DIN Standards Committee Railway
State of railway vehicles - Superstructure and special equipment of vehicles - Part 8: Freight containers/Tanks
Abstract
Wear, failures, and other damage affect the operational safety of railway vehicles. Depending on wear behavior, operating parameters, the current condition of the railway vehicles, and economic efficiency, a maintenance system must be established to ensure that the required technical target condition is maintained. The documents in the complete work “State of railway vehicles (de: Zustand der Eisenbahnfahrzeuge)” contain technical specifications for safety-relevant systems and components of railway vehicles that require monitoring. These documents define the limit state for the safe operation of railway vehicles and their components. They are to be applied if the vehicles are operated on public railway infrastructure. The minimum requirements for processes to maintain the target condition of railway vehicles set out in this document must also be applied. In addition, these documents must also be taken into account in new designs if design measures are required to ensure compliance with the operating limit criteria. DIN 27202-8, "State of railway vehicles - Superstructure and special equipment of vehicles - Part 8: Freight containers/Tanks", applies to tanks of tank cars, cargo containers of freight cars, and tank containers (intermediate bulk containers) used to transport powdery, liquid, granular, or gaseous substances. These include, for example, tanks for mineral oil products, tanks for chemical products, tanks for compressed gases, cargo containers with compressed air discharge for powdered goods, and intermediate bulk containers. The assemblies saddle, fittings, insulation/cladding, heating, and electrical equipment are also considered in this standard. In the case of deviating designs, this document applies mutatis mutandis. Additional regulations may apply to cargo containers that transport goods. The following changes have been made compared to DIN 27202-8:2015-08: a) Revision of the scope of application; b) Update of normative references; c) Revision of the bibliography; d) Editorial revision. This document was developed by subcommittee NA 087-00-15-02 UA “Superstructure and special equipment of vehicles (de:Fahrzeugaufbau und Sondereinrichtungen)” of working committee NA 087-00-15 AA “State of railway vehicles (Zustand der Eisenbahnfahrzeuge)” in the DIN standards committee “Track and rail vehicles (de: DIN-Normenausschuss Fahrweg und Scjienenfahrzeuge)” (FSF) in coordination with other working committees of the FSF and the “German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (de: Deutschen Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik” (DKE).
Begin
2025-11-27
Planned document number
DIN 27202-8
Project number
08701724
Responsible national committee
NA 087-00-15-02 UA - Superstructure and special equipment of vehicles
