UN FIBC / Bulk Bags:

Muscat Polymers has a long experience in producing FIBC's for dangerous goods according to UN regulations. MPPL offers, a wide range of ADR / UN Certified and ADR / UN Approved Bulk Bags.
 The ADR / UN bags or Hazardous Goods bulk bags are manufactured to comply with the United Nations Recommendations on the Transportation of Dangerous Materials, often known as the ‘Orange Book'. Orange Book divides Big Bags into six categories namely metal, flexible, rigid plastics, composite, fibreboard and wooden.
There are four types of Big Bags described ,which constitute the great majority of the FIBCs and they are as follows ; 

PP woven Big Bags, without coating (13H1) 
PP woven Big Bags, coated (13H2) 
PP woven Big Bags, with liner, without coating (13H3) 
PP woven Big Bags, with liner and coating (13H4) 

Numerous classifications exist for ADR / UN Bags:
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UN Tests – Verifying the UN Requirements
There are various tests are applied to the UN Certified Big Bags in order to verify UN requirements such as :

Top lift test
Tear test
Stacking test
Drop test
Topple test
Righting test 

The national government recognized test house carries on the UN Performance tests to issue National Test Certificates to UN standard. The report will be prepared and on the basis of that the certificate is issued. This report will describe in detail the specification of the FIBC tested but the test levels at which the FIBC passed. The most important is to that the certificate mentions the type of products that be used for the certificate and the limits of the UN test. 

UN Marking on Big Bags
All the UN Certified Fibcs must have the UN mark on them. The appereance of this mark is described in the Orange Book.
A marking example: The marking has to be durable, legible and readily visible. Letters, symbols and numbers shall be at least 12 mm high.

 13H1/ Y / 12.02 / US / MUSCAT POLYMERS / 10500 / 1000 

13H1Denotes Big Bag with liner 
Z Denotes that the Big Bag has been tested to carry Packing Group III product 
11.01 Denotes the month and year of manufacture 
US Denotes the country issuing the UN test certificate 
MUSCAT POLYMERS Denotes the manufacturer 
10500 Denotes the stacking test weight applied in KGS 
1000 Denotes maximum weight of contents in KGS

FIBC Products

• 4 Loops
• 1 & 2 Loops
• Tunnel Loop
• UN FIBC