Bsi bs au 163a 1985 (2000) iso 3583 1984

BRITISH STANDARD AUTOMOBILE SERIES BS AU 163a 1985 ISO 3583 1984 (Superseding BS AU 163 1976) Specification for Pressure test connection for compressed air pneumatic braking equipment for road vehicle[.]

ISO 3583:1984

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B SA U16 :19 6)

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Commi e referenceAUE/11

Draft for comment8 /70 4 DC

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

Stand rds Commit e ( AUE/ -) to Tech ical Commit e AUE/11 upon which

the folowing bodies were represented:

Association of Hy draul c Eq uipment Manufacturer

Automobi e Association

British Friction Materials Cou ci

Dep rtment of Transport ( Hig hway s)

Lond on Reg ional Transport

Motor Ind ustry Resear h Association

National Carav an Cou ci Limited

Society of Motor Man facturer and Tra er Limited

Transport and General W orker Union

Am endm ents is ued sinc publ cation

Amd No Date of is ue Comments

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Fig ure — Dimensional characteristic of the pres ure test con ection 1

National foreword

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

Stand ards Commit e and is id entical with ISO3 8 :19 4 “R oa d vehicle —

Pr es ur e te t con e ton fr compr es ed -a ir pneuma tic br a king equipment ,

publshed b the International Org anization for Stand ard ization ( ISO)

This rev ision has be n car ied out to al g n this BritishStand rd with the19 4

edition of the InternationalStand ard It super edes BSAU16 :19 6, which is

withd rawn

Term inolog y and conventions The tex t of the InternationalStand rd has

be n a prov ed as suita le for publcation as a BritishStand rd without

d ev iation Some terminolog y and certain conv entions are not identical with those

used in BritishStand rds; at ention is d rawn especialy to the fol owing

The comma has be n used as a decimal marker In BritishStand ards it is cur ent

practice to use a ful point on the b selne as the decimal marker

W herev er the words “ nternationalStand rd” a pear, refer ing to this stand rd,

they should be rea as “BritishStand ard ”

Cros -referenc The Tech ical Commit e has rev iewed the prov isions of

ISO3 6 , to which reference is ma e in the text, and has decid ed that it is

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

BritishStand rd for this InternationalStand ard is BS5 6 -1

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

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Sum mary of pag es

This document comprises a f ont cov er, an insid e font cov er, p g esi andi ,

p g es1 an 2 and a b ck cov er

This stand rd has be n up ated ( se copy rig ht d ate) an ma hav e ha

1 Scope

This InternationalStand rd specifies the main characteristic of two ty pes( A andB) of con ections used

for checking response times and pres ure lev els for compres ed -air braking eq uipment fit ed on roa

v ehicles

This InternationalStand rd also specifies the open sp ce req uirements that shal sur ou d the pres ure

test con ection and the protection ag ainst cor osion

2 Field ofa ppl cation

This InternationalStand rd a ples to compres ed-air braking sy stems

3 Ref r nce

ISO3 6 , Meta llc coa tings— Neutr a l sa lt spr a y te t (NSS te t)

4 Dimensional cha racteristics

NOT 1 These two v alv e ty pes are a solutely inter hang ea le

NOT 2 Dimensions not sp cified shal b chosen ac ording to the a plicaton

NOT 3 Se ls an co er shal wihstan p troleum prod cts

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Fig ure — Dim ensional characteristics of the pres ure test conne tion

5 Open spa ce around the pr s ur test connection

The pres ure test con ections shal be easi y ac es ible so that there is no d ng er of kin ing the con ecting

pipe when con ecting the mating p rt and no risk of injury to the inspector when making use of the

pres ure test con ections

6 Protection ag ainst cor osion

The pres ure test con ections shal be protected ag ainst cor osion and shal resist the salt spra test

specified in ISO3 6 for at least9 h

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ISO 3583:1984

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