EP3653523A1 - Transport container for hazardous goods - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention proposes a transport container (1) for dangerous goods, with a flat carrier unit, referred to as a pallet (2), and with a hood (3) that can be placed on the pallet (2), the pallet (2) and the hood (3 ) are designed fire-retardant in such a way that they surround a usable space provided in the transport container (1) in a fire-retardant manner.

Description

The invention relates to a transport container. Transport containers are known from practice in a variety of configurations. More specifically, the invention relates to a transport container which is suitable for the transport and storage of dangerous goods. In particular, the invention relates to a large packaging dangerous goods container for the transport and storage of dangerous goods, in particular combustible dangerous goods, for example in the form of highly reactive batteries (lithium-ion batteries). The invention is explained below using the example of such batteries, but without being restricted exclusively to the use for transporting or storing batteries.

Batteries are chemical energy stores that release the electrical energy in a controlled manner by means of an electrochemical reaction or which can be released in an uncontrolled manner in the event of an accident or damage. Basically, the handling (production, transport and storage) of batteries is associated with a considerable risk potential. In particular, if the batteries have been exposed to considerable external influences such as high temperatures or mechanical shocks, even with apparently undamaged batteries, the housing of which appears to be intact, there is a risk that reactions inside the battery cells will result in slow heating lead, whereby the temperatures can develop into a range that leads to self-destruction of the battery. Dangerous reactions, flame formation, dangerous heat development or the The emission of toxic, corrosive or flammable gases or vapors or liquids can be the result of an uncontrolled release of energy after a battery has been damaged. A high pressure can build up, which blows up the housing of the battery, components of the housing or also from the inside of the battery as projectile with considerable kinetic energy being able to fly in an unpredictable direction from the battery in an uncontrolled direction. Since the processes that can lead to self-destruction of the battery sometimes run very slowly, the explosion-like self-destruction of the battery can take place 72 hours later, for example, after the aforementioned external influence has had an effect on the battery.

If the batteries are used to drive electromotive vehicles, the influences mentioned can affect the battery in the context of a vehicle accident, for example. The removal and storage of the vehicle after the accident, as well as the storage and transportation of a battery removed from the vehicle, therefore place considerable demands on the safe storage of the battery, since even with a considerable time delay, an externally undamaged battery can represent a considerable risk potential .

The self-destruction of the battery is often unstoppable, especially in the case of lithium-ion batteries, once the processes mentioned have started, for example because oxygen forms during the chemical reactions and a fire thus maintains itself and is therefore not extinguished, but at most encapsulated can be. There is therefore a requirement that the self-destruction of the battery should take place under controlled conditions if possible.

It is known from practice that batteries are placed in a non-flammable container that is not used for the purpose and in an incombustible container Granules are encased. The granulate is first poured into the container as a bulk material until a certain layer thickness is reached. The battery is then placed in the container on the lower layer of the granulate. A gap running around the battery to the container wall is then also filled with the granulate. The granulate is then filled further into the container until it reaches a desired layer thickness above the battery, and the container is now closed with a lid. Alternatively, it can be provided that the container is closed with a lid which contains the same granulate - for example in several bags - so that in this case the granulate fill in the container does not have to go above the battery. This storage or transport methodology is very complex due to the handling of the loose granules in bulk, and because of the inevitable consumption of granules due to losses and due to increased set-up times, it is very inefficient and uneconomical. Along with this, there is a risk that the correct use of the granulate will be neglected for economic reasons or due to time pressure and thus the desired security during transport and storage of the dangerous goods will not be achieved.

The invention has for its object to provide a recyclable dangerous goods container that can be handled easily and therefore with little expenditure of time, and which ensures safe storage of the dangerous goods in the container.

This object is achieved by a transport container according to claim 1. Advantageous refinements are described in the subclaims.

