prEN 18146
(Main)Railway applications - Infrastructure - Machines without rail wheels, and associated equipment, intended for work on railway infrastructure - Technical and safety requirements for working
Railway applications - Infrastructure - Machines without rail wheels, and associated equipment, intended for work on railway infrastructure - Technical and safety requirements for working
1.1 General
This document specifies the requirements for machines and associated equipment, without rail-wheels, designed and intended for work on railway infrastructure, henceforward referred to as ‘MWR’. This document also covers MWR intended for use on urban rail infrastructure. The types of MWR covered by this document also include:
- MWR with power driven mechanisms;
- MWR with manually driven mechanisms;
- hand held machines (with ability to attach to track).
NOTE 1 Railway maintenance and infrastructure inspection machines fitted with rail-wheels are dealt with in other European standards, see CEN/TR 17498:2020.
This document specifies the requirements to deal with the common hazards during transport, assembly and installation, commissioning, working, including setting up, programming, and process changeover, operation, cleaning, fault finding, maintenance and decommissioning of MWR and associated equipment when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
The requirements set out in this document are intended to control the hazards associated with the engineering aspects of MWR.
NOTE 2 It is anticipated that a safe system of work (see EN 16704-1:2017) will additionally be required.
NOTE 3 It is anticipated that the manufacturer of the MWR will comply with the Machinery Directive/Machinery Regulations.
1.2 Validity of this document
This document applies to all machines, which are ordered one year after the publication date by CEN of this document.
1.3 Additional application of this document
Infrastructure managers could use this document for certain aspects of a machine that has not been designed specifically for use in a railway environment where the design of these aspects assumes an additional safety relevance when used in a railway environment.
Bahnanwendungen - Infrastruktur - Maschinen ohne Schienenräder und zugehörige Ausstattung, vorgesehen für Arbeiten an der Bahninfrastruktur - Technische und sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen an den Arbeitseinsatz
Dieses Dokument legt die Anforderungen an Maschinen und zugehörige Ausrüstung ohne Schienenräder fest, die für Arbeiten an der Eisenbahninfrastruktur ausgelegt und bestimmt sind und im Folgenden als „MOS“ bezeichnet werden. Dieses Dokument gilt auch für MOS, die für den Einsatz in Schienennahverkehrinfrastrukturen vorgesehen sind. Die in diesem Dokument behandelten Arten von MOS umfassen auch:
- MOS mit motorbetriebenen Mechanismen;
- MOS mit manuell betriebenen Mechanismen;
- Handgeführte Maschinen (mit der Möglichkeit der Gleisbefestigung).
ANMERKUNG 1 Schienengebundene Instandhaltungs- und Inspektionsmaschinen werden in anderen europäischen Normen behandelt, siehe CEN/TR 17498:2020.
Dieses Dokument behandelt die Anforderungen zum Umgang mit allgemeinen Gefahren bei Transport, Zusammenbau und Installation, Inbetriebnahme, Einsatz, einschließlich Einrichtung, Programmierung und Umrüstung, Betrieb, Reinigung, Fehlerfindung, Instandhaltung und Außerbetriebnahme der MOS und der zugehörigen Ausrüstung, bei bestimmungsgemäßem Gebrauch und bei vernünftigerweise vorhersehbarer Fehlanwendung.
Die in diesem Dokument festgelegten Anforderungen sollen die mit den technischen Aspekten von MOS verbundenen Gefahren kontrollieren.
ANMERKUNG 2 Es wird erwartet, dass zusätzlich ein sicheres Arbeitssystem (siehe EN 16704-1:2016+A1:2021) benötigt wird.
ANMERKUNG 3 Es wird erwartet, dass der Hersteller der MOS die Maschinenrichtlinie/Maschinenverordnung einhält.
Applications ferroviaires - Infrastructure - Machines sans roues ferroviaires et équipements annexes destinés à l'infrastructure ferroviaire - Exigences techniques et de sécurité pour le travail
Le présent document spécifie les exigences pour les machines et équipements associés sans roues ferroviaires, conçus et destinés à travailler dans l'infrastructure ferroviaire, ci-après dénommés « MWR ». Le présent document couvre également les MWR destinés à être utilisés dans les infrastructures ferroviaires urbaines. Les types de MWR couverts par le présent document comprennent également :
- les MWR avec mécanismes propulsés ;
- les MWR avec mécanismes manuels ;
- les machines portatives (avec possibilité de fixation à la voie).
NOTE 1 Les machines de maintenance ferroviaire et d'inspection des infrastructures équipées de roues ferroviaires sont traitées dans d'autres normes européennes, voir CEN/TR 17498:2020.
Le présent document spécifie les prescriptions pour traiter les phénomènes dangereux courants induits durant le transport, l'assemblage et l'installation, la réception, le travail, l'utilisation (y compris montage, programmation et changement des procédés), l'exploitation, le nettoyage, la localisation des défauts, la maintenance et la radiation des MWR et des équipements associés lorsqu'ils sont utilisés dans les conditions prévues et dans les mauvaises conditions d'emploi qui peuvent être raisonnablement anticipées.
