R.R.Singh, Head, Transport Engineering Department, Bureau of Indian Standards
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the national standards body of India is relentlessly engaged in the process of formulation of national standards with active involvement of relevant stake holders. BIS has brought out more than 19000 standards till date. These standards include standards on products, methods of tests, code of practices, management systems etc. Transport Engineering Department of BIS is a dedicated Department for formulation of Standards related to Automobiles. TED of BIS has brought out following Standards related to Industrial Trucks and Trailers in the month of June 2018.
- IS 13302 (Part 2) :2018/ ISO 22915-14 : 2010 : Industrial Trucks ─ Verification of Stability Part 2 Rough-Terrain Variable –Reach Trucks (Second Revision)
This standard is an identical adoption of ISO 22915-14:2010. This standard specifies tests for verifying the stability of rough-terrain variable reach trucks, equipped with fork arms or with load carrying or non-load carrying attachments. It is not applicable to those trucks designed for handling freight containers or for lifting people or suspended loads. This test method standard is relevant for ensuring safety of industrial trucks by ensuring its stability. Verification of stability tests according to this standard helps to prevent overturning of trucks on flat surfaces as well as on slopes. Proper implementation of this standard will be useful in prevention of accidents during material handling in manufacturing units such as Automobiles OEMs, warehouses, godowns, stores, ports ,yards and container depots etc.
Potential users of this standard are manufacturers of industrial and forklift trucks and test agencies such as ARAI, CIRT, GARC, ICAT etc who are engaged in testing of industrial trucks.
- IS 13302 (Part 1) :2018/ ISO 22915-13 : 2012 : Industrial Trucks ─ Verification of Stability Part 2 Rough-Terrain Trucks with Mast (Second Revision)
This standard is an identical adoption of ISO 22915-13 : 2012. This standard specifies the tests for verifying the stability of rough-terrain counterbalanced trucks with mast, equipped with fork arms or with load handling attachments with a rated load up to and including 10 000 kg. It is not applicable to those trucks designed for handling freight containers.
This test method standard is relevant for ensuring safety of industrial trucks by ensuring its stability. Verification of stability tests according to this standard helps to prevent overturning of trucks on flat surfaces as well as on slopes. Proper implementation of this standard will be useful in prevention of accidents during material handling in manufacturing units such as automobiles OEMs and warehouses, godowns, stores, ports ,yards and container depots etc.
Potential users of this standard are manufacturers of industrial and forklift trucks and test agencies such as ARAI, CIRT, GARC, ICAT etc who are engaged in testing of industrial trucks.
- IS 7621 : 2018/ ISO 6055 : 2004 Industrial Trucks ─ Overhead Guards ─ Specification and Testing. ( Second Revision)
This standard is an identical adoption of ISO 6055 : 2004. This standard specifies the requirements and testing of overhead guards, operator’s leg and feet protection, Roll over protection system ( ROPS) and falling–object protection system( FOPS) for any type of high lift, rider operated, powered industrial truck with a lift height exceeding 1800 mm.
Proper implementation of this standard will be useful in prevention of accidents during material handling in manufacturing units such as Automobiles and warehouses, godowns, stores ,ports, yards and container depots etc. Potential users of this standard are manufacturers of industrial and forklift trucks and test agencies such as ARAI,CIRT,GARC,ICAT etc who are engaged in testing of industrial trucks.
- IS 12726 : 2018 / ISO 22915-21 : 2009 : Industrial Trucks ─ Order-Picking Trucks with Operator position Elevating Above 1 200 mm ─ Verification of Stability. (First Revision)
This standard is an identical adoption of ISO 22915-21 : 2009.This standard specifies the tests for verifying the stability of order-picking trucks with an elevating operator position, as defined in ISO 5053, Where the operator position can be raised to an elevation above 1 200 mm. It is applicable to industrial trucks fitted with fork arms, platforms and/or integrated attachments under normal operating conditions. It is not applicable to trucks fitted with a load carrier that can be shifted laterally or pivoted out of the truck’s longitudinal center plane.
