BS 5740:1989
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Specification for oblong flat-top cans for liquid products
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English
31-08-1989
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Materials, design and construction
4 Handles
5 Closures
Appendix
A Recommendations to ensure fitness for use
Tables
1 Dimensions for cans with handles
2 Dimensions for cans without handles
3 Closure and strap handle positions for cans with
handles
Figures
1 Dimensions for cans with handles
2 Dimensions for cans without handles
3 Closure and strap handle positions for cans with
handles
4 Closure position for cans without handles
Capacities, dimensions and construction for a range of cans between 125 ml and 5 litres.
| Committee |
PKW/0/-/8
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 87/45182 DC and BS 5740(1979) (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
12
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This British Standard specifies capacities, dimensions and constructional requirements for a range of oblong flat-top cans manufactured from tinplate with nominal filling volumes between 125 ml and 5 litres, intended to contain liquid products. Closure and, where relevant, handle positions are specified but not the type of closure or handle.
NOTE 1. Appendix A gives recommendations on details to be agreed between purchaser and supplier.
NOTE 2. The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 6499:1985 | Specification for metal screw necks, screw caps and inner seals for metal containers |
| BS 5567:1978 | Specification for apertures in tinplate containers to receive plug-in plastics closures |
| BS 6966-2(1988) : AMD 7479 | LIGHT GAUGE METAL CONTAINERS - GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR GENERAL USE CONTAINERS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITIES |
| BS 3130-4:1976 | Glossary of packaging terms Metal containers and aerosols |
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