MIL-PRF-23236D
TABLE IX. Packaging.
Packaging
Recommended requirements for direct Government acquisitions
1. The components should be specified to be furnished in cans appropriate to
kit requirements capable of holding 0.47 liter (1 pint), 0.945 liter (1 quart),
3.78 liters (1 gallon), and 18.9 liters (5 gallons). Kits should consist of two
containers, one of which should be large enough to contain all components for
mixing purposes.
2. Multiple friction plug containers should be in accordance with PPP-C-96,
Type V, Class 2. Interior coatings should be as specified therein. Exterior
coatings, including side seam stripping, should be as specified therein for plan B.
Containers (except Types
Wire handles as specified therein, should be provided for the 1-gallon container.
VIII and VIIIa)
Closure of the properly filled and sealed cans should be as specified in the appendix
thereto.
3. All containers should comply with the requirements of the Uniform Freight
Classifications (UFC), the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC), and the
applicable requirements of 49 CFR, Department of Transportation (DOT).
4. Unit of procurement: the paints covered by this specification should be
purchased by volume. The unit of procurement should be in multiples of 1L or
1 U.S. liquid gallon at 15.5 °C (60 °F).
1. Commercial packaging should be to ASTM D3951.
Commercial packaging
2. All containers should comply with the requirements of the Uniform Freight
(Including Types VIII and
Classifications (UFC), the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC), and the
VIIIa)
applicable requirements of 49 CFR, DOT.
Packing should be specified as follows:
1. Overseas delivery packing. Intermediate containers of like size kits of paint
should be packed in close-fitting wood boxes conforming to ASTM D6251,
overseas type, or ASTM D6880-05, Class 2. Box closure and strapping should be
as specified in the applicable box specification or the appendix thereto except that
strapping should be flat and the finish B.
Packing
2. Domestic delivery (Level B) packing. Level B packing should be as for
level A, except that boxes should be domestic type or class and the strapping should
be finish A or B.
3. Commercial packing. The paint, in the unit kit and intermediate containers
should, as applicable, be packed in multiples of like sizes in accordance with UFC,
NMFC and 49 CFR requirements.
Intermediate containers should be palletized in accordance with MIL-STD-147.
Palletization
Only one size unit or intermediate container should be placed on a pallet.
Paints should be packaged in intermediate containers as kits. Intermediate
containers should be close-fitting corrugated fiberboard boxes in accordance with
UFC, NMFC, and 49 CFR requirements. Fiberboard used in the construction of
Intermediate containers
interior (unit and intermediate) and exterior containers, including interior packaging
forms, should conform to the ASTM D4727. ASTM D4727 classes should be
domestic fire-retardant or weather resistant fire-retardant (see 6.2).
Treated lumber and plywood. All lumber and plywood, including laminated veneer
materials, used in shipping container and pallet construction, member, blocking,
Packing for acquisitions
bracing, and reinforcing must be fire-retardant treated material in accordance with
involving direct delivery to
MIL-L-19140 as follows:
Navy ships or installations
a. General use, weather resistant: MIL-L-19140, Type II, Category I.
b. General use, non-weather resistant: MIL-L-19140, Type I, Category I.
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