---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 178.1065"
title: "49"
number: "178.1065"
heading: "Righting test."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/178.1065"
---

# §178.1065. Righting test.

- (a) **General.** The righting test must be conducted for the qualification of all Flexible Bulk Containers design types designed to be lifted from the top or side.
- (b) **Special preparation for the righting test.** Flexible Bulk Container design types must be filled to not less than 95% of their capacity and to their maximum permissible gross mass, the load being evenly distributed.
- (c) **Test method.** A sample Flexible Bulk Container design type must be tested; the Flexible Bulk Container should start lying on its side and then must be lifted at a speed of at least 0.1m/s (0.328 ft/s) to an upright position clear of the floor, by no more than half of the lifting devices.
- (d) **Criterion for passing the test.** For all Flexible Bulk Container design types there must be no damage that renders the Flexible Bulk Container unsafe for transport or handling.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 78 FR 1098, Jan. 7, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.