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BS EN 474-12 : 2006

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EARTH-MOVING MACHINERY - SAFETY - PART 12: REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLE EXCAVATORS
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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
4 List of additional significant hazards
5 Safety requirements and/or measures
  5.1 General
  5.2 Access
  5.3 Operator's station
       5.3.1 General
       5.3.2 Roll-over protective structures (ROPS)
       5.3.3 Operator's protective guard
       5.3.4 Operator's seat, vibrations
  5.4 Operator's controls and indicators
       5.4.1 Controls for driving and steering
       5.4.2 Warning indicator
  5.5 Steering
  5.6 Swing brakes
  5.7 Lift system
       5.7.1 Force controlled operation (lifting, lowering)
       5.7.2 Free fall operation
       5.7.3 Switch-over
       5.7.4 Boom
       5.7.5 Ropes
       5.7.6 Rope drum, rope pulley
  5.8 Limiting devices
       5.8.1 Load moment limiting device
       5.8.2 Lift limiting switch
       5.8.3 Limit switch for the boom hoist system
  5.9 Calculation of the lift capacity
       5.9.1 Calculation method
       5.9.2 Rated lift capacity table in object handling
              application
  5.10 Requirements of safety related parts of the
       control system
  5.11 Stability
       5.11.1 General
       5.11.2 Stability in different applications
       5.11.3 Dragline bucket
       5.11.4 Grab and front shovel
       5.11.5 Object handling application
  5.12 Cable excavator with electrical power source
6 Verification of safety requirements/measures
7 Information for use
  7.1 Operation manual
Annex A (normative) - List of additional significant
        hazards - Cable excavators
Annex B (normative) - Requirements for cable excavator
        swing brakes
      B.1 General
      B.2 Terms and definitions
      B.3 Minimum performance
          B.3.1 Swing drive system
          B.3.2 Swing service brake
          B.3.3 Swing parking brake
      B.4 Conditions for testing the swing service brake
      B.5 Test report
Annex C (informative) - Illustrations
      C.1 Standard applications
          C.1.1 Crawler type cable excavator with lifting
                equipment
          C.1.2 Crawler type cable excavator with dragline
                equipment
          C.1.3 Crawler type cable excavator with grab
                equipment
      C.2 Special applications
          C.2.1 Crawler type cable excavator with hole
                drilling equipment (casing oscillator)
          C.2.2 Crawler type cable excavator with piling
                equipment (hydraulic or diesel hammer)
          C.2.3 Crawler type excavator with wall cutter
                equipment (diaphragm wall grab)
      C.3 Wheel type cable excavator in transport
          position for road travelling
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
         Directive 98/37/EC
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
         Directive 2006/42/EC
Bibliography

Describes all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to cable 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.

Committee
B/513/1
DevelopmentNote
To be read in conjunction with BS EN 474-1. Supersedes 98/110481 DC (02/2007) 2006 Edition Re-Issued in July 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2008. (07/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
28
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

ISO 10262:1998 Earth-moving machinery Hydraulic excavators Laboratory tests and performance requirements for operator protective guards
ISO 4871:1996 Acoustics — Declaration and verification of noise emission values of machinery and equipment
ISO 6014:1986 Earth-moving machinery — Determination of ground speed
ISO/TR 11688-1:1995 Acoustics Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment Part 1: Planning
ISO 4310:2009 Cranes — Test code and procedures
ISO 7096:2000 Earth-moving machinery Laboratory evaluation of operator seat vibration
EN 996:1995+A3:2009 Piling equipment - Safety requirements
ISO 5010:2007 Earth-moving machinery Rubber-tyred machines Steering requirements
IEC 60204-32:2008 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 32: Requirements for hoisting machines
EN ISO 11688-2 : 2000 ACOUSTICS - RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR THE DESIGN OF LOW-NOISE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT - PART 2: INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF LOW-NOISE DESIGN
ISO 6165:2012 Earth-moving machinery — Basic types — Identification and terms and definitions
EN 791:1995+A1:2009 Drill rigs - Safety
EN 60204-32:2008 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 32: Requirements for hoisting machines
ISO 7546:1983 Earth-moving machinery Loader and front loading excavator buckets Volumetric ratings
EN ISO 12100-1:2003/A1:2009 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - PART 1: BASIC TERMINOLOGY, METHODOLOGY
EN ISO 6165:2012 Earth-moving machinery - Basic types - Identification and terms and definitions (ISO 6165:2012)
ISO 12100-1:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology
EN ISO 4871:2009 Acoustics - Declaration and verification of noise emission values of machinery and equipment (ISO 4871:1996)
EN ISO 2867:2011 Earth-moving machinery - Access systems (ISO 2867:2011)
1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
EN ISO 11688-1:2009 Acoustics - Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment - Part 1: Planning (ISO/TR 11688-1:1995)
ISO 2867:2011 Earth-moving machinery Access systems
ISO 15219:2004 Earth-moving machinery Cable excavators Terminology and commercial specifications
ISO/TR 11688-2:1998 Acoustics Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment Part 2: Introduction to the physics of low-noise design
EN 12643:2014 Earth-moving machinery - Rubber-tyred machines - Steering requirements (ISO 5010:1992 modified)
EN ISO 7096:2008/AC:2009 EARTH-MOVING MACHINERY - LABORATORY EVALUATION OF OPERATOR SEAT VIBRATION

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