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AS 5144.6:2024
[Current]Industrial trucks - Safety requirements and verification, Part 6: Burden and personnel carriers (ISO 3691-6:2021, IDT)
AS 5144.6:2024 identically adopts ISO 3691 6:2021, which give safety requirements and the means for their verification for self-propelled carriers designed for carrying burdens without lifting and/or personnel carriers, having three or more wheels, a maximum speed not exceeding 56 km/h and a load capacity not exceeding 5 000 kg
Published: 28/06/2024
Pages: 25
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
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 Electrical requirements
4.1.4 Edges and angles
4.1.5 Stored energy components
4.2 Starting/moving
4.2.1 Unauthorized starting
4.2.2 Unintended movement
4.2.2.1 Parking brake
4.2.2.2 Internal combustion engine-powered carriers
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 Speedometer
4.3 Brakes
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Stand-on carriers
4.3.3 Failure of the energy supply
4.4 Manual control actuators
4.4.1 General
4.4.1.1 Consistency with the carrier 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 carriers
4.4.2.3 Differential locking
4.4.2.4 Hand-operated direction control lever
4.4.2.5 Hand-operated accelerator control lever
4.4.2.6 Additional operation from outside the carrier
4.4.2.6.1 General
4.4.2.6.2 Security
4.4.2.6.3 Additional requirements for cable-connected remote control
4.4.2.6.4 Additional requirements for cableless control
4.4.2.6.5 Additional requirements for carriers with trailer coupling
4.4.3 Steering controls
4.4.3.1 Direction
4.4.3.2 Failure of power supply
4.4.4 Marking
4.5 Power systems and accessories
4.5.1 Exhaust and cooling systems
4.5.1.1 Exhaust system
4.5.1.2 Cooling system
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 cover
4.5.3.2 Unintentional closure
4.5.4 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers
4.5.4.1 General
4.5.4.2 Containers
4.5.4.3 Piping
4.5.4.4 Equipment
4.6 Operator and passenger positions
4.6.1 Dimensions
4.6.2 Compartment floor
4.6.3 Seats
4.6.3.1 Operator's seat
4.6.3.2 Passenger seats
4.6.3.3 Restraints and handholds
4.6.3.4 Protection from road wheels and objects thrown up
4.6.3.5 Platform
4.6.4 Protection from burning
4.6.5 Protection against crushing, shearing and trapping
4.7 Stability
4.8 Protective devices
4.8.1 Warning device
4.8.2 Devices for towing
4.8.3 Wheels with split wheel rims for inflatable tyres
4.8.4 Battery restraint devices
4.8.5 Traction battery requirements
4.8.5.1 Unauthorized access
4.8.5.2 Battery compartment
4.8.5.3 Compartment cover
4.9 Visibility/lighting
4.9.1 Visibility
4.9.2 Lighting
4.10 Environmental conditions
4.10.1 Operator’s cab
4.10.1.1 Fire resistance
4.10.1.2 Ventilation
4.10.1.3 Heater, demister and defroster
4.10.1.4 Wipers and washers
4.10.1.5 Access and an emergency exit
4.10.1.6 Storage of the instruction handbook
4.10.1.7 Additional operator’s position
4.10.2 Noise emissions
4.10.3 Vibration
4.10.4 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
4.11 Transport
4.11.1 Location for lifting and/or slinging points
4.11.2 Tie-down points
4.11.3 Slinging of removable attachments
5 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
5.2 Functional verification
6 Information for use
6.1 General
6.2 Instruction handbook(s)
6.2.1 Concerning the carrier
6.2.2 Operation of the carrier
6.2.2.1 All carriers
6.2.2.2 Details for battery-powered carriers
6.2.2.3 Details for internal combustion engine powered carriers
6.2.3 Service and maintenance of the carrier
6.2.4 Transportation, commissioning and storage
6.2.5 Truck modification
6.3 Marking
6.3.1 Information plates
6.3.2 Marking of controls
6.3.3 Other information
6.3.3.1 Marking for slinging of carriers
6.3.3.2 Pneumatic tyre inflation pressure
6.3.3.3 Filling points
6.3.3.4 Warning symbols
6.3.3.5 Languages
Annex A
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Industrial trucks - Verification of stability - Part 17: Towing tractors, burden and personnel carriers
[Current]
Industrial trucks - Specifications and test methods for operator restraint systems - Part 1: Lap-type seat belts
[Current]
Construction and layout of pedals of self-propelled sit-down rider-controlled industrial trucks - Rules for the construction and layout of pedals
[Current]
Powered industrial trucks - Safety signs and hazard pictorials - General principles
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