The container is referred to as a transport container in the context of the present proposal, it being used not only for transport but also for storage of the dangerous goods can be. In the context of the present proposal, it is assumed that higher requirements regarding the safety of the container have to be made for transport purposes than for storage purposes. Since the proposed container advantageously also fulfills the higher safety requirements and is therefore suitable for transporting the dangerous goods, it is referred to as a transport container.

According to the proposal, it is provided that the dangerous goods transport container is composed of a carrier unit ("pallet") and a hood element ("hood"). This enables simple handling of the dangerous goods, since it does not have to be inserted into a box or the like from above, which requires a crane or similar lifting device if the dangerous goods have the appropriate dimensions or weights. Rather, according to the proposal, the dangerous goods can be placed on the pallet with gripping, lifting or conveying means known per se, so that these gripping, lifting or conveying means existing in a company can continue to be used without requiring new purchases. For example, forklifts and the like can be used.

In view of the resistance of the pallet to thermal stress, the pallet can preferably not consist of wood or plastic, but rather of steel. Compared to ceramic materials, which have an even higher thermal resistance, the design as a metallic pallet is more economical and also mechanically robust, for example in terms of impact and impact resistance.

The pallet can also be thermally strengthened by protecting the top of the pallet deck against the thermal loads to be expected from there, by placing a mineral material over the pallet deck. For example, a fire protection plate made of mineral material can be arranged on the pallet deck Has even higher thermal resistance than steel. The use of a fire protection plate enables a quick and easy production of the proposed pallet compared to the processing of a flowable mineral material, since the fire protection plate is available as a commercially available semi-finished product, ensures a uniform layer thickness, and only needs to be cut to the desired dimensions.

It should be taken into account that typically not all cells in a battery catch fire at the same time, but rather one after the other, so that the thermal load is always limited to a comparatively small area. The mineral material - for example in the form of the fire protection plate - also serves to distribute the temperature, so that the thermal load on the pallet deck is spread over a larger area and the thermal load peaks can be reduced.

The proposed container serves to encapsulate a potential fire event and to survive the entire fire event. Accordingly, the fire protection material used can be selected with regard to the material properties and the layer thickness in order to offer the desired protection over the entire duration of the fire event. For example, standardized tests can be used to check and ensure whether and that the transport container can withstand the fire for at least 90 minutes. Depending on the fire behavior of the dangerous goods to be recorded, e.g. B. if larger batteries are proven to burn for longer than 90 minutes, however, the transport container can also be designed such that it reliably survives the entire fire event over a correspondingly longer period of time.

The transport container can be used to prevent or at least delay the escape of gases, vapors and / or liquids have a seal between the pallet and the hood. For this purpose, a separate sealing material can be provided, e.g. B. a temperature-resistant sealing cord, or the seal can be realized in the manner of a labyrinth seal through the hood and the pallet itself, for example by appropriate profiling where the hood connects to the pallet.

The construction of the proposed dangerous goods transport container serves to meet the legal framework as a requirement according to ADR (European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road). The proposed transport container serves to encapsulate a potential fire event and to withstand the fire for the entire duration of the fire event, but at least over 90 minutes.

• die Temperatur der äußeren Oberfläche des Gefahrgutbehälters darf nicht größer sein als 100 °C. Eine kurzzeitige Temperaturspitze von bis zu 200 °C ist zulässig;
• außerhalb des Gefahrgutbehälters dürfen sich keine Flammen bilden;
• aus dem Gefahrgutbehälter dürfen keine Projektile austreten;
• die bauliche Unversehrtheit des Gefahrgutbehälters muss aufrechterhalten werden, und
• die Gefahrgutbehälter können gegebenenfalls über ein Gasmanagementsystem (zum Beispiel Filtersystem, Luftzirkulation, Sicherheitsbehälter für Gase, gasdichte Verpackung) verfügen.

