1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN 12641-1:2005Swap bodies and commercial vehicles Tarpaulins Part 1: Minimum requirementsThe European Standard EN 12641-1:2005 has the status of a British StandardICS 55.180.10g49g50g3g38g50g51g60g44g49g42g3g58g44g55g43g50g56g55g3g37g54g44g3g51g40g53g48g44g54g54g44g50g49g3g40g59g
2、38g40g51g55g3g36g54g3g51g40g53g48g44g55g55g40g39g3g37g60g3g38g50g51g60g53g44g42g43g55g3g47g36g58BS EN 12641-1:2005This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 14 October 2005 BSI 14 October 2005ISBN 0 580 46579 9National forewordThis Briti
3、sh Standard is the official English language version of EN 12641-1:2005. It supersedes BS EN 12641-1:2000 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TW/1, Freight containers and swap bodies, which has the responsibility to:A list of organizations
4、represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.Cross-referencesThe British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Ind
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7、em in the UK.Summary of pagesThis document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued.Amendments issued since publicationAmd. No
8、. Date CommentsEUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 12641-1August 2005ICS 55.180.10 Supersedes EN 12641-1:2000 English VersionSwap bodies and commercial vehicles - Tarpaulins - Part 1:Minimum requirementsCaisses mobiles et vhicules utilitaires - Bches - Partie 1 :Exigences minimalesWech
9、selbehlter und Nutzfahrzeuge - Planen - Teil 1:MindestanforderungenThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 June 2005.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard wi
10、thout any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language m
11、ade by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the officialversions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,Germany, G
12、reece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre:
13、rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2005 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. EN 12641-1:2005: EEN 12641-1:2005 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 Introduction4 1 Scope .5 2 Normative references .5 3 Requirements 5 3.1 General 5
14、3.2 Materials 5 3.3 Construction of protective cover.6 3.4 Divided tarpaulins.6 3.5 Attachment of tarpaulins7 4 Marking 7 EN 12641-1:2005 (E) 3 Foreword This European Standard (EN 12641-1:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 119 “Swap bodies for combined goods transport”, the secret
15、ariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2006, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2006. This European St
16、andard supersedes EN 12641-1:2000. This European Standard consists of two parts. The other part is: prEN 12641-2, Swap bodies and commercial vehicles - Tarpaulins - Part 2: Minimum requirements for cur-tainsiders According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations
17、 of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Den-mark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxem-bourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia
18、, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EN 12641-1:2005 (E) 4 Introduction The purpose of this European Standard is to combine the national standards into one single European Stan-dard to ensure for the future a free, unimpeded circulation of swap bodies in Europe within road/ rail combined
19、 transport. EN 12641-1:2005 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies minimum requirements for the strength and attachment of tarpaulins used on swap bodies for combined transport and may be used for other applications, e.g. commercial vehicles. 2 Normative references The following referenced d
20、ocuments are indispensable for the application of this European Standard. For da-ted references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced do-cument (including any amendments) applies. EN 1875-3, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of t
21、ear strength Part 3: Trapezoidal method EN ISO 1421, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of tensile strength and elongation at break (ISO 1421:1998) EN ISO 2286-2, Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics - Determination of roll characteristics Part 2: Methods for determination of total mass p
22、er unit area, mass per unit area of coating and mass per unit area of substrate (ISO 2286-2:1998) EN ISO 2411, Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics Determination of coating adhesion (ISO 2411:2000) EN ISO 7854, Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics Determination of resistance to damage by flexing (ISO 7854
23、:1995) ISO 3795, Road vehicles, tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry Determination of burning be-haviour of interior materials 3 Requirements 3.1 General The following minimum requirements regarding the rigidity of tarpaulins and their attachments shall be met. 3.2 Materials The quali
24、ty of the materials used for tarpaulins shall be such that the resulting product will conform to the re-quirements defined in Table 1 and ensure uniformity of the performance. EN 12641-1:2005 (E) 6 Table 1 Test requirements and methods Characteristic Requirements Test method according to Breaking st
25、rength in warp and weft - at (23 + 5)C a- at - 25 C b 2 850 N/5 cm 2 200 N/5 cm EN ISO 1421 Resistance to tear propagation in warp and weft - at (23 + 5)C a- at - 25C b 185 N 120 N EN 1875-3 Adhesion c 100 N/5 cm EN ISO 2411 Dimensional stability 650 g/m EN ISO 2286-2 ai.e. room temperature bFor spe
26、cials applications, a test temperature of 40 C may be applied, if agreed between user and supplier. Requirements how-ever have not yet been stipulated. cEN ISO 2411 specifies the test for the determination of the adhesiveness using glue. For the purposes of this European Standard the connection shal
27、l be effected by the use of a welding process. This is also valid for the test. 3.3 Construction of protective cover If the cover is composed of several pieces, the connections of the pieces shall be such that the same re-quirements (see Table 1) are met as for the material. 3.4 Divided tarpaulins V
28、ertically divided tarpaulins shall only be used when joined as shown in Figure 1: Key 1 left hand cover piece 2 overlap 3 vertical rope 4 right hand cover piece 5 stanchion (vertical) 6 bracket Figure 1 Fixation of vertical divided tarpaulins EN 12641-1:2005 (E) 7 3.5 Attachment of tarpaulins With t
29、he exception of the area around the stanchions the distance between eyelets shall be no greater than 200 mm (horizontally and vertically). In the region of the stanchions the distance may increase but shall be no more than 300 mm. The loops both vertical and horizontal shall always be arranged in li
30、ne. Zigzag attach-ments shall not be acceptable. The tarpaulin shall be secured with a suitable rope between the swap body brackets and the eyelets of the tarpaulin. The following ropes are permissible: hemp or sisal ropes not less than 8 mm in diameter which shall be covered with an additional tran
31、s-parent plastic sheath; steel wire ropes not less than 3 mm in diameter. Steel wire ropes with an additional transparent plastic sheath may be used. 4 Marking Tarpaulins for which compliance with this European Standard is claimed shall only be manufactured from ma-terials durably marked with the fo
32、llowing (see example Figure 2): number of this European Standard; i.e. EN 12641-1; date of manufacture (year and month); name of the tarpaulin manufacturer or trade mark; lowest permissible minus temperature (i.e. - 25 C or - 40 C). EN 12641-1:2005 (E) 8 Key 1 name of the tarpaulin manufacturer or t
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