• NEN EN 474-5 : 2006 + A3 2013

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    EARTH-MOVING MACHINERY - SAFETY - PART 5: REQUIREMENTS FOR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS

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    Published date:  12-01-2013

    Publisher:  Netherlands Standards

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    0 Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    3.1 Common definitions
    3.2 Additional definitions
    3.2.1 Excavator
    3.2.2 Compact excavator
    3.2.3 Walking excavator
    3.2.4 Attachment bracket
    3.2.5 Attachment
    3.2.6 Tip-over protective structure (TOPS)
    4 Safety requirements
    4.1 General
    4.1.1 Access
    4.1.2 Operator's station
    4.1.2.1 Minimum space envelope
    4.1.2.2 Front guard
    4.1.3 Operator's protection
    4.1.3.1 Falling object protective structures
    4.1.3.2 Front guard
    4.1.3.3 Tip over protective structures (TOPS)
    4.1.4 Operator's seat
    4.1.4.1 Vibrations
    4.1.5 Operator's control
    4.1.5.1 General
    4.1.5.2 Steering
    4.1.5.3 Engine stopping
    4.1.6 Swing brakes
    4.1.6.1 Swing service brake
    4.1.6.2 Swing parking brake
    4.1.6.3 Safety design
    4.1.7 Stability
    4.1.7.1 Stability in different applications
    4.1.7.2 Bucket and shovel application
    4.1.7.3 Object handling
    4.1.7.3.1 Stability factors
    4.1.7.3.2 Rated object handling capacity table
    4.1.7.4 Load hooking device
    4.1.7.5 Load safety devices
    4.1.8 Airborne noise
    4.1.9 Attachment bracket
    4.1.9.1 Locking
    4.1.9.2 Identification
    4.1.9.3 Instructions
    4.1.10 Attachment
    4.1.10.1 Identification
    4.1.10.2 Instructions
    4.2 Wheel and crawler excavators
    4.2.1 Remote control
    4.2.1.
    4.2.1.1.1 General requirements
    4.2.1.1.2 Emergency stop
    4.2.1.1.3 Controls
    4.2.1.2 Selecting switch
    4.2.1.3 Controls
    4.2.1.4 Travelling
    4.2.1.5 Instructions
    4.2.2 Parking brake for compact excavators
    4.2.3 Lighting, signalling and marking lights and
            reflex-reflector devices
    4.2.4 Tyres and rims
    4.3 Walking excavators
    4.3.1 Operator's station
    4.3.1.1 Steering system
    4.3.1.2 Visibility
    4.3.1.3 Egress
    4.3.2 Braking systems
    4.3.2.1 Swing brake
    4.3.3 Operator's protection
    4.3.3.1 Roll over protective structures (ROPS)
    4.3.3.2 Falling-object protective structures (FOPS)
    4.3.3.3 Legs, hydraulic circuit
    4.3.4 Retrieval and towing
    5 Warning signs and hazard pictorials
    6 Instruction handbook
    Annex A (normative) List of additional hazards
    Annex B (informative) Rated object handling capacity
    Tables
    Annex C (informative) Illustrations

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Specifies all specific significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to hydraulic excavators as defined in EN ISO 6165:2006, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

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    Development Note 2006 Edition Re-Issued in July 2013 & incorporates AMD 3 2013. (08/2013) Draft issued in April 2017. (05/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Netherlands Standards
    Status Current
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