Bsi bs au 245 1992 (1999) iso 8035 1991

BRITISH STANDARD AUTOMOBILE SERIES BS AU 245 1992 ISO 8035 1991 Specification for Front towing attachments for commercial road vehicles and buses over 3 5 t L ic e n s e d C o p y L o n d o n S o u th[.]

ISO 8035:1991

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stan ard:

The prep ration of this British Stand rd was entrusted b the Automobi e

Stand rds Pol cy Commit e ( AUE/-) to Tech ical Commit e AUE/15, upon

which the fol owing bod ies were represented :

Association of Traier Man facturer

Carav an Club

Dep rtment of Transport

Metropol tan Polce

Motor Ind ustry Resear h Association

National Carav an Cou ci Limited

Society of Motor Man facturer and Tra er Limited

Am endm ents is ued sinc publ cation

Pag e

National foreword

This British Stand ard has be n prep red u der the direction of the Automobie

Stand ards Pol cy Commit e It is identical with ISO 8 3 :19 1Commer cia l r oa d

vehicle a nd bus s o er 3,5 t — Fr ont towing a tta chments, publshed b the

International Org anization for Stand rdization ( ISO)

The Tech ical Commit e has rev iewed the prov isions of ISO1 7 and ISO3 3 ,

to which normativ e reference is mad e in the text, and has d ecided that they are

ac epta le for use in conju ction with this stand ard

A British Stand ard d oes not purport to includ e al the neces ary prov isions of a

contract User of British Stand rd s are responsible for their cor ect a plcation

Com pl anc with a British Standard does not ofitself confer im m unity

f om leg al o l g ations

Cros - referenc s

Inte national Stand rd Cor esp nding British Stand rd

ISO 1 02:19 6 BS AU 2 0:19 8 Spe ifica tion fr d imensions o 50 mm

d r a wba r couplngs betwe n commer cia l r oa d vehicle

a nd tr a iler s

( Identical

ISO 5 2 :19 2 BS AU 18 :19 3 Spe ifica tion fr a nchor a ge f r towing

r ope , ca ble o ba r s f r r oa d vehicle

( Identical

Sum mary of pag es

This document comprises a f ont cov er, an insid e font cov er, p g es i an i ,

1 Scope

This International Stand rd specifies the

characteristic req uired of at achments mou ted on

the font of commer ial roa v ehicles and buses ( as

defined in ISO3 3 ) of ma imum total authoriz d

mas ov er 3,5t ( ISO-M0 ) The at achment permits

the use of ropes, ca les or b r , at the choice of the

man facturer, al owing the v ehicle to be towed, or

otherwise mano uv red b other v ehicles, or to be

used for mano uv ring other v ehicles It excludes

at achments for emerg ency operations, e.g recov ery

of road v ehicles after an ac id ent

This International Stand rd d oes not a ply to

special purpose v ehicles and stand rd v ehicles used

for special a pl cations

The fol owing stand ard s contain prov isions which,

throug h reference in this text, constitute prov isions

of this International Stand ard At the time of

publcation, the editions ind icated were v ald All

stand ards are subject to rev ision, and p rties to

ag re ments b sed on this International Stand rd

are encourag ed to inv estig ate the pos ibi ty of

a ply ing the most recent editions of the stand rds

indicated below Member of IECandISO maintain

reg ister of cur ently v ald International Stand ards

ISO 1 02:19 6, Commer cia l r oa d vehicle —

Me ha nica l conne tons betwe n towing vehicle a nd

tr a iler s — 50 mm d r a wba r couplngs

ISO 1 7 :19 0, R oa d vehicle — Ma ss s —

Voca bula r y a nd cod es

ISO 3 3 :19 7, R oa d vehicle — Type — Ter ms

a nd d efiniions

ISO 5 2 :19 2, R oa d vehicle — Anchor a ge fr

towing r ope , ca ble o ba r s

3 Definitions

For the purposes of this International Stand rd , the

fol owing d efinitions a ply

3.1

com plete vehicle kerb mas

se ISO 1 7 ( cod e ISO-M0 )

3.2

m axim um authorized total m as

se ISO 1 7 ( cod e ISO-M0 )

3.3

spe ial purpose vehicles and spe ial

a pl cations of standard vehicles

se diferent ty pes in ISO3 3

3.4

anchorag e

se ISO5 2

4 Location ofa ttachment

The at achment shal be instal ed at the font of the

v ehicle an shal not project in the horiz ntal plan

bey ond the exterior contour of the v ehicle ( bod y plus

bumper ) except during towing

5 Shape

5.1 The sha e of the at achment is left to the

d is retion of the man facturer, subject to the

condition that it shal comply with the req uirements

g iv en in this International Stand ard

It shal permit the at achment of ropes, ca les or

b r for towing , without the aid of special to ls or

auxi ary p rts

It shal permit a displacement of±5 ° of ar

horiz ntal y and±6° v ertical y of the ends of towing

d ev ices ( ste l rope or b r), fixed betwe n the towing

and the towed v ehicle

5.2 The at achment shal not d mag e the rope, ca le

or b r d uring towing

Any detacha le p rts shal be secured so that they

can ot be lost

During operation the rope, ca le or b r shal not

come lo se

5.3 The sha e should permit the use of the b r as

d es ribed in ISO1 02, if the manufacturer ag re s to

the use of b r for towing the v ehicle

6 Streng th

The at achment shal be desig ned to withstand a

static for e with a v alue at least:

a) for g oods transport commer ial

v ehicles;

b) for p s eng er transport

commer ial v ehicles ( buses)

where

ISO-M0 an ISO-M0 are as defined in3.2

and3.1 respectiv ely ;

g is the ac eleration d ue to g rav ity , a pled as

specified in clause7

NOT 1 In the case of v hicles towing trailer an artculated

v ehicles,the ma imum authorized total mas is the one stated in

the note of ISO1 7 for the tractv u is

ISO-M0 ×g

2

ISO-M0 ×g

2

7 Testing

7.1 Test conditions

The v ehicle shal be a propriately immobi iz d, at

ma imum authoriz d total mas or at complete

v ehicle kerb mas as specified b the v ehicle

man facturer, on a firm horiz ntal surace

The v ehicle man facturer is alowed, if he d esires,

to car y out the test on the bod y or on the chas is of

the v ehicle in total or in p rts, prov ided that it is

fixed rig idly to the bench with at achment lnks to

the f ont suspension and prov id ed the p rts in the

sur ou ding area of the towing dev ice are in place

7.2 Test proc dure

7.2.1 The towing at achment shal be subjected to

two tests: one with a static compres iv e for e and

the other one with a static tractiv e for e equal to the

for e defined in6a) or6b) These for es shal be

a pled prog res iv ely

7.2.2 Both tests shal be car ied out horiz ntaly in

the long itud inal v ehicle direction

7.2.3 At the choice of the man facturer, complance

with the test ma also be v erified b calculation

After each test car ied out as specified in clause7,

the v ehicle shal me t the req uirements set in8.1

and8.2

8.1 The at achment shal show no deformation

la le to afect normal operation

8.2 Dev ices mou ted in the proximity of the

at achments ( for ex mple compulsory lg hting or

sig nal ng dev ices, braking and ste ring sy stems)

shal show no d mag e prev enting normal operation

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