UL 32:2004 pdf download Metal Waste Cans
1 Scope
1.1 These requirements cover metal waste cans intended to be employed in factories, garagesworkshops, and other locations where there is need for a receptacle for temporary storage inside buildingsof oily waste, rags, and other similar combustible waste materials.
1.2 Deleted December 15,2004
2 General
21 Units of measurement
2.1.1 Values stated without parentheses are the requirement. Values in parentheses are explanatory orapproximate information.
2.1.1 revised December 15, 2004
2.2 Components
2.2.1 Except as indicated in 2.2.2, a component of a product covered by this standard shall comply withthe requirements for that component.
2.2.2 A component is not required to comply with a specific requirement that:
a) Involves a feature or characteristic not required in the application of the component in theproduct covered by this standard, or
b) ls superseded by a requirement in this standard.2.2.2 revised December 15, 20042.2.3 A component shall be used in accordance with its rating established for the intended conditions ofuse.
2.2.3 revised December 15,2004
2.2.4 Specific components are incomplete in construction features or restricted in performancecapabilities. Such components are intended for use only under limited conditions, such as certaintemperatures not exceeding specified limits, and shall be used only under those specific conditions
2.3 Undated references
2.3.1 Any undated reference to a code or standard appearing in the requirements of this standard shallbe interpreted as referring to the latest edition of that code or standard.
3 Sizes
3.1 lnside diameters, inside heights, and nominal capacities of established trade sizes of cylindrical wastecans are given in Table 3.1.
4 General
4.1 The body of a waste can may be round or have flat sides with rounded corners.
4.2 The inside diameter of a waste can shall be not less than 11 inches (279 mm) nor more than 22inches (559 mm) and shall be not less than 90 percent of the inside height of the body.
4.3 The inside diameter of a waste can having four flat sides is considered to be the minor distancebetween its flat sides. The inside diameter of a triangular waste can is considered to be the average ofthe diameters of an inscribed circle and a circumscribed circle.
4.4 If the body of a waste can is made with flat sides, the corners shall be rounded on a radius of not lessthan 25 percent of the inside diameter of four-sided cans or of the distance from the front to back (apex316of triangle to center of base) of trianqular cans.