MIL-STD-2073 - Standard Practice for Military Packaging

[Pages:330]MIL-STD-2073 - Standard Practice for Military Packaging

Subject/Scope:

This document outlines standard processes for the development and documentation of military packaging, as distinct from commercial packaging. This standard covers methods of preservation to protect materiel against environmentally induced corrosion and deterioration, physical and mechanical damage, and other forms of degradation during storage, multiple handling, and shipment of materiel in the defense transportation system. A decision chart is included for determining the applicability of commercial or military packaging practices (see figure 1). If military packaging is applicable, figure 1 will further aid in the development of detailed packaging requirements.

Keywords:

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Published:

5/23/2008

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NOT MEASUREMENT SENSITIVE

MIL-STD-2073-1E 23 May 2008 SUPERSEDING MIL-STD-2073-1D 15 December 1999

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

STANDARD PRACTICE FOR MILITARY PACKAGING

AMSC N7296

AREA PACK

MIL-STD-2073-1E FOREWORD

1. Details and decision logic for the use of this standard are described in 1.1, 1.2, figure 1, and 6.11.

2. This standard is approved for use by all Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense.

3. For additional guidance on the contents of this document, contact the Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, (Code 6.7.2.4), Bldg. 596-2, Highway 547, Lakehurst, NJ 08733.

4. Comments, suggestions, or questions on this document should be addressed to: Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, (Code 41K000B120-3), Highway 547, Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5100, or email to michael.sikora@navy.mil. Since contact information can change, you may want to verify the currency of this address information using the ASSIST Online database at .

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1. 1.1 1.2 1.2.1

2. 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.3 2.4

3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16

4. 4.1 4.1.1 4.2 4.3

MIL-STD-2073-1E

CONTENTS

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SCOPE ..............................................................................................................1 Purpose.........................................................................................................1 Applicability ................................................................................................1 Applicability determination .........................................................................1

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ........................................................................3 General .........................................................................................................3 Government documents ...............................................................................3 Specifications and standards........................................................................3 Other Government documents, drawings and publications .........................4 Non-Government publications.....................................................................5 Order of precedence.....................................................................................5

DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................6 General .........................................................................................................6 Categorization ..............................................................................................6 Common group items...................................................................................6 Consumable..................................................................................................6 Container Design Retrieval System (CDRS)...............................................6 Critical items................................................................................................6 Electrostatic Discharge Sensitive (ESDS) items .........................................7 Fragility factor .............................................................................................7 Hazardous material ......................................................................................7 Military packaging...................................................................................... 7 Packaging design validation ........................................................................8 Repairable item ............................................................................................8 Reusable container .......................................................................................8 Sealed ...........................................................................................................9 Selective group items...................................................................................9 Special group items......................................................................................9

GENERAL MILITARY PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS.........................10 General .......................................................................................................10 Options .......................................................................................................10 Development of military packaging details and data requirements.......... 10 Hazardous material ....................................................................................10

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4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12

5. 5.1 5.2 5.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.2.1 5.2.2.2 5.2.2.3 5.2.3 5.2.3.1 5.2.3.2 5.2.3.3 5.2.3.4

5.2.3.5

5.2.3.5.1 5.2.3.5.2 5.2.3.5.3 5.2.3.6

5.2.3.6.1 5.2.3.6.2 5.2.3.6.3 5.2.3.6.4 5.2.3.6.5

MIL-STD-2073-1E

CONTENTS (Continued)

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Packaging of classified items.....................................................................10 Quantity per unit pack (QUP) ....................................................................10 Containers ..................................................................................................10 Kits .............................................................................................................10 Repairable excess and residual parts .........................................................11 Loose fill materials ....................................................................................11 Shock and vibration absorption .................................................................11 Determination of item fragility ..................................................................11 Packaging materials ...................................................................................11

DETAILED MILITARY PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS........................11 General military package design considerations .......................................11 Military preservation..................................................................................12 Cleaning and drying...................................................................................12 Preservatives ..............................................................................................12 Preservative applicability...........................................................................12 Application of contact preservatives..........................................................12 Application and use criteria of volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI)...........12 Methods of military preservation - general requirements..........................13 Surfaces coated with preservatives ............................................................14 Metal surfaces not coated with preservatives ............................................14 Method 10 - Physical protection................................................................14 Method 20 ? Physical protection with preservative (with greaseproof wrap, as required).............................................................15 Method 30 - Waterproof or waterproof-greaseproof protection with preservative ..........................................................................................15 Method 31 - Waterproof bag, heat sealed..................................................15 Method 32 - Container, waterproof bag, heat sealed.................................15 Method 33 - Greaseproof-waterproof bag, heat sealed............................. 16 Method 40 - Watervaporproof protection with preservative as required .......................................................................16 Method 41 - Watervaporproof bag, heat sealed.........................................16 Method 42 - Container, watervaporproof bag, heat sealed, container.......16 Method 43 - Floating watervaporproof bag, heat sealed ...........................17 Method 44 - Rigid container (other than metal), sealed ............................17 Method 45 - Rigid metal container, sealed ................................................17

