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AS 2359.6-2013
[Current]Powered industrial trucks, Part 6: Self-propelled industrial trucks, other than driverless trucks, variable-reach trucks and burden-carrier trucks (ISO 3691-1:2011, MOD)
Adopts ISO 3691-1:2011 to specify safety requirements and the means for their verification for self-propelled industrial trucks, as defined in AS 2359.7.
Published: 25/02/2013
Pages: 46
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
4.1 General
4.1.1 Overall requirements
4.1.2 Normal climatic conditions
4.1.3 Normal operating conditions
4.1.4 Electrical requirements
4.1.5 Edges or angles
4.1.6 Stored energy components
4.2 Starting/moving
4.2.1 Unauthorized starting
4.2.2 Unintended movement and inadvertent activation
4.2.2.1 Parking brakes
4.2.2.2 Internal-combustion-engine powered trucks
4.2.2.3 Travel controls
4.2.2.4 Powered travel movement
4.2.2.5 Manual gearbox and manually operated clutch pedal
4.2.3 Travel speed
4.2.3.1 Pedestrian-controlled trucks
4.2.3.2 Stand-on trucks and pedestrian-controlled trucks with foldable platform
4.2.3.3 Travel with mast raised
4.3 Brakes
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Failure of energy supply to service brake
4.3.3 Stand-on and pedestrian-controlled trucks
4.4 Manual control actuators
4.4.1 General
4.4.1.1 Consistency with the truck motions
4.4.1.2 Multiple operators
4.4.1.3 Multiple operating positions
4.4.2 Travel and braking controls
4.4.2.1 General
4.4.2.2 Sit-on trucks
4.4.2.3 Stand-on trucks
4.4.2.4 Pedestrian-controlled trucks
4.4.2.5 Differential locking
4.4.2.6 Additional operation from outside the truck
4.4.2.7 Additional operation from alongside pedestrian-controlled and stand-on trucks (coasting)
4.4.3 Steering controls
4.4.3.1 Steering direction
4.4.3.2 Failure of power supply
4.4.4 Load-handling controls
4.4.4.1 Controls
4.4.4.2 Manual-lift systems
4.4.5 Multi-function controls
4.4.6 Controls for automated functions
4.4.7 Marking
4.5 Power systems and accessories
4.5.1 Exhaust and cooling systems
4.5.1.1 Exhaust systems
4.5.1.2 Cooling systems
4.5.2 Fuel tank
4.5.2.1 Tank isolation
4.5.2.2 Fuel spillage
4.5.3 Access to engine and other compartments
4.5.3.1 Engine covers
4.5.3.2 Unintentional closure
4.5.4 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-powered trucks
4.5.4.1 Containers
4.5.4.2 Piping
4.5.4.3 Equipment
4.5.4.4 Regional requirements
4.6 Systems for lifting and tilting
4.6.1 Lift chains
4.6.2 Mechanical lifting systems
4.6.2.1 General
4.6.2.2 Failure of lifting/lowering mechanism
4.6.2.3 Lowering speed
4.6.3 Hydraulic lifting and tilting systems
4.6.3.1 Hydraulic lifting systems
4.6.3.2 Lowering speed limitation
4.6.3.3 Limitation of stroke
4.6.3.4 Hydraulic tilting systems
4.6.3.5 Mast tilt and carriage isolation
4.6.4 Hydraulic systems
4.6.4.1 Hydraulic circuits
4.6.4.2 Pressure controls
4.6.4.3 Failure of energy supply to hydraulic circuits
4.6.4.4 Fluid purification
4.6.5 Load-handling and -stacking attachments
4.6.5.1 Unintentional displacement or detachment
4.6.5.2 Malfunction in the power supply system
4.6.5.3 Hydraulic system for attachment
4.6.5.4 Combined hydraulic systems
4.6.5.5 Attachments for lifting freight containers
4.6.5.6 Fork arms
4.6.5.6.1
4.6.5.6.2
4.6.5.6.3
4.6.5.6.4
4.6.5.7 Fork carriers
4.7 Operator positions
4.7.1 Dimensions
4.7.2 Operator access and egress
4.7.2.1 General
4.7.2.2 Steps
4.7.2.3 Compartment floors
4.7.2.4 Walkways
4.7.2.5 Hand holds