During the fire event, dangerous heat must be emitted and the emission of toxic, caustic or flammable gases or vapors from the hazardous goods transport container can advantageously be excluded. The following performance requirements are also met:

• the temperature of the outer surface of the dangerous goods container must not exceed 100 ° C. A brief temperature peak of up to 200 ° C is permissible;
• no flames may form outside the dangerous goods container;
• no projectiles may emerge from the dangerous goods container;
• the structural integrity of the dangerous goods container must be maintained, and
• the hazardous goods containers may have a gas management system (e.g. filter system, air circulation, safety containers for gases, gas-tight packaging).

A collecting trough can advantageously be arranged on the pallet. The dangerous goods can be placed inside the collecting trough so that liquids that escape, for example electrolyte leaking from a battery, can be accommodated in the collecting trough. Since the dangerous goods are in the collecting trough, it may be sufficient for the thermal strengthening of the pallet that mineral material, which is provided above the pallet deck, be arranged exclusively within the collecting trough. Thus, the drip pan can form a holding frame in which the aforementioned fire protection plate can be inserted.

The dimensions of the drip pan can advantageously use as much of the available space within the hood as possible. The capacity of the collecting trough is then determined by its height, so that it can be ensured in a simple manner in the construction of the pallet that, for example, the entire amount of electrolyte of the largest battery to be accommodated can be accommodated in the collecting trough.

The pallet can advantageously have holding means referred to as lashing points in order to secure the dangerous goods on the pallet using lashing straps, for example commercially available tensioning belts. The lashing points can be designed as closed eyes, as open hooks or the like.

The lashing points can advantageously be arranged on the collecting trough mentioned, so that it can be configured as large as possible within the hood and there is no need to provide space for the lashing points laterally outside the collecting trough.

The feet of the pallet can advantageously be offset inwards in relation to the outer dimensions of the pallet deck, in order to improve the shrub behavior of the pallet under vertical loads to improve what can be checked, for example, by standardized drop tests.

The hood can consist of one piece, for example of a highly temperature-resistant ceramic molding or an impact-resistant sheet metal molding. In particular, a seamless design of the hood can be provided so that seams that could act as thermal or mechanical weak points are avoided. A multilayer structure of the hood can also be provided in order to achieve the two properties mentioned in one and the same hood. This can result in a line on the lower, peripheral edge of the hood, along which the two layers of the hood adjoin each other, but it is structurally simple to shift this line so far that it is not in direct contact with reaches the atmosphere that prevails inside the transport container, so that the disadvantage of a thermal weak point can be avoided. For example, an outer impact-resistant molded sheet metal part can be lined on the inside with a temperature-resistant ceramic molded part. Or two sheet metal parts can be provided in the manner of a sandwich construction, which due to their dimensions create a space between them in which a temperature-resistant material is arranged.

The hood can advantageously be constructed in the manner of a truss: a frame conveys the desired mechanical stability, and the individual surfaces can have fire protection walls with the desired thermal resistance. Such a structure enables economical production of small and medium-sized lot sizes, because such hoods can be manufactured in different dimensions without the need for separate molded parts. Rather, only the frame struts have to be cut to length and the fire protection walls cut to the desired size, using commercially available profiles for the frame struts and Fire protection walls commercially available panels can be used, so that the hood can be economically manufactured from commercially available semi-finished products. Such a hood can have, for example, four upright side walls and a horizontal hood cover in favor of economical producibility - namely a structurally simple shape and the available semi-finished products - and in favor of the largest possible internal volume surrounded by it.

The fire protection walls can advantageously be constructed like a sandwich and have a mineral insulating material in the core, which is protected on both sides by a metallic cover layer, for example in the form of steel sheets.

The frame of the hood can also advantageously be made of steel, either from commercially available profile elements or through bent sheets, so that the edges of the fire protection walls are enclosed by the frame and are therefore protected.

