By the way, the IATA Dangerous Goods regulations for air transportation applies even to equipment that does not have an active magnet. For example, if your product is made of enough steel (which has iron), then your product could still deviate a magnetic compass by over a half of a degree when placed seven feet from the compass. Every 19-inch rack that I have tested even empty have met this criteria and have had to be air shipped as magnetic material under the IATA Dangerous Goods regulations. An individual watch would have too little steel to significantly deviate a magnetic compass, but it is conceivable that a container filled with watches might have to be shipped as magnetic material since the IATA dangerous goods regulations are based on per line item shipped (pallet, crate, container).
Hope this helps. Monrad Monsen Senior Compliance Project Manager Product Compliance Test StorageTek From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 2:38 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Air shipment of electronic devices Drew - 32kHz is the frequency of the clock in all common wristwatches. The length of an antenna necessary to be an effective radiator at that frequency is quite long, far longer than anything you will have. All PCs and laptops have similar circuits in them, without any airline complaints, either. Ross Amans From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rosenberg, Drew Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 2:05 PM To: Joshua Wiseman; Pettit, Ghery; [email protected] Subject: RE: Air shipment of electronic devices Thanks, I have a copy as well and was not able to find anything. The main concern here is for regulation of electromagnetic interference on the aircraft. We typically manufacture radios and are required to air ship battery powered devices that are transmitting. However, these devices are in a "sleep" mode with only a 32kHz clock operating. From my experience, finding out if something is legal is a lot more difficult than finding out if something is illegal because there may not be anything written about it. This may be one of those situations but I would like to know that I have looked in all of the right places. -Drew From: Joshua Wiseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:58 PM To: Pettit, Ghery; Rosenberg, Drew; [email protected] Subject: RE: Air shipment of electronic devices Drew, In looking through my copy of the IATA "Dangerous Goods Regulations" I did not find anything on this type of device. But, depending on the type of battery there may be some things to look for. Outside of that the only other thing I know of is for magnetic devices. For example one of our parts has very strong magnets in it so in order to ship by air there is special labeling requirements for the package to ensure that it is stored in an area that will not affect magnetic navigational equipment. Regards, Josh From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Pettit, Ghery Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:53 PM To: Rosenberg, Drew; [email protected] Subject: RE: Air shipment of electronic devices Check here - http://www.iata.org/dangerousgoods/index . They'll sell you the latest regs for $110. Ghery Pettit Intel Corporation From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rosenberg, Drew Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Air shipment of electronic devices Hi EMC gurus, Does anyone know what international regulations exist for shipping battery powered devices by air? 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