IME SLP-22 TECHNICAL NOTE
2001 December 10  

IME SAFETY LIBRARY PUBLICATION No. 22 (IME SLP-22) PROVIDES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF DETONATORS AND CLASS 1 MATERIAL TOGETHER ON A VEHICLE BY USING A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED CONTAINER.  CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS ARE DETAILED IN SLP-22, SECTION 2.  

· PARAGRAPH B SPECIFIES STANDARD CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR AN IME CONTAINER.  THE CONSTRUCTION IS ILLUSTRATED IN APPENDIX C.

A LAMINATE CONSTRUCTION OF A/C GRADE OR BETTER EXTERIOR PLYWOOD, SHEETROCK, AND LOW-CARBON STEEL…FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE OF THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM THICKNESS:  

1/2-INCH PLYWOOD, 1/2-INCH SHEETROCK, AND 1/8-INCH LOW CARBON STEEL.  A 1/4-INCH LAMINATION OF A/C PLYWOOD IS REQUIRED ON THE EXTERIOR PORTION OF A CONTAINER THAT MAY CONTACT OTHER EXPLOSIVES CARRIED ON THE SAME VEHICLE.  

THE LAMINATED MATERIALS MUST BE SECURELY BOUND TOGETHER BY WATERPROOF ADHESIVE AND THE STEEL AT THE JOINTS MUST BE SECURED BY CONTINUOUS FILLET WELDS.  

· PARAGRAPH J SPECIFIES AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH B.  THE CONSTRUCTION IS ILLUSTRATED IN APPENDIX D.  

A LAMINATE CONSTRUCTION OF A/C GRADE OR BETTER EXTERIOR PLYWOOD, SOLID HARDWOOD, SHEETROCK, AND SHEET METAL… FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE OF THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM THICKNESS:  

1/4-INCH PLYWOOD, 1-INCH HARDWOOD, 1/2-INCH PLYWOOD, 1/2-INCH SHEETROCK, AND 22-GAUGE SHEET METAL.

TREAD CORPORATION HAS CHOSEN TO ADOPT THE STANDARD CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH B (APPENDIX C) FOR ALL IME SLP-22 CONTAINERS.  A 1/4-INCH LAYER OF PLYWOOD IS NOT REQUIRED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THESE CONTAINERS WHEN THEY ARE PERMANENTLY MOUNTED ON BULK TRUCKS.

 

NOTE:  ¼-INCH PLYWOOD REQUIRED ON EXTERIOR OF A CONTAINER THAT MAY CONTACT EXPLOSIVES CARRIED ON THE SAME VEHICLE.