BS 2006:1984

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Materials, design and manufacture
4. Dimensions
5. Cleanliness
Appendices
A. Tests for the effectiveness of closure
B. Annealing test
C. Test for continuity of internal coating
D. Test for flexibility and adhesion of internal
     coating
E. Test for metal slivers
Tables
1. Annealing test limits
2. Continuity of internal coating limits
3. Dimensions of aluminium collapsible tubes
4. Dimensions of short screwed V-thread nozzles for
     hard (rigid) plastics caps
5. Internal dimensions of V-thread hard (rigid)
     plastics caps
6. Dimensions of short screwed V-thread nozzles for
     soft (flexible) plastics caps
7. Internal dimensions of V-thread soft (flexible)
     plastics caps
8. Dimensions of short screwed buttress thread
     nozzles for soft (flexible) plastics caps
9. Internal dimensions of buttress thread soft
     (flexible) plastics caps
Figures
1. Nomenclature for collapsible tubes
2. Membrane nozzles
3. Details of V-thread nozzle
4. Details of V-thread cap
5. Details of buttress thread nozzle
6. Details of buttress thread cap
7. Annealing test apparatus
8. Instrument for testing continuity of internal
     coating
9. Wiring diagram
10. Apparatus for testing flexibility and adhesion
     of internal coating

Specifies diameters, lengths, wall and shoulder thicknesses of aluminium tubes with short nozzles. Also the requirements for the material to be used for manufacture together with the requirements for closures, internal coatings and annealing. Includes general provisions regarding cleanliness, marking and packing.