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5.2.3.7 5.2.3.7.1 5.2.3.7.2

5.2.3.7.3

5.2.3.7.4

5.2.3.7.5 5.2.4

5.2.4.1 5.2.4.2 5.2.4.3 5.2.4.4 5.2.4.5 5.2.4.6 5.2.4.7 5.2.4.8 5.2.4.9 5.2.4.10 5.3 5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.2.1 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7

6. 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6

MIL-STD-2073-1E

CONTENTS (Continued)

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Method 50 - Watervaporproof protection with desiccant......................... 17 Method 51 - Watervaporproof bag with desiccant, heat sealed.................19 Method 52 - Container, watervaporproof bag with

desiccant, heat sealed, container ......................................................... 19 Method 53 - Floating watervaporproof bag with

desiccant, heat sealed.......................................................................... 20 Method 54 - Rigid container (other than metal) with

desiccant, sealed...................................................................................20 Method 55 - Rigid metal container with desiccant, sealed ........................20 Military preservation requirements for items with

specific characteristics .........................................................................21 Electrostatic discharge sensitive (ESDS) items .........................................21 Items capable of disassembly.....................................................................21 Flexible-coilable items...............................................................................21 Caging or damping.....................................................................................21 Items with mounts......................................................................................21 Rubber and synthetic rubber items ............................................................21 Hazardous items.........................................................................................21 Moveable parts...........................................................................................21 Items compatible with VCI........................................................................21 Vacuum sensitive items .............................................................................22 Level A and B packing requirements ........................................................22 Intermediate containers..............................................................................22 Exterior containers.....................................................................................22 Container selection ....................................................................................22 Minimal packing requirements ..................................................................23 Marking......................................................................................................23 Military packaging design validation provisions.......................................23 Quality assurance provisions .....................................................................23

NOTES ...........................................................................................................24 Intended use ...............................................................................................24 Acquisition requirements ...........................................................................24 Associated Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) ...............................................24 Testing facilities.........................................................................................25 Subject term (key word) listing .................................................................25 Copies of regulations .................................................................................25

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Figure 1

Table I II III

MIL-STD-2073-1E

CONTENTS (Continued)

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Changes from previous issue .....................................................................25 Changes in methods of preservation designations.....................................25 Conversion of heat sealable bag designators .............................................26 Supersession...............................................................................................26 Commercial packaging applicability .........................................................27

FIGURES

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Military packaging requirements development decision chart.........................2

TABLES

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Approximate fragility factors .........................................................................28 Method of preservation vs. appropriate MIL-DTL-117 bag

designations and materials .........................................................................29 Heat-sealable bag designator conversion chart ..............................................30

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MIL-STD-2073-1E

CONTENTS (Continued) APPENDICES

APPENDIX A DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS

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A.1

SCOPE ............................................................................................................31

A.2 A.2.1 A.2.2 A.2.2.1 A.2.2.2 A.2.3

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ......................................................................31 General .......................................................................................................31 Government documents .............................................................................31 Specifications and standards......................................................................31 Other Government documents, drawings and publications .......................34 Non-Government publications...................................................................35

A.3 A.3.1

USE OF EXISTING PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS...............................36 Application.................................................................................................36

A.4 A.4.1 A.4.2 A.4.3

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ..........................................................................36 General .......................................................................................................36 Hazardous material package testing ..........................................................36 Hazardous material shipment documentation............................................36

A.5 A.5.1 A.5.2 A.5.3 A.5.3.1 A.5.3.2 A.5.3.2.1 A.5.3.2.1.1 A.5.3.2.1.2 A.5.3.2.1.3 A.5.3.2.2 A.5.3.2.3 A.5.4 A.5.4.1 A.5.4.2 A.5.5

MILITARY PACKAGING CODE DEVELOPMENT..................................36 Item classification ......................................................................................36 Item characteristics ....................................................................................37 Categorization ............................................................................................37 Category code ............................................................................................37 Category code development.......................................................................38 First category ? physical and chemical characteristics..............................38 Item composition/properties criteria..........................................................38 Critical item criteria ...................................................................................39 Contact preservative criteria ......................................................................39 Second category ? weight/size/fragility.....................................................39 Third category ? preservatives...................................................................39 Military packaging code development.......................................................39 Military packaging codes for common items.............................................39 Military packaging codes for selective items ............................................40 Recording of developed packaging data ....................................................40

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