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AS/NZS ISO 7176.5:2024
[Current]AS/NZS ISO 7176.6:2024 identically adopts ISO 7176 6:2018, which specifies test methods for determining the maximum speed of electrically powered wheelchairs, including scooters, intended to carry one person with a maximum nominal speed not exceeding 15 km/h (4 167 m/s) on a level surface
Published: 09/02/2024
Pages: 82
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 Wheelchair classes and occupant mass groups
4.1 General
4.2 Classes of electrically powered wheelchairs
4.3 Occupant mass groups
5 Test apparatus
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.11
5.12
5.13
5.14
6 Selection of the test wheelchair
7 Preparation of the test wheelchair
7.1 General
7.2 Wheelchair equipment
7.3 Wheelchair adjustment
7.3.1 Wheelchairs with handrims
7.3.2 Wheelchairs without handrims
7.3.3 Electrical equipment
7.3.3.1 Batteries
7.3.3.2 Mounting of control devices
7.3.3.3 Electrical settings
7.3.3.4 Other electrical control devices
7.3.4 Other adjustable components
7.3.5 Pneumatic tyres
7.3.6 Parking brakes
7.3.7 Final adjustments
7.4 Final check
7.5 Positioning
7.6 Loading of the wheelchair
7.6.1 General
7.6.2 Test dummy
7.6.3 Human test person
7.7 Records
7.8 Use of hand space gauge and foot space gauges
7.9 Wheel rotation
7.10 Asymmetrical design of test wheelchair
8 Required measurements
8.1 General
8.2 Full overall length
8.3 Overall width
8.4 Handgrip height
8.5 Stowage length
8.6 Stowage width
8.7 Stowage height
8.8 Rising
8.9 Total mass
8.10 Mass of heaviest part
8.11 Pivot width
8.12 Reversing width
8.13 Turning diameter
8.14 Ground clearance
8.15 Required width of angled corridor
8.16 Required doorway entry depth
8.17 Required corridor width for side opening
9 Disclosure of information
9.1 General
9.2 Wheelchairs with handrims
9.3 Wheelchairs without handrims
10 Test report
10.1 Requirements
10.2 Recommendations
Annex A
A.1 General
A.2 Reduced overall length
A.3 Overall height
A.4 Radial wheel deviation
A.5 Lateral wheel deviation
A.6 Radial handrim deviation
A.7 Lateral handrim deviation
A.8 Full occupied length
A.9 Reduced occupied length
A.10 Occupied width
A.11 Occupied height
A.12 Ramp transition angle
A.13 Wheelbase
A.14 Rear wheel track
A.15 Front wheel track
A.16 Camber
A.17 Toe
A.18 Skew
A.19 Castor rake
A.20 Castor cant
A.21 Castor trail
A.22 Castor wheel misalignment
Annex B
B.1 General
B.2 Pivot width
B.3 Reversing width
B.3.1 General
B.3.2 Identification of minimum radius, R
B.3.2.1 General
B.3.2.2 Wheelchairs with direct steering
B.3.2.3 Wheelchairs with limited differential steering
B.3.3 Identification of important points, distances and angles of the wheelchair
B.3.4 Determination of reversing width
B.3.4.1 Practical trial
B.3.4.2 Mathematical approach
Annex C
C.1 General
C.2 Direct steering
C.3 Limited differential steering
C.4 Full differential steering
Annex D
Annex E
E.1 Camber
E.2 Castor cant
E.3 Castor rake
E.4 Castor trail
E.5 Castor wheel misalignment
E.6 Ground clearance
E.7 Lateral wheel deviation
E.8 Pivot width
E.9 Radial wheel deviation
E.10 Required corridor width for side opening
E.11 Required doorway entry depth
E.12 Required width of angled corridor
E.13 Reversing width
E.14 Rising
E.15 Skew
E.16 Toe
E.17 Turning diameter
E.18 Wheelbase
Bibliography
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Content history
[Superseded]
[Current]
AS 3696.5-1989 Rec:2014
DR AS/NZS ISO 7176.5:2023