ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 17350 First edition 2013-06-15 Direct Marking on Plastic Returnable Transport Items (RTIs) Inscription directe sur les élements restituables en plastique de transport (RTIs) Reference number ISO/TR17350:2013(E) ISO @ IS0 2013 IS0/TR 17350:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS02013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISo's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax+41227490947 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland .ii IS02013-Allrightsreserved IS0/TR 17350:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction. ..vi 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .1 4 Types of Returnable Transport Items (RTIs) 4.1 Pallets .1 4.2 Sheet pallet (Slip sheet) ..4 4.3 Returnableboxes 4 4.4 Partitions... .7 5 Unique Identifier of Returnable Transport Items (RTIs) ..8 5.1 Data field identification ..8 5.2 Maximum data length ..8 5.3 Character set ..8 5.4 Data structure. .8 6 Marking method. ..9 6.1 Label. .9 6.2 Direct marking .9 7 Two-dimensional symbology requirements. .10 7.1 QR Code requirements 10 7.2 Data Matrix requirements .13 8 Experimental Test 1 .14 8.1 Objective .14 8.2 Test sample. .14 8.3 Marker. ..15 8.4 Two-dimensional symbol .15 8.5 Markeddata 16 8.6 Reader. .16 8.7 Evaluation results .16 8.8 Considerations. ..16 9 Experimental Test 2 .17 9.1 Objective .17 9.2 Test sample .17 9.3 Marker. .19 9.4 Two-dimensional symbol 20 9.5 Marked data 20 9.6 Reader (evaluation device) 20 9.7 Reading evaluation method .20 9.8 Evaluation results. 21 9.9 Considerations 22 10 Experimental Test 3 23 10.1 Objective. 23 10.2 Test sample 23 10.3 Markers. .25 10.4 Two-dimensional symbol 26 10.5 Marked data 26 10.6 Evaluation Device 26 10.7 Evaluation Methods. 26 10.8 Evaluation results. .27 10.9 Conclusion of evaluation results .27 QIS0.2013. -Al rights reserved ii