For weight reasons, the material thickness of the sheets in the sandwich fire protection walls mentioned can be less than the material thickness of the steel elements of the frame, that is to say the material thickness of the profile elements or of the sheets used for the frame. In the first practical tests, sheet thicknesses of 1 mm for the top layers of the fire protection walls and 2 mm for the frame sheets have proven to be suitable. In particular, it has been shown that sheet thicknesses of less than 1 mm can be sufficient for the cover layers of the fire protection walls if the metallic cover layer is glued to the mineral material of the fire protection wall and / or if the metal cover layer is profiled for reinforcement by beads, a corrugated profile or the like is. Even a weak profile depth of, for example, 0.3 or 0.5 mm can be sufficient to significantly increase the stability of the sandwich fire protection wall.

The hood can advantageously have outside pockets for the fork of a lifting device, so that the hood can be handled using a forklift or the like. As an alternative or in addition to this, the hood can have connecting means which enable the hood to be lifted with the aid of a lifting harness, so that a lifting device such as e.g. a crane or the like can be used. The connection means can be designed in a manner known per se as lifting eyes, hooks or the like.

If the hood is designed as a framework, as mentioned, the above-mentioned entry pockets or the connecting means connect to the frame of the hood in order to reliably introduce the load-bearing forces into this stable frame construction.

Advantageously, four guide rails can be provided on the outside of the hood, each of which forms a guide for the feet of a similar transport container, so that a positive connection is brought about and the transport containers, stacked on top of one another, form a secure bond. The guide rails can for example run at an angle and thus each form a "stacking corner" for a pedestal. Particularly easily and economically, however, the guide rails can be designed as straight sheet metal blanks and connect to one of the above-mentioned entry pockets of the hood, so that the entry pockets themselves also serve as guide elements for feet of a pallet to be stacked. In this case, the guide rails can also connect to the frame struts in the manner of gusset plates, to which the entrance pockets do not connect, so that the mechanical stability of the hood is improved.

Possibly. the transport container can have a gas management system and can be equipped for this purpose with an overpressure relief valve and / or a filter device. The pressure relief valve can help to protect the transport container itself and to reduce the negative pressure build-up inside. The filter device can serve to protect the environment from harmful gases or vapors.

Where openings are provided in the transport container in the form of an overpressure relief valve or a filter device, these can advantageously be built over on the outside in order to act in the manner of a baffle plate. For example, the openings mentioned can be arranged in the hood below the entry pockets, so that the entry pockets themselves serve as superstructures. In this way, additional components can be dispensed with, and the entry pockets are robust elements which are resistant to external shear and impact forces.

In addition to its own weight, the hood can advantageously be connected to the pallet in a tensile manner by means of corresponding locking mechanisms. In this way, a safeguard against lifting forces is created, which could otherwise cause the hood to be lifted off the pallet, for example in the event of excess pressure occurring in the transport container.

Technically simple, economical to manufacture, and with good functionality, the locking mechanisms can have tabs that extend from the hood to the pallet, are attached to one of these two components and can be screwed to the other component. Such tabs can also serve as guide elements to correctly position the hood on the pallet when lowering. In order to protect the screw heads, which can be provided for fixing the tabs, against shear movements acting from the outside, the tabs can advantageously be exposed to the outside in some areas run curved so that they form a collision protection for the screws.

Fig. 1

eine Seitenansicht auf eine Längsseite eines Transportbehälters für Gefahrgut,

Fig. 2

eine Längsseitenansicht auf den Transportbehälter von Fig. 1 mit angehobener Haube, und

Fig. 3

eine Ansicht ähnlich Fig. 2, jedoch auf eine Stirnseite des Transportbehälters mit angehobener Haube.

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is explained below using an exemplary embodiment. It shows

Fig. 1

a side view of a long side of a transport container for dangerous goods,

Fig. 2

a longitudinal side view of the transport container of Fig. 1 with the hood raised, and

Fig. 3

a view similar Fig. 2 , but on one end of the transport container with the hood raised.

