Standards for Storage of Packaged Fuels, Lubricants, and Greases.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

(e) Continue building stacks until the

(b) Build a partial flooring for the first

section is completed. Each stack must be completed to

tier of cans by laying out rows of 2by 6-inch lumber or

the desired height before the next stack is begun to

other comparable dunnage and tying in with wooden

avoid obstructing the range of the truck or crane.

strips or boards. No dunnage is necessary between

tiers.

5-49. Standards for Storage of Packaged Fuels,

(c) Beginning at one corner of the

Lubricants, and Greases.

square, place six cans side by side along one side of the

square. Place cans 6 inches from edge of dunnage and

a. Covered storage.

allow 1/4-inch expansion space between the cans.

(1) General. All packaged lubricants and

(d) Place a row of six cans side by side

greases should be under covered storage, wherever

with backs facing aisle, along adjacent side of square to

possible. See TM 38-420/DLAM 4145.XX/NAVSUP

form an L.

PUB 574/AFR 69-XX/MCO 4450.XX, Storage Space

Management, regarding types of facilities. Packaged

(e) Place three rows of cans within the L.

fuels, paint thinner, and other low-flash products may be

(f) Place a second tier of cans on top

stored in buildings provided adequate dispersion and

of the first. Indent the second tier on both sides

ventilation are obtained and the buildings which are

approximately 31/3 inches so that each can in the tier

used meet the requirements of the current edition of

rests on three or four cans.

Flammable Liquids Code No. 30 published by National

(g) Place a third and fourth tier on the

Fire Protection Association, 470 Atlantic Avenue,

stack, indent each tier as described in (f) above. Do not

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stack cans more than four tiers high.

(2) Stacking containers. Layout of sections

(h) Continue building the pyramid

and stacking height depend upon warehouse design,

outward until the entire 50-foot square is completed.

available storage space, load capacity of floor, and

Turn cans at the end of each row so that backs of all

available MHE.

The primary objective in the

outside cans in a pyramid face the aisle. The first tier

arrangement of containers is to store the maximum

should contain 3,528 cans, the second tire 3,403 cans,

quantity of products in a limited space while maintaining

the third tier 3,280 cans, and the fourth tier 3,159 cans,

fire control and providing ease and safety in handling

totaling 13,370 cans in the section.

the containers.

(2) Vertical stacking. Filled 5-gallon cans

(3) Safety precautions.

may be stacked vertically when cans are palletized and

(a) Uncased containers' exteriors will

forklift trucks or cranes are used. To stack palletized

be free of grease and oil before being placed in storage.

cans vertically, proceed as follows:

(b) Follow

inspection

procedures

(a) Lay out 50-foot square sections, if

described in c(l) below.

necessary, adjust the size of a section to accommodate

(c) Additional safety information is to

a definite number of pallets. It is not necessary to

be found in chapter IV.

construct a floor for the containers;

b. Outdoor storage.

(b) Place cans upright on pallet and

group them close together allowing an even border

(1) General. Although packaged lubricating

around pallet. Terrain and equipment limitations must

oils and greases are normally stored under cover, they

govern the number of tiers of cans on pallets. Size of

may be stored outdoors when storage buildings are

the pallet will determine the number of cans to be

unavailable and containers are protected from water and

included in the tiers.

heat of sun by fire-retardant tarpaulins. The stacking

areas should be laid out to provide for segregation of

(c) Start at one corner of the section

products into sections. The lubricants may be stacked

and place several pallets of containers along adjacent

on pallets or adequate dunnage.

side of the section. Pallets should be as close together

as possible.

(2) Precautions.

Observe

precautions

described in paragraph 5-46.

(d) Place

additional

pallets

containers directly over the first tier until the desired

(3) Methods of stacking. Place necessary

number of tiers is reached. Palletized cans may be

dunnage between ground and first tier and stack

stacked higher than single cans, but available handling

containers as follows:

equipment and stability of stacks must determine the

(a) Stack uncovered cylindrical 5-gallon

number of tiers.

oil cans in an inverted position, with closures on the

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