prEN 12525
(Main)Agricultural machinery - Front loaders - Safety
Agricultural machinery - Front loaders - Safety
This document specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of front loaders designed to be mounted on agricultural and forestry tractors (as defined in the Regulation EU 167/2013).
It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to front loaders when used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable. This includes hazards related to the handling of unit loads during operations (for example, using bale forks), hazards related to mounting/demounting the lifting arms to/from the frame mounted on the tractor, and also hazards related to devices for mounting/demounting attachments to/from the lifting arms.
In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices.
Hazards related to the mounted attachments with or without powered functions are excluded, as well as hazards related to visibility and those related to the mobile elevating work platform applications to a front loader, because the front loader is not designed to lift and/or transport people. Front loaders with fully or partially self-evolving behaviour or logic and/or with varying levels of autonomy are also excluded.
Environmental aspects, other than noise, have not been considered in this document.
This document is not applicable to front loaders which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
Landmaschinen - Frontlader - Sicherheit
Dieses Dokument enthält sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und deren Überprüfung für die Gestaltung und Konstruktion von Frontladern, die für den Anbau an land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Traktoren (definiert in der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 167/2013) konstruiert wurden.
Es behandelt alle signifikanten Gefährdungen, Gefährdungssituationen und Gefährdungsereignisse, die auf Frontlader zutreffen, wenn sie bestimmungsgemäß und unter Bedingungen von vernünftigerweise vorhersehbaren Fehlanwendungen verwendet werden. Eingeschlossen sind Gefährdungen durch die Handhabung von Stückgut im Zuge von Betriebstätigkeiten (zum Beispiel die Verwendung von Ballengabeln), Gefährdungen bei der Montage/Demontage der Schwinge am/vom Anbaurahmen und Gefährdungen durch Einrichtungen zum Anbau von Arbeitswerkzeugen an die Schwinge bzw. deren Abbau von der Schwinge.
Zusätzlich legt es die Arten von Informationen über sicheres Arbeiten fest.
Ausgeschlossen sind Gefährdungen durch die montierten Arbeitswerkzeuge mit oder ohne angetriebene Funktionen, Gefährdungen durch Sichtbeeinträchtigungen und Gefährdungen durch den Einsatz von mobilen Hubarbeitsbühnen an einem Frontlader, da der Frontlader nicht für das Heben und/oder Befördern von Personen vorgesehen ist. Ebenfalls ausgeschlossen sind Frontlader mit vollständig oder teilweise selbstlernenden Verhaltensweisen oder Logiken und/oder verschiedenen Stufen des autonomen Betriebs.
Umweltaspekte (außer Lärm) sind in diesem Dokument nicht in Betracht gezogen.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Frontlader, die vor dem Datum seiner Veröffentlichung als Europäische Norm hergestellt wurden.
Machine agricole - Chargeurs frontaux - Sécurité
Le présent document spécifie les exigences de sécurité et leur vérification pour la conception et la construction des chargeurs frontaux conçus pour être montés sur des tracteurs agricoles et forestiers (tels que définis dans le règlement UE 167/2013).
Il traite de tous les phénomènes dangereux, situations dangereuses et événements dangereux significatifs concernant les chargeurs frontaux lorsque ces derniers sont utilisés dans le cadre de l’utilisation prévue ainsi que dans des conditions de mauvais usage raisonnablement prévisibles. Cela inclut les phénomènes dangereux liés à la manipulation de charges unitaires lors de l’utilisation du chargeur frontal (par exemple, lors de l’utilisation de fourches à balles), à l’attelage des bras de levage sur le bâti fixé sur le tracteur et à leur dételage, ainsi qu’aux dispositifs permettant d’atteler des outils sur les bras de levage et de les dételer.
En outre, il spécifie le type d’informations à fournir pour des pratiques d’utilisation sûres.
Il ne traite pas des phénomènes dangereux liés à l’attelage d’outils dotés, ou non, de fonctions animées, ni de ceux liés à la visibilité ou aux plates-formes élévatrices mobiles de personnel assemblées sur un chargeur frontal, un chargeur frontal n’étant pas conçu pour soulever et/ou transporter des personnes. Il ne traite pas non plus des chargeurs frontaux à logique ou à comportement entièrement ou partiellement auto-évolutif et/ou fonctionnant avec différents niveaux d’autonomie.
