1. Bags, barrels, drums, kegs, cans or pails will not be accepted as shipping containers for other than granular or liquid materials.

2. Used containers and pallets must be in acceptable condition. Used pallets with broken bottom tie strips, damaged strings or damaged face boards will not be accepted.

3. Manually handled shipping containers, including bundles, shall not exceed 65 pounds whether palletized or not. The corrugated used in these containers must have a minimum test of 275 pounds.

4. All shipping containers, pallets, etc. must have sufficient strength to withstand in transit handling and stacking and must be stackable to a height of 10 feet.

5. Standard packs and counts must be utilized. When establishing a quantity for a new pack, multiples of five (5) should be used unless otherwise absolutely necessary. Quantities must be consistent with anticipated shipping schedules.

6. Parts must completely fill the cube of containers to eliminate collapse of containers when there are voids.

7. No more than one part number is to be packaged in a container unless specifically authorized by the GDLS Packaging Engineering Department.

8. Pallet or pallet base sizes - When ordering new pallets, sized to be used are as follows: A) 35" X 42" O.D. or 52" X 42" O.D. Four-way entry, double face, non-reversible (i.e., bottom tie strips) flush stringer type pallet with 2" X 9" minimum for openings on 18" centers in each stringer. B) 28" X 35" O.D. two-way entry, double face, non-reversible, flush stringer type pallet.

9. The length of wall boards of all pallet box containers of cleated wood construction must run vertically.

10. Air shipments, LTL Shipments, and other special shipments must be packed with special care in reinforced containers to withstand the abnormal handling to which they are subjected.

11. All containers shall be identified with a standard identification label or tag as illustrated below. This 4" x 5" label has a white background with a part number, quantity, revision level, date packed and vendor’s name and shipping location imprinted or hand-stamped in dense black, plain, bold, condensed characters.

12. Standard parts and similar heavy materials must be shipped in quarter keg containers (9" X 9" X 6 1/2"). Construction of the quarter kegs are to be 275 pound test board and to be of full telescope design or a regular slatted carton with an inner liner.

13. Cartons are to be shipped on pallets that are compatible with the carton dimension and secured by banding. A GDLS standard identification label is to be affixed to a visible side panel of each container.