Lithium Ion Battery Warning Label Requirements 2019

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Lithium ion battery warning label requirements 2019.

Iata 7 2 2 4 shipper must add un number s. Whether you ship lithium ion or lithium metal batteries full size or excepted size in equipment with equipment or by themselves find training to help you achieve and maintain. For smaller packages that can only bear smaller labels the label dimensions may be 105 mm wide 74 mm high. Lithium ion batteries forbidden for transport aboard passenger aircraft.

Mailpieces must bear a dot approved lithium battery mark as specified in 49 cfr 173 185 c 3 i and exhibit 325 2a applied to the address side of the mailpiece. Lithium ion batteries packed with the equipment they are intended to operate. Lithium battery class 9 hazard label lithium battery mark cargo aircraft only labe l note. Plastic frames hold pairs of lithium ion cells that sandwich an aluminum cooling fin.

It should be 12 mm high and shipper must complete phone number portion of label. Distinctive handling label lithium ion batteries this label must be at least 110 mm 120 mm and be on the outside of a package containing lithium ion batteries. The design and construction of that aluminum plate was critical to ensuring an even temperature distribution with. Class 9 lithium ion battery shipping labels with the lithium ion battery graphic a group of batteries one damaged and emitting flame are also mandatory as of january 1 2019.

Customers can take to their local post office packages containing lithium batteries installed in electronic devices that are bound for many international destinations and army apo fleet fpo and diplomatic post office dpo locations. While the generic class 9 label will continue to be used for miscellaneous hazards they are not allowed to be used for lithium batteries. As 2019 quickly approaches lithium battery shippers need to be aware of the mandatory label changes that become effective on january 1 st for almost 2 years shippers of small excepted batteries and battery powered devices have had the option to use either the lithium battery handling caution label or the lithium battery mark while operating under the transition period that has been. Iata lithium battery guidance document 2020 apcs cargo page 2 12 12 2019 definitions lithium battery the term lithium battery refers to a family of batteries with different chemistries comprising many types of cathodes and electrolytes.

Distinctive handling label lithium metal batteries. The mark must indicate un3481 for lithium ion cells or batteries packed with equipment. No text other than the class 9 must be included in the bottom part of the lithium battery class 9 label. For information on specific country restrictions please see the postal explorer or the individual country listings of the international mail manual.

Lithium battery shipping overview. 2019 training for lithium battery shippers be confident your lithium battery shipments will be accepted for transport and delivered safely by ground air or ocean.