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EN 12531:1998
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Castors and wheels - Hospital Bed Castors
23-09-1998
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)
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