Proper implementation of this standard will be useful in prevention of accidents during material handling in manufacturing units such as Automobiles OEM, warehouses, godown , stores ,ports, yards and container depots etc. This standard is useful for the manufacturers of Industrial Tractors and Trailers. Potential users of this standard are manufacturers of industrial and forklift trucks and test agencies such as ARAI,CIRT,GARC,ICAT etc who are engaged in testing of industrial trucks.
- IS 15514 : 2018 / ISO 22915-10 : 2008 : Industrial Trucks ─ Verification of Stability ─ Additional Stability Test for Trucks Operating in the Special Condition of Stacking with Load Laterally Displaced by Powered Devices. (First Revision)
This standard is an identical adoption of ISO 22915-10 : 2008.This standard deals with the safety of industrial trucks , as defined in ISO 5053, relative to their stability and verification of that stability. For the purpose of ISO 22915, industrial trucks are wheeled. Self–propelled or pedestrian-propelled vehicles, excepting those running on rails. They are either operator controlled or driverless and designed to carry,tow,push,lift,stack or tier in racks.
This standard specifies an additional test for verifying the stability of a laden truck fitted with a powered load-handling device , such as a side, which can displace the centre of gravity to a substantial, predetermined extent from the longitudinal centre plane of the truck. Such devices are used in that mode for depositing and retrieving a load with the mast vertical or raised to maximum boom angle and extension.
A displacement is considered to be a substantial displacement if it is more than
- 100 mm, for a truck with a rated capacity < 5000 kg,
- 150 mm, for a truck with a rated capacity ≥ 5000 kg and ≤ 10 000 kg,
- 250 mm, for a truck with a rated capacity > 10 000 kg and < 20 000 kg,
- 100 mm, for a truck with a rated capacity < 20 000
Proper implementation of this standard will be useful in prevention of accidents during material handling in manufacturing units such as Automobiles OEM, warehouses, godowns, stores ,ports, yards and container depots etc.
This standard is useful for the manufacturers of Industrial Tractors and Trailers. Potential users of this standard are manufacturers of industrial and forklift trucks and test agencies such as ARAI,CIRT,GARC,ICAT etc who are engaged in testing of industrial trucks.
- IS 7552 : 2018 / ISO 22915-8 : 2008 : Industrial Trucks ─ Verification of Stability ─ Additional Stability Test for Trucks Operating in the Special Condition of Stacking with Mast Tilted Forward and Load elevated. (Second Revision)
This standard is an identical adoption of ISO 22915-21 : 2009.This standard deals with the safety of industrial trucks, as defined in ISO 5053, relative to their stability and the verification of that stability. For the purposes of ISO 22915, industrial trucks are wheeled, self-propelled or pedestrian-propelled vehicles, excepting those running on rails. They are either operator-controlled or driverless and designed to carry, tow, push, lift, stack or tier in racks. This standard specifies an additional test for verifying the stability of a truck stacking with mast tilted forward and load in the elevated position.
It is applicable to the following types of truck:
a) counterbalanced trucks with tiltable masts, as specified in ISO 22915–2;
b) reach (retractable mast or forks) and straddle trucks with tiltable masts, as specified in ISO 22915–3;
c) pallet stackers with tiltable masts, as specified in ISO 22915-4;
d) bidirectional and multidirectional (retractable mast or forks) trucks with tiltable masts, as specified in ISO 22195–7;
e) rough-terrain trucks with tiltable masts 1);
f) counterbalanced trucks fitted with articulated steering with tiltable masts 1).
Proper implementation of this standard will be useful in prevention of accidents during material handling in manufacturing units such as Automobiles OEM, warehouses, godowns, stores ,ports, yards and container depots etc.
This standard is useful for the manufacturers of Industrial Tractors and Trailers. Potential users of this standard are manufacturers of industrial and forklift trucks and test agencies such as ARAI,CIRT,GARC,ICAT etc who are engaged in testing of industrial trucks.