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DIN Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering

Overview

This standard defines relevant requirements set out in Annex I of EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, relating to machines which were placed on the European Economic Area (EEA) market for the first time, with the intent of simplifying the means of proving conformity with these requirements. Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, it is deemed a "harmonized" standard and thus, a manufacturer applying this standard may assume compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive ("presumption of conformity"). This part of ISO 3691 gives safety requirements and the means for their verification, additional to those of ISO 3691-1, for industrial trucks with a vertical, non-tilting mast: a) those trucks having an elevating operator position, and order-picking trucks, as defined in ISO 5053-1, where the elevating operator position and the load-handling device lifts to a height of more than 1 200 mm above ground level; b) lateral- and front-stacking trucks, as defined in ISO 5053-1, designed to travel with a load-handling device elevated more than 1 200 mm above ground level, with the load-handling device elevated, lowered or laterally displaced, laden or unladen, while the truck is travelling. These trucks are designed to travel indoors on a smooth, level surface (concrete) and can be guided, unguided, or both, when in use; they are not intended to tow or push. This part of ISO 3691 is not applicable to stacker trucks which handle two loads, one on the forks and the other on the support arms, this type of truck being covered by ISO 3691-1. It is not applicable to trucks with an elevating operator position up to and including 1 200 mm, or to trucks specifically designed to travel with an elevated load having a fork height up to and including 1 200 mm above ground level. It is not applicable to low-level order pickers with elevating operator’s position up to and including 1 200 mm lift height which can be equipped with an additional load lifting device having a maximum lift height of 1 800 mm from ground level. This part of ISO 3691 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to the applicable machines when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. It does not establish requirements for hazards that can occur when using trucks on public roads or when operating in potentially explosive atmospheres. Regional requirements, additional to the requirements given in this part of ISO 3691, are addressed in ISO/TS 3691-7 and ISO/TS 3691-8. This standard contains the German version of EN ISO 3691-3:2016, which has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 110 "Industrial trucks", in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 150 "Industrial trucks - Safety" at the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). The standard differs from DIN EN 1726-2:2001 as follows: - complete revision, - updated to the state of the art, - inclusion of an informative Annex ZA on the relationship between this European standard and the essential requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. The national interests during the preparation were represented by Committee NA 060-22-42 AA "Sicherheit von Flurförderzeugen" ("Safety for industrial trucks") at Technical Section "Fördertechnik" ("Conveying technology") of the Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering (NAM) at DIN. Representatives of the manufacturers and users of industrial trucks, and of the employers' liability insurance associations were involved in the preparation.

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Responsible national committee

NA 060-22-42 AA - Industrial trucks - Safety  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 150/WG 11 - Lateral stability and operator restraint systems of Industrial trucks