4.7.3 Platforms
4.7.3.1 General
4.7.3.2 Platforms overhanging the truck chassis
4.7.3.3 Pedestrian-controlled trucks with foldable platforms
4.7.3.4 Stand-on platforms
4.7.3.5 Trucks with foldable platforms and foldable side guards
4.7.4 Operator's seat
4.7.5 Protection from road wheels and objects thrown up by the wheels
4.7.5.1 Ride-on trucks
4.7.5.2 Pedestrian-controlled trucks
4.7.6 Protection from burning
4.7.7 Protection against crushing, shearing and trapping
4.7.7.1 General
4.7.7.2 Minimum distances
4.7.7.3 Attachments
4.7.7.4 Foot protection
4.7.8 Operator restraint
4.7.9 Additional operator positions
4.8 Stability
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Specific operating conditions
4.8.3 Levelling indicator for rough-terrain trucks
4.9 Protective devices
4.9.1 Overhead guard
4.9.1.1 General
4.9.1.2 Additional fitting against falling small objects
4.9.1.3 Pedestrian-controlled trucks with foldable platform
4.9.2 Load backrest extension
4.9.2.1 Provision for load backrest extension
4.9.2.2 Size of openings
4.9.3 Warning device
4.9.4 Wheels with split wheel rims for inflatable tyres
4.9.5 Traction battery compartment
4.9.5.1 Unauthorized access
4.9.5.2 Metal cover
4.9.5.3 Non-metallic cover
4.9.5.4 Ventilation
4.9.5.5 Resistance to electrolyte
4.9.6 Battery-restraint devices
4.9.7 Starter battery requirements
4.9.8 Handling of batteries
4.10 Visibility and lighting
4.10.1 Visibility
4.10.2 Lighting
4.11 Environmental conditions
4.11.1 Operator's cab
4.11.1.1 General
4.11.1.2 Fire resistance
4.11.1.3 Ventilation
4.11.1.4 Heater, demister and defroster
4.11.1.5 Wipers and washers
4.11.1.6 Access and emergency exit
4.11.1.7 Storage of instruction handbook
4.11.1.8 Additional operator's position
4.11.2 Noise emissions
4.11.3 Vibration
4.11.4 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
4.11.5 Transport
4.11.5.1 Location for lifting and/or slinging points
4.11.5.2 Tie-down points
4.11.5.3 Slinging of removable attachments
4.12 Devices for towing
5 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
5.2 Structural tests
5.3 Functional verification
6 Information for use
6.1 General
6.2 Instruction handbook
6.2.1 Truck/attachments
6.2.2 Operation of truck
6.2.3 Details for battery-powered trucks
6.2.4 Details for internal-combustion-engine powered trucks
6.2.5 Service and maintenance
6.2.6 Transportation, commissioning and storage
6.2.7 Truck modification
6.2.7.1
6.2.7.2
6.2.7.3
6.3 Marking
6.3.1 Information plates
6.3.1.1 Trucks
6.3.1.2 Removable attachments
6.3.1.3 Tractors
6.3.1.4 Marking of controls
6.3.2 Information plate for trucks operating in special conditions
6.3.3 Other information
6.3.3.1 Marking for slinging of trucks
6.3.3.2 Pneumatic tyre inflation pressure
6.3.3.3 Filling points
6.3.3.4 Warning signs
6.3.4 Languages
6.3.5 Operator restraint
Annex A
A.1 Forward-driving direction
A.2 Rated capacity
A.2.1 Specification
A.2.1.1 High-lift trucks with masts
A.2.1.2 Pedestrian-controlled, pallet-stacker trucks
A.2.1.3 Pedestrian-controlled scissor-lift pallet trucks
A.2.1.4 Low-lift-height and fixed-platform trucks
A.2.1.5 Removable attachments
A.2.2 Standard lift height, H
A.2.3 Standard load centre distance, D
A.3 Rated drawbar pull of tractors
Annex B
Appendix ZZ
ZZ1 Explanation
ZZ2 Referenced documents
ZZ3 Variations
Cited references in this standard
Content history
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AS 2359.6-2013 REC:2023
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