Description of BS EN 1501-2:2021 2021
This document applies to side loaded refuse collection vehicle
(RCV), as defined in 3.2.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous
situations and events relevant to the side loaded RCV, when it is
used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are
reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer, throughout its
foreseeable lifetime, as defined in Clause 4.
This document is applicable to the design and construction of
the side loaded RCV so as to ensure that it is fit for its intended
function and can be operated, cleaned (including unblocking),
adjusted and maintained during its entire lifetime. It is not
applicable to the end of life of the side loaded RCV.
This document describes and defines the safety requirements of
side loaded RCV excluding the interface with the lifting device(s)
and excluding the lifting device itself and excluding loader
cranes, which could be mounted on the RCV.
Safety requirements for the lifting device(s) including the
loader cranes and the interface to the RCV are defined in ENÂ 1501?5:2021.
Safety requirements for loader cranes are defined in ENÂ 12999:2020. Additional
specific requirements to loader cranes installed on RCVs are
defined in ENÂ 1501?5:2021.
This document also applies to compactors, operated on a truck
for collecting purposes.
This document is not applicable to:
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operation in severe conditions, e.g. extreme environmental
conditions such as:
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below ?20 °C and above +40 °C temperatures;
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tropical environment;
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wind velocity in excess of 75Â km/h;
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contaminating environment;
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corrosive environment;
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operation in potentially explosive atmospheres;
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handling of loads the nature of which could lead to
dangerous situations (e.g. hot refuses, acids and bases,
radioactive materials, contaminated refuse, especially fragile
loads, explosives);
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operation on ships.
This document is not applicable to machinery which is
manufactured before the date of publication of this document by
CEN.
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