In Fig. 1 a transport container 1 is shown, which serves to safely hold multi-rechargeable batteries during their transport and / or during their storage. These are batteries which are used as drive batteries in electromotive motor vehicles such as automobiles, motorbikes or bicycles, luggage carts, industrial trucks and the like, so that the dimensions of the transport container 1 are selected to match the dimensions of such batteries. In particular, the transport container 1 is used to hold damaged batteries, for example after a vehicle accident. Damage to the battery may be visible from the outside. However, the high acceleration forces which may have acted on the battery in the event of an accident can also have led to damage which cannot be recognized from the outside inside the battery, so that there is a risk of the battery self-igniting.

The transport container 1 consists of two main components: on the one hand, it has a lower part in the form of a pallet 2, which serves as a carrier unit for receiving and carrying a battery. On the other hand, the transport container 1 has an upper part in the form of a hood 3, which is placed on the pallet 2 and serves as a cover: Firstly, the hood 3 protects the battery against damage from external influences and secondly, in conjunction with the pallet 2, it provides protection against dangers emanating from the battery. For this reason, both the pallet 2 and the hood 3 are designed to be fire-retardant and mechanically stable. The transport container 1 can have a seal, not shown in the drawings, between the pallet 2 and the hood 3.

Fig. 1 shows the transport container 1 in the closed state, in which the hood 3 is placed on the pallet 2 and connected to it. It shows Fig. 1 a view of the longer side of the transport container 1, which is referred to as a side view.

Fig. 2 also shows a side view of the transport container 1, as in Fig. 1 , but in the open state, in which the hood 3 is lifted from the pallet 2 and shown at a distance above it.

Fig. 3 shows an end view of the transport container 1, ie a view of the shorter side of the transport container 1, wherein as in Fig. 2 the hood 3 is lifted off the pallet 2.

For the exemplary embodiment of a transport container 1 shown in the drawings, an essentially standard steel pallet 2 is used as the carrier unit, which has four entry pockets 4 and four feet 5 and has been expanded by some features in comparison to a standard steel pallet. With its dimensions of 1000 x 1200 mm, it can easily be used within standard process chains. These dimensions are purely exemplary and represent a standard pallet size in practice. However, the pallet 2 can have different dimensions, for example of 1000 x 1550 mm, in adaptation to the dimensions of the dangerous goods to be picked up.

A collecting trough 6 is arranged lying on the pallet 2 in order to be able to receive the electrolyte of the battery which may escape after an accident. In Fig. 1 the drip pan 6 is indicated by dashed lines.

The steel pallet 2 has a closed pallet deck 7. The feet 5 of the pallet 2 are arranged offset with respect to the outer dimensions of the pallet deck 7, namely offset inwards in order not to exceed the desired outer dimensions of the pallet 2. The offset results in a compression zone or crumple zone at high pressure loads on the pallet 2, as occurs, for example, in a drop test, which can be provided for obtaining certain safety certificates.

A fire protection plate 8 made of mineral material (for example PRIODEK-H), covering the entire base area of the collecting trough, is integrated in the collecting trough 6, the upper edge of which is shown in dashed lines. Furthermore, 6 lashing points 9 are attached to the sump, which are used to secure the batteries by means of lashing straps 10. The lashing points 9 are limited to two opposite sides of the collecting trough 6 in the illustrated embodiment, but they can also be arranged on all four sides of the collecting trough 6 in order to be able to secure the dangerous goods both lengthways and transversely with lashing straps 10. In the illustrated embodiment, the lashing straps 10 are designed as tension belts with a ratchet tensioning device 11 known per se.

To create the fire protection hood that can be placed on the pallet 2, referred to as hood 3 for short, a hood ceiling 12 and the side surfaces are formed by fire protection walls 14, which are arranged on the side of the hood 3 facing the dangerous goods. The fire protection walls 14 can, for example, two cover layers in the form of sheets with a first, have comparatively low material thickness of 1 mm or less, and between the two cover layers a mineral insulation material, for example in the form of pressed mineral wool, such fire protection boards are commercially available under the name "ISOROCK".

