TY - JOUR A1 - Schlick-Hasper, Eva A1 - Neitsch, Marcel A1 - Goedecke, Thomas T1 - Industrial leak testing of dangerous goods packagings N2 - The Dangerous Goods Regulations currently do not include limit leakage rates orsensitivity requirements for industrial leak testing procedures that are equivalent tothe bubble test, which is the prescribed test method for design type testing ofdangerous goods packagings. During series production of such packagings, variousmethods are used, which often do not meet the requirements of the bubble test withregard to important criteria.Sensitivity, flow direction, pressure level and automatability are particularly importantfactors when selecting a suitable industrial leak testing method.The following methods are in principle both suitable and equally effective as thebubble test: pressure rise test (vacuum chamber), ultrasonic bubble leak detectionand gas detection methods (pressure technique by accumulation and vacuumchamber technique).To ensure a uniform test level during design type testing and production line leaktesting and therefore a comparable safety level as required by the Dangerous GoodsRegulations, it is necessary to include a more precise specification in these regula-tions. This requires, on the one hand, information about the sensitivity of the bubbletest and, on the other hand, the inclusion of a list of suitable, equally effective indus-trial test methods with their specific boundary conditions. T2 - 22nd IAPRI World Packaging CY - Online meeting KW - Bubble test KW - Dangerous goods packagings KW - Industrial leak testing KW - Leakproofness test KW - Series production PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-507521 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2502 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-50752 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schlick-Hasper, Eva A1 - Goedecke, Thomas A1 - Kraume, M. T1 - Dichtheitsprüfung von Gefahrgutverpackungen unter Verwendung von Prüfschäumen N2 - Bei der Dichtheitsprüfung von Intermediate Bulk Containern (IBC) für gefährliche Güter ist gemäß den Gefahrgutvorschriften ein Prüfüberdruck von 0,2 bar anzuwenden. Hierbei ist die Verwendung von Prüfschäumen zulässig. In der Praxis kann es jedoch zu irreversiblen Verformungen des Prüflings kommen. Durch eine Reduzierung des Prüfüberdrucks auf nur 0,1 bar kann dies vermieden werden. Im Folgenden werden experimentelle Untersuchungen der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) vorgestellt, um die Gleichwertigkeit dieses Verfahrens mit den Gefahrgutvorschriften nachzuweisen. KW - Dichtheitsprüfung KW - Gefahrgutverpackungen KW - Prüfschäume KW - Bubble test PY - 2014 SN - 2191-0073 VL - 4 IS - 5 SP - 47 EP - 50 PB - Springer-VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-30652 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schlick-Hasper, Eva A1 - Jahnke, Wolfgang A1 - Drousch, Björn A1 - Goedecke, Thomas A1 - Kraume, M. T1 - Experimental investigations concerning the sensitivity of the leakproofness test for dangerous goods packagings relating to the leak diameter N2 - The objective of this experiment was to verify that in regards to the leakproofness bubble test for packagings of dangerous goods, a reduction of the air overpressure from 0.2 to 0.1 bar can be compensated for by reducing the water surface tension to a value of approximately 33.2 mN/m by adding a wetting agent. It was experimentally proven that this method will yield the same leak diameters. This is important to avoid irreversible deformations during the leaktesting of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) while using a test overpressure of 0.2 bar. Bubble test experiments were carried out on artificial borehole-shaped leaks manufactured of two different materials high density polyethylene (HDPE) and stainless steel by ultrashort pulse laser technology and with two different immersion test liquids (deionized water and a 0.1% Lutensol FSA fabric softener active 10 solution). The characteristic diameters of the boreholes investigated were from 11.5 to 30.3 µm in length. KW - Dangerous goods packaging KW - Leakproofness test KW - Bubble test KW - Leak KW - Ultrashort pulse laser PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2029 SN - 0894-3214 VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 327 EP - 339 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester, UK AN - OPUS4-30502 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schlick-Hasper, Eva A1 - Goedecke, Thomas A1 - Kraume, M. T1 - Leakproofness of dangerous goods packagings - comparison of worst-case limit leakage rates and sensitivity of the bubble test N2 - This work focuses on the question if the bubble test prescribed in the Dangerous Goods Regulations has sufficient sensitivity to detect leakage rates, which could result in the formation of explosive atmospheres during transport. The sensitivity of the bubble test is not directly comparable with other leak testing methods because of its different flow conditions. Therefore, a normalized minimum detectable leakage rate under Helium test conditions is calculated for the bubble test. This sensitivity of the bubble test under reference conditions is compared with limit leakage rates for a worst‐case transport scenario. The sensitivity of the bubble test is not sufficient to prove the limit leakage rates for 6‐L packagings. The formation of explosive vapour‐air‐mixtures cannot be excluded. Therefore, more sensitive leak testing methods should be considered for smaller packaging design types. KW - Bubble test KW - Dangerous goods packagings KW - Explosive atmosphere KW - Leakproofness KW - Limit leakage rates PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2435 VL - 32 IS - 6 SP - 279 EP - 285 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-47998 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -