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protection shall be maintained and this information shall be fully communicated to the packager.
Subsequent required final packaging shall be accomplished as specified herein.
3.1.4.2 Prior to cleaning. Bearings shall be protected against damage and shipped to the
packager with a minimum of transport and storage time. The packager shall perform military
preservation operations and packaging as specified herein.
3.1.4.3 Prior to packaging. Lubricated bearings (see 3.3.4) and preserved bearings
(see 3.3.4.7) scheduled for transfer to a packaging facility shall be placed individually or in bulk
in a clean dust-excluding container. Containers and lining shall protect the bearings against
damage, corrosion and deterioration when shipped in the protective container. Storage and
transport time shall be held to a minimum and intimate wrapping shall be applied in the required
packaging environment.
3.2 Packing (intermediate and exterior containers).
3.2.1 Packing level. Unless otherwise specified (see 6.2), all bearings shall employ level
A or B packing as defined in section 3 of MIL-STD-2073-1.
3.2.2 Level A packing. Packaged bearings shall be packed in containers conforming to
the following:
Class/type
Specification
PPP-B-585
Class 3, military overseas
ASTM D6251/D6251M
Class 2, overseas boxes
ASTM D6880
Class 2, heavy duty
ASTM D5118/D5118M
Class weather resistant, corrugated and solid
fiberboard
ASTM D5168
Class weather resistant, not applicable
Exterior shipping containers shall be multi-application type containers designed to protect
bearings and bearing components within a given fragility and size range. Intermediate
containers shall provide weather resistant case liners, closed and sealed in accordance with
military practices. Alternately, wrapping of unit or intermediate packages with PPP-B-1055
barrier material with all seams sealed with a minimum 2-inch wide tape conforming to
ASTM D5486/D5486M is acceptable in lieu of case liners. Boxes shall be closed, strapped, or
banded in accordance with the applicable box specification, except that ASTM D5118/D5118M
boxes shall be closed, sealed, and reinforced using any method in ASTM D1974/1974M. Unless
otherwise specified (see 6.2), the gross weight of wood or wood-cleated boxes shall not exceed
1000 pounds; fiberboard boxes shall not exceed the weight limitation of the applicable box
specification.
3.2.2.1 Exterior shipping container. Unless otherwise specified (see 6.2), containers
conforming to ASTM D5118/D5118M, ASTM D5168, and PPP-B-566, shall be prohibited as
exterior shipping containers under level A.
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