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UNE-EN 12531:1999

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Castors and wheels - Hospital Bed Castors

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

Spanish, Castilian, English

Published date

21-05-1999

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Dimensions
4.1 Fixing system
4.2 Load capacity
5 Requirements
5.1 Standard conditions
5.2 Initial wheel play
5.3 Initial swivel play
5.4 Electrical resistance test
5.5 Fatigue test for locking/braking device
5.6 Efficiency check of wheel braking and/or locking device
5.7 Efficiency check of swivel braking and/or locking device
5.8 Static test
5.9 Dynamic test
5.10 Efficiency check of wheel braking and/or locking device
5.11 Efficiency check of swivel braking and/or locking device
5.12 Final wheel play
5.13 Final swivel play
6 Conformity
7 Marking of the product
7.1 Product marking
7.2 Marking of electrically conductive castor(s) or wheel(s)

Defines the technical requirements, the appropriate dimensions and the requirements for testing. Applicable to swivel castors for hospital beds with a wheel diameter of 100 mm or more, which may have a central locking device. Swivel castors may be used with the main principal dimensions.

Committee
CTN 58/SC 2
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
NF EN 12531 : 1998 Identical
NBN EN 12531 : 1999 Identical
NEN EN 12531 : 1998 C1 2005 Identical
NS EN 12531 : 1ED 1999 Identical
SN EN 12531 : 1999 Identical
UNI EN 12531 : 2001 Identical
BS EN 12531:1999 Identical
EN 12531:1998 Identical
DIN EN 12531:1999-05 Identical

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