– D4919, Standard Guide for Testing of Hazardous Materials (Dangerous

Goods) Packagings

– D4727, Standard Specification for Corrugated and Solid Fiberboard Sheet

Stock (Container Grade) and Cut Shapes

– ASTM D5118, Standard Practice for Fabrication of Fiberboard Shipping

Boxes

– ASTM D5168, Standard Practice for Fabrication and Closure of Triple-Wall

Corrugated Fiberboard Containers

– D3951, Standard Practice for Commercial Packaging

– D6251, Standard Specification for Wood-Cleated Panelboard Shipping

Boxes

– D7478, Standard Specification for Heavy Duty Sheathed Wood Crates

– F119, Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Detection of Leaks in

Packages by Vacuum Decay Method

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Questions?

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Contact Information

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LOGSA Contact Information

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