Lithium Ion Battery Warning Label Requirements 2019

The mark must indicate un3481 for lithium ion cells or batteries packed with equipment.

Lithium ion battery warning label requirements 2019. For the purposes of the dgr they are separated into. 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. 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. For information on specific country restrictions please see the postal explorer or the individual country listings of the international mail manual.

Lithium battery class 9 hazard label lithium battery mark cargo aircraft only labe l note. 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. 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. 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.

Lithium ion batteries packed with the equipment they are intended to operate. Distinctive handling label lithium metal batteries. It should be 12 mm high and shipper must complete phone number portion of label. This marking must be placed on un3480 packages containing only lithium ion cells 20 watt hours and batteries 100 watt hours.

Pgh safety april 2019 prohibiting passenger aircraft marking for loose lithium batteries. Lithium battery shipping overview. While the generic class 9 label will continue to be used for miscellaneous hazards they are not allowed to be used for lithium batteries. For smaller packages that can only bear smaller labels the label dimensions may be 105 mm wide 74 mm high.

The design and construction of that aluminum plate was critical to ensuring an even temperature distribution with. 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. No text other than the class 9 must be included in the bottom part of the lithium battery class 9 label. Plastic frames hold pairs of lithium ion cells that sandwich an aluminum cooling fin.

Lithium ion batteries forbidden for transport aboard passenger aircraft. Iata 7 2 2 4 shipper must add un number s.