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)
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 100 mm or more, which have a central locking device. Swivel castors may be used with the main principal dimensions.
| Committee |
CEN/TC 324
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| PublisherName |
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
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| Status |
Current
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| Standards | Relationship |
| NBN EN 12531 : 1999 | Identical |
| BS EN 12351:2010 | Identical |
| NF EN 12531 : 1998 | Identical |
| BS EN 12531:1999 | Identical |
| NS EN 12531 : 1ED 1999 | Identical |
| SN EN 12531 : 1999 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 12531:1999 | Identical |
| PN EN 12531 : 2002 | Identical |
| NEN EN 12531 : 1998 C1 2005 | Identical |
| DIN EN 12531:1999-05 | Identical |
| UNI EN 12531 : 2001 | Identical |
| I.S. EN 12531:1998 | Identical |
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| UNE-EN 1253-5:2017 | Gullies for buildings - Part 5: Gullies with light liquids closure |
| BS EN 1253-3:2016 | Gullies for buildings Evaluation of conformity |
| BS EN 12526:1999 | Castors and wheels. Vocabulary, recommended symbols and multilingual dictionary |
| BS EN 12056-2:2000 | Gravity drainage systems inside buildings Sanitary pipework, layout and calculation |
| EN 1253-3:2016 | Gullies for buildings - Part 3: Evaluation of conformity |
| 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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