New Lithium Ion Battery Label 2017

As such you must use the following class 9 lithium battery label.

New lithium ion battery label 2017.

New marks and labels have been introduced for the shipment of lithium batteries effective on january 1 2017 the current lithium battery handling labels will be replaced with a new lithium battery mark the new mark comes into effect on 1st jan. The marking size is 120mm x 110mm and the label size is 120mm x 115mm. United states 888 442 9628 hit enter to search or esc to close. In addition you will need to place a class 9 label on the package and with the 2017 rulemaking there is a new class 9 label specific for lithium batteries.

Plastic frames hold pairs of lithium ion cells that sandwich an aluminum cooling fin. The postal service announced these revisions via a. Effective august 17 2017 the postal service is revising publication 52 hazardous restricted and perishable mail in various sections to provide new mailing standards for mailpieces containing lithium batteries. Instead of displaying lithium ion battery or lithium metal battery the new marks display the specific un number s associated with the battery shipment i e un3480 un3481 un3090 and un3091.

Effective on january 1 2017 two new lithium battery labels become mandatory when shipping lithium batteries via ground sea and air. You are not allowed to use the generic class 9 label shown here. Lithium ion battery warning label 4x2 inch for lithium ion transport shipping and mailing white 1 roll 300 labels per roll 5 0 out of 5 stars 3 10 46 10. Mandatory compliance begins january 1 2019.

New mailing standards for lithium batteries. 2017 with a 2 year transitional period as such the current lithium battery shipping label may continue to be used until december 31 2018. The label may bear the words lithium ion and lithium metal batteries to identify that both types of batteries are present. On january 1 st the lithium battery mark becomes mandatory and the handling label becomes obsolete.

The design and construction of that aluminum plate was critical to ensuring an even temperature distribution with. Policies procedures and forms updates publications publication 52 revision. These lithium battery labels are printed on semi gloss paper with permanent adhesive and sold in rolls of 500. The 2011 volt s lithium ion battery li ion battery pack weighs 435 lb 197 kg and consists of 288 individual cells arranged into nine modules.

Both the new lithium batteries label and class 9 battery label have a voluntary compliance beginning january 1 2017.