BS EN 12531:1999
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Castors and wheels. Hospital bed castors
Hardcopy , PDF
English
15-03-1999
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Dimensions
4.1 Fixing system
4.2 Load capacity
5 Requirements
5.1 Standard conditions
5.2 Initial wheel play
5.3 Initial swivel play
5.4 Electrical resistance test
5.5 Fatigue test for locking/braking device
5.6 Efficiency check of wheel braking and/or locking device
5.7 Efficiency check of swivel braking and/or locking device
5.8 Static test
5.9 Dynamic test
5.10 Efficiency check of wheel braking and/or locking device
5.11 Efficiency check of swivel braking and/or locking device
5.12 Final wheel play
5.13 Final swivel play
6 Conformity
7 Marking of the product
7.1 Product marking
7.2 Marking of electrically conductive castor(s) or wheel(s)
Defines the technical requirements, the appropriate dimensions and the requirements for testing. Applicable to swivel castors for hospital beds with a wheel diameter of 100 mm or more, which may have a central locking device. Swivel castors may be used with the main principal dimensions.
| Committee |
MHE/7
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 96/712248 DC. (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2005. (11/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
10
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This European Standard specifies the technical requirements, the appropriate dimensions and the requirements for testing.
This European Standard applies to swivel castors for hospital beds with a wheel diameter of 100mm or more, which have a central locking device. Swivel castors may be used with the main principal dimensions.
| Standards | Relationship |
| EN 12531:1998 | Identical |
| NBN EN 12531 : 1999 | Identical |
| NF EN 12531 : 1998 | Identical |
| NS EN 12531 : 1ED 1999 | Identical |
| SN EN 12531 : 1999 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 12531:1999 | Identical |
| NEN EN 12531 : 1998 C1 2005 | Identical |
| DIN EN 12531:1999-05 | Identical |
| UNI EN 12531 : 2001 | Identical |
| EN 12526:1998 | Castors and wheels - Vocabulary, recommended symbols and multilingual dictionary |
| ISO 7619:1997 | Rubber Determination of indentation hardness by means of pocket hardness meters |
| EN 12530:1998 | Castors and wheels - Castors and wheels for manually propelled institutional applications |
| EN 12527:1998 | Castors and wheels - Test methods and apparatus |
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