A metallic frame 15 made of sheets with a second, comparatively large material thickness of 2 mm or more, which are arranged as edge-encompassing angle profiles, forms a mechanically resilient basic structure of the hood 3, holds the fire protection plates and the fire protection walls 14 together and protects their open edges. The frame 15 has four upright corner pillars 16 which are connected to one another by upper and lower side struts 17 on the long sides and by upper and lower front struts 18 on the end faces.

In order to manipulate the hood 3 with a forklift, two entrance pockets 4 are arranged on the hood ceiling 12. Deviating from the exemplary embodiment shown - or in addition to the entry pockets 4 - lifting lugs or hooks can be provided which enable the connection of a lifting harness in order, for example, to be able to use a crane which is already present in the respective company where the transport container is to be handled. Furthermore, four guide rails 19, which are arranged on the hood ceiling 12, and which guide the geometrically corresponding feet 5 of the pallet 2 of a second, similar transport container 1, ensure the safe stacking of several dangerous goods containers one above the other. The guide rails 19 also act as gusset plates which transmit a load from the entry pockets 4 to the upper end struts 18 of the two end faces of the hood 3, while the entry pockets 4 themselves are fastened exclusively to the upper side struts 17 of the two longitudinal sides of the hood 3.

It is not apparent from the drawing that overpressure relief valves and filter devices can also be arranged on the hood 3. The overpressure relief valves, also referred to as outlet valves, allow the transport container 1 to be relieved if an excess pressure develops inside the transport container 1 as part of the self-destruction of a battery cell. The filter device mentioned can be assigned to such an outlet valve in order to avoid the escape of unfiltered gases and to retain hazardous substances contained in the escaping gas. A superstructure of the outlet valves ensures that potential overpressures can escape without endangering life and limb. For example, the outlet valves can be arranged below the entry pockets 4 in the hood cover 12, so that the entry pockets 4 cause a deflection of the pressure or gas shock. Since the superstructure also represents a mechanically acting baffle plate, it also offers protection against the fact that components of the batteries as projectiles shoot out of the transport container 1 through an outlet valve or a filter, i.e. through the mechanically least resilient areas of the hood 3, and fly around in an uncontrolled manner can.

Furthermore, resilient locking mechanisms are attached to the lower side struts 17 of the hood 3, which run parallel to the pallet 2, and to the pallet 2 in order to fix the hood 3 to the pallet 2 in a non-positive and / or positive manner. For this purpose, tabs 20 with screw connections are used, whereby, in contrast to the exemplary embodiment shown, equivalent quick-release systems can also be taken into account. A positive connection between the pallet 2 and the hood 3 is created by the collecting trough 6, which is firmly connected to the pallet 2 and secures the hood 3 positively against horizontal displacements relative to the pallet 3. The locking mechanisms mentioned encompass the pallet 2 on the outside and thus also create a form fit, but serve primarily to fix the hood 3 against lifting forces on the pallet 2. In the illustrated embodiment, the locking mechanisms are designed as tabs 20, which are welded to the hood 3, extend downward beyond the hood 3, where they can be detachably fixed to the pallet 2 by means of threaded holes 21 provided there and by means of screws 22.

The tabs 20 are designed as sheet metal strips which are bent outwards at their lower ends. First of all, this makes it easier to place the hood 3 on the pallet 2 in that the tabs 20 each act in the manner of a guide slope. Secondly, this outwardly bent region forms a collision protection 23, which helps to protect the heads of the screws 22 protruding from the outside of the pallet 2 from mechanical damage.

• die Temperatur der äußeren Oberfläche des Gefahrgutbehälters darf nicht größer sein als 100 °C. Eine kurzzeitige Temperaturspitze von bis zu 200 °C ist zulässig;
• außerhalb des Gefahrgutbehälters dürfen sich keine Flammen bilden;
• aus dem Gefahrgutbehälter dürfen keine Projektile austreten;
• die bauliche Unversehrtheit des Gefahrgutbehälters muss aufrechterhalten werden, und
• die Gefahrgutbehälter müssen gegebenenfalls über ein Gasmanagementsystem (zum Beispiel Filtersystem, Luftzirkulation, Sicherheitsbehälter für Gase, gasdichte Verpackung) verfügen.