Les aspects environnementaux autres que le bruit n’ont pas été pris en considération dans le présent document.
Le présent document n’est pas applicable aux chargeurs frontaux qui ont été fabriqués avant sa date de publication comme Norme européenne.
Kmetijski stroji - Sprednji nakladalnik - Varnost
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 12525:2000+A2:2010
Kmetijski stroji - Sprednji nakladalnik - Varnost
Agricultural machinery - Front loaders - Safety
Landmaschinen - Frontlader - Sicherheit
Machine agricole - Chargeurs frontaux - Sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 12525
ICS:
65.060.10 Kmetijski traktorji in prikolice Agricultural tractors and
trailed vehicles
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2024
ICS 65.060.10 Will supersede EN 12525:2000+A2:2010
English Version
Agricultural machinery - Front loaders - Safety
Matériel agricole - Chargeurs frontaux - Sécurité Landmaschinen - Frontlader - Sicherheit
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 144.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 12525:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Safety requirements and/or measures . 9
4.1 General safety . 9
4.2 General safety for agricultural machinery . 9
4.3 Mounting of the front loader on a tractor . 10
4.3.1 Intended use . 10
4.3.2 Mounting frame fixed on the tractor and fastening devices of the front loader . 10
4.3.3 Stability of the combined tractor/front loader . 10
4.4 Demounting and storing of the front loader . 10
4.4.1 Supporting devices . 10
4.4.2 Stability when the front loader is demounted . 11
4.5 Mounting of attachments on the attachment carrier . 11
4.5.1 Attachments carrier . 11
4.5.2 Locking system . 11
4.6 Hydraulic circuit . 11
4.6.1 General . 11
4.6.2 Pressure hoses near operator's seat . 12
4.6.3 Protection against unintended lowering . 12
4.7 Operator controls . 12
4.8 Service and maintenance operations . 14
4.9 Protection from falling objects . 15
4.9.1 General . 15
4.9.2 Operator protective guard (OPG) . 15
4.9.3 Limited lifting height in combination with limited lifting capacity . 15
4.9.4 Limited compatibility with tractors . 15
4.10 Requirements for lifting operations . 15
4.10.1 General . 15
4.10.2 Control of movements . 16
4.10.3 Rated lift capacity information . 16
4.10.4 Fitness for purpose . 16
4.11 Overhead power lines . 16
4.12 Safety-related parts of operator controls of the front loader . 17
5 Verification of safety requirements and/or measures . 17
6 Information . 20
6.1 General . 20
6.2 Information for assembling . 20
6.3 Information for use . 20
6.3.1 General . 20
6.3.2 Operator controls . 20
6.3.3 Hydraulic circuit . 21
6.3.4 Mounting of lifting arms . 21
6.3.5 Demounting and storing of the front loader . 21
6.3.6 Mounting and demounting of attachments . 21
6.3.7 Use of the front loader . 22
6.3.8 Maintenance . 22
6.4 Marking . 23
6.5 Safety and instructional signs . 23
Annex A (normative) Stability of the tractor/front loader combination . 25
A.1 Effects on the stability . 25
A.2 Means to ensure stability . 25
Annex B (informative) Locking system . 27
Annex C (informative) Float position . 28
Annex D (normative) Test method and acceptance criteria for means to avoid unintended
lowering . 29
D.1 Test procedure . 29
D.2 Acceptance criteria . 29
Annex E (informative) Examples of the use of attachments suitable for the tasks to be
accomplished, and examples of misuse. . 30
Annex F (normative) Determination of maximum lifting capacity . 38
Annex G (normative) OPG validation . 39
G.1 OPG dimensions . 39
G.2 Structural integrity . 39
G.3 Test report . 40
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 41
Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 aimed to be covered. 45
Bibliography . 50
European foreword
This document (prEN 12525:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 144 “Tractors
and machinery for agriculture and forestry”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 12525:2000+A2:2010.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are an integral part
of this document.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— new requirements about the risk of falling objects, including requirements for the allowed
combinations tractors-front loader to be specified in the operator’s manual;
— alignment to CEN Guide 414;
— new
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