Les exigences énoncées dans le présent document visent à contrôler les phénomènes dangereux associés aux aspects d'ingénierie des MWR.
NOTE 2 Il est prévu qu'un système de travail sécurisé (voir EN 16704 1:2016+A1:2021) sera également requis.
NOTE 3 Il est attendu que le fabricant de la MWR se conformera à la directive / réglementation sur les machines.
Železniške naprave - Infrastruktura - Stroji brez tirnih koles in pripadajoča oprema, namenjena za delo na železniški infrastrukturi - Tehnične in varnostne zahteve za delo
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2025
Železniške naprave - Infrastruktura - Stroji brez tirnih koles in pripadajoča oprema,
namenjena za delo na železniški infrastrukturi - Tehnične in varnostne zahteve za
delo
Railway applications - Infrastructure - Machines without rail wheels, and associated
equipment, intended for work on railway infrastructure - Technical and safety
requirements for working
Bahnanwendungen - Infrastruktur - Maschinen ohne Schienenräder und zugehörige
Ausstattung, vorgesehen für Arbeiten an der Bahninfrastruktur - Technische und
sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen an den Arbeitseinsatz
Applications ferroviaires - Infrastructure - Machines sans roues ferroviaires et
équipements annexes destinés à l'infrastructure ferroviaire - Exigences techniques et de
sécurité pour le travail
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 18146
ICS:
45.120 Oprema za gradnjo in Equipment for
vzdrževanje železnic oz. railway/cableway
žičnic construction and
maintenance
93.100 Gradnja železnic Construction of railways
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
January 2025
ICS 93.100
English Version
Railway applications - Infrastructure - Machines without
rail wheels, and associated equipment, intended for work
on railway infrastructure - Technical and safety
requirements for working
Applications ferroviaires - Infrastructure - Machines Bahnanwendungen - Infrastruktur - Maschinen ohne
sans roues ferroviaires et équipements annexes Schienenräder und zugehörige Ausstattung,
destinés à l'infrastructure ferroviaire - Exigences vorgesehen für Arbeiten an der Bahninfrastruktur -
techniques et de sécurité pour le travail Technische und sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen
an den Arbeitseinsatz
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CEN/TC 256.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
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Contents Page
European foreword . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
1.1 General. 7
1.2 Validity of this document . 7
1.3 Additional application of this document . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 10
4 Hazards and categories. 10
4.1 List of significant hazards . 10
4.2 Examples of MWR . 11
5 Requirements and/or measures . 12
5.1 General. 12
5.2 Ease of operation . 12
5.3 Ergonomics . 12
5.4 Movement outside of stowed MWR envelope . 12
5.4.1 Stowing of moveable equipment when not in use . 12
5.4.2 Interference of adjacent tracks . 12
5.5 Stability and measures preventing overturning . 13
5.5.1 Stability against overturning . 13
5.5.2 Operator protection . 13
5.6 MWR frame and structure . 14
5.7 Infrastructure damage . 14
5.7.1 General. 14
5.7.2 Loads applied to the sleepers . 15
5.7.3 Loads applied to the ballast . 15
5.7.4 Loads applied to the formation . 16
5.7.5 Damage to other track components . 16
5.7.6 Access and egress to work area . 16
5.8 Braking . 16
5.9 Driving and working cabs and places . 17
5.9.1 Requirement to fit cab . 17
5.9.2 Remote control . 17
5.9.3 Windows . 17
5.9.4 Walkways on the machine . 17
5.9.5 Standing places . 18
5.9.6 Working places, information to users . 18
5.10 Pressurized systems . 18
5.10.1 Hydraulic systems . 18
5.10.2 Pneumatic systems . 18
5.11 Visibility and audibility of the MWR . 18
5.11.1 General. 18
5.11.2 Warning horn . 18
5.11.3 Colour and visibility - additional colours . 19
5.12 Power supply . 19
5.12.1 General . 19
5.12.2 MWR incorporating internal combustion engines . 19
5.12.3 Guidance for internal combustion engines specifically for use in enclosed locations . 20
5.12.4 Traction batteries . 20
5.13 Electrically operated MWR. 21
5.13.1 General . 21
5.13.2 Electrically powered MWR- safety devices . 21
5.14 Electrical protection . 21
5.14.1 Protection from Overhead Contact Line System - general . 21
5.14.2 Protection from overhead contact line systems - bonding . 21
5.14.3 Protection from electrical conductor rail(s) . 22
5.14.4 Protection from third rail and fourth rail electrification . 22
5.14.5 Protection against stray currents . 22
5.14.6 Antennas . 22
5.15 Electromagnetic compatibility . 22
5.15.1 Emissions from MWR . 22
5.15.2 Immunity of MWR from railway environment. 23
5.16 Safety related control systems . 23
5.16.1 Specific control systems . 23
5.16.2 Software . 24
5.17 Noise reduction . 24
5.17.1 General . 24
5.17.2 Noise emission measurement . 25
5.17.3 Information on noise emission . 25
5.18 Vibration .
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