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AS 4685.3-2004

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Playground equipment Particular safety requirements and test methods for slides

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Published date

10-13-2004

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1 - AS 4685.3-2004 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - PARTICULAR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS FOR SLIDES
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 OBJECTIVE
6 - 1.3 APPLICATION
6 - 1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 - 1.5 DEFINITIONS
6 - 1.5.1 Attachment slide
7 - 1.5.2 Embankment slide
7 - 1.5.3 Free-standing slide
7 - 1.5.4 Helical slide, curved slide
7 - 1.5.5 Mixed tunnel slide
7 - 1.5.6 Slide
7 - 1.5.7 Starting section
7 - 1.5.8 Tunnel slide
8 - 1.5.9 Wave slide
9 - SECTION 2 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
9 - 2.1 GENERAL
9 - 2.2 ACCESS
9 - 2.3 STARTING SECTION
9 - 2.3.1 Length and angle
9 - 2.3.2 Barriers or guardrails (lateral protection, sides)
9 - 2.3.3 Width
9 - 2.3.4 Access (rails)
10 - 2.4 SLIDING SECTION
10 - 2.4.1 Angle
11 - 2.4.2 Width
12 - 2.5 RUN-OUT SECTION
12 - 2.6 SIDES AND PROFILE OF THE SLIDE
13 - 2.7 SURFACE OF THE SLIDE
14 - 2.8 FALL ZONE
15 - 2.9 TUNNEL AND MIXED TUNNEL SLIDES
15 - 2.9.1 Clearance
15 - 2.9.2 Position
16 - SECTION 3 MARKING

Specifies particular safety requirements for slides intended for permanent installation for use by children. General requirements and test methods are set out in AS4685.1.

This Standard specifies particular safety requirements for slides intended for permanent installation for use by children.The requirements of this Standard apply in addition to the general requirements for playground equipment set out in AS 4685.1.This Standard is not applicable to waterslides, bobsleds, rollerways or slide installations where auxiliary equipment such as mats or sleds are used.

Committee
CS-005
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 6295 6
Pages
11
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
AvailableSuperseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

First published as part of AS 1924.1-1976.Second edition 1981.AS 1924.2 first published 1981.Part of AS 1924.1-1981 and AS 1924.2-1981 revised, amalgamated and redesignated as AS 4685.3-2004. Originated as part of AS 1924.1-1976. Previous edition AS 1924.1-1981 and AS 1924.2-1981. Part of AS 1924.1-1981 and AS 1924.2-1981 revised, amalgamated and redesignated as AS 4685.3-2004. Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (October 2006).

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