Battery Packaging Application

To meet today's increasingly mobile lifestyle, batteries are becoming more powerful. Some batteries may pose a significant risk in transportation, so requirements have been put in place to manage these risks.

Labelmaster's Battery Packaging Application is designed to help you choose appropriate packaging options for your battery shipments.

To use this battery packaging application, you MUST:

  • Have the appropriate training to ship hazardous materials as required by the applicable regulations
  • Know that your cells/batteries meet all of the required manufacturing standards and testing criteria applicable under the applicable regulations
  • Know the criteria and classification of your cells/batteries under the applicable regulations

You SHOULD NOT use this packaging application for the following:

  • If you DO NOT have the appropriate training to ship hazardous materials as required by the applicable regulations
  • Cells/batteries that have been damaged
  • Cells/batteries that have been recalled by the manufacturer or deemed defective
  • Cells/batteries that are being shipped as waste
  • Cells/batteries that are prototypes (have not been tested) or do not meet all of the required manufacturing standards and testing criteria under the applicable regulations
  • Any cells/batteries that do not exactly match the criteria specified in the application
This battery packaging application is designed to provide accurate information regarding the subject matter covered. Every effort has been made to provide a simplified guide with relevant options consistent with the various applicable regulations. However, if there is a discrepancy, the regulations are the final authority for proper packaging selection.

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It is the shipper's responsibility to classify their shipments and determine the suitability of inner and outer packagings, including any requirement for absorbent or cushioning material, in accordance with the requirements for use with contents. Consult all applicable regulations.