The construction of the proposed dangerous goods transport container 1 serves to meet the legal framework as a requirement in accordance with ADR (European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road). The proposed transport container 1 serves to encapsulate a potential fire event and to withstand the fire for the entire duration of the fire event, but at least over 90 minutes. During the fire event, dangerous heat must be emitted, and the emission of toxic, caustic or flammable gases or vapors through the hazardous goods transport container 1 may advantageously be excluded. The following performance requirements are also met:

• the temperature of the outer surface of the dangerous goods container must not exceed 100 ° C. A brief temperature peak of up to 200 ° C is permissible;
• no flames may form outside the dangerous goods container;
• no projectiles may emerge from the dangerous goods container;
• the structural integrity of the dangerous goods container must be maintained, and
• the dangerous goods containers may have to have a gas management system (e.g. filter system, air circulation, safety containers for gases, gas-tight packaging).

The failure behavior of the dangerous goods container is evaluated on the basis of fire tests and drop tests and the suitability for the transport and storage of highly reactive batteries is derived.

Reference number:

1

Shipping container

2nd

palette

3rd

Hood

4th

Entrance pocket

5

Pedestal

6

Drip pan

7

Pallet deck

8th

Fire protection panel

9

Lashing point

10th

Lashing strap

11

Ratchet tensioning device

12

Hood ceiling

14

Fire protection wall

15

frame

16

Corner pillar

17th

Side strut

18th

Forehead strut

19th

Guide rail

20th

Tab

21st

Tapped hole

22

screw

23

Collision protection

Claims (15)

Transport container (1) for dangerous goods,
with a flat carrier unit called a pallet (2),
and with a hood (3) which can be placed on the pallet (2), the pallet (2) and the hood (3) being designed to be fire-retardant in such a way that they fire-retardant surround a usable space provided in the transport container (1). Transport container according to claim 1,
characterized,
that the pallet (2) is made of steel and has a closed pallet deck (7). Transport container according to claim 2,
characterized,
that the pallet (2) is thermally strengthened in such a way that it is arranged at least in regions by a mineral material over the top of the pallet deck (7). Transport container according to claim 3,
characterized,
that the mineral material is designed as a fire protection plate (8). Transport container according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that a collecting trough (6) is arranged on the pallet (2). Transport container according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the pallet (2) has lashing points (9) for tension belts for securing loads. Transport container according to claims 5 and 6,
characterized,
that the lashing points (9) are arranged on the drip pan (6). Transport container according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the pallet (2) has feet (5) which are arranged offset inwards with respect to the outer dimensions of the pallet deck (7). Transport container according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the hood (3) has a lying hood cover (12) and four upright side surfaces,
a fire protection wall (14) is arranged in each of the hood ceiling (12) and the side surfaces,
and that the hood (3) has a frame (15) which holds the fire protection walls (14) together. Transport container according to claim 9,
characterized,
that the fire protection walls (14) have two cover layers in the form of metal sheets, and between the two cover layers a mineral insulation material. Transport container according to claim 9 or 10,
characterized,
that the frame (15) has sheets which are designed as angle profiles comprising the edges of the fire protection walls (14). Transport container according to claims 10 and 11,
characterized,
that the material thickness of the sheets in the cover layers of the fire protection walls (14) is less than the material thickness of the sheets of the frame (15). Transport container according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the hood (3) on the hood ceiling (12) has two outside pockets (4) for the fork of a lifting device. Transport container according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the hood (3) is designed as lifting eyes or hooks, which enables the connection of a carrying harness, connecting means. Transport container according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the hood (3) is connected to the pallet (2) by locking mechanisms that can be subjected to tensile stress, such that the hood (3) is secured to the pallet (2) against lifting forces.

Images