Aircraft ground support equipment - General requirements - Part 3: Vibration measurement methods and reduction

This European Standard deals with whole body vibration as a significant hazard. It also specifies the methods for determining the vibration emission transmitted to the whole body of drivers standing and/or seated on freely moveable GSE, when driving for purposes of type evaluation, declaration and methods of verifying vibration emission.
The test results are not applicable to the determination of whole body vibration exposure of persons.
This European Standard is intended to be used in conjunction with the other parts of EN 1915, and with the relevant part of EN 12312.

Luftfahrtbodengeräte - Allgemeine Anforderungen - Teil 3: Schwingungsmessverfahren und -minderung

Diese Europäische Norm behandelt die Ganzkörper-Schwingung als eine signifikante Gefahr." Sie
beschreibt die Verfahren für die Ermittlung der Ganzkörper-Schwingung, die während der Fahrt eines frei
beweglichen Luftfahrt-Bodengerätes in der Bewertungsphase auf den Körper des stehenden und/oder
sitzenden Fahrers einwirkt, sowie die Verfahren für die Angabe und Nachprüfung von Schwingungswerten.
Die Prüfergebnisse sind nicht auf die Bestimmung der Ganzkörper-Schwingungsbelastung von Personen
anwendbar.
!Es ist beabsichtigt, diese Europäische Norm in Verbindung mit den anderen Teilen von EN 1915 und mit
dem relevanten Teil von EN 12312 anzuwenden.

Matériel au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences générales - Partie 3: Vibrations, réduction et méthodes de mesure

Podporna oprema na tleh za letalski promet - Splošne zahteve - 3. del: Metode merjenja in zmanjševanje vibracij

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06-Apr-2009
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6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
01-Apr-2009
Due Date
06-Jun-2009
Completion Date
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 1915-3:2005+A1:2009
01-junij-2009
Podporna oprema na tleh za letalski promet - Splošne zahteve - 3. del: Metode
merjenja in zmanjševanje vibracij
Aircraft ground support equipment - General requirements - Part 3: Vibration
measurement methods and reduction
Luftfahrtbodengeräte - Allgemeine Anforderungen - Teil 3: Schwingungsmessverfahren
und -minderung
Matériel au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences générales - Partie 3: Vibrations, réduction et
méthodes de mesure
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 1915-3:2004+A1:2009
ICS:
17.160 Vibracije, meritve udarcev in Vibrations, shock and
vibracij vibration measurements
49.100 Oprema za servis in Ground service and
vzdrževanje na tleh maintenance equipment
SIST EN 1915-3:2005+A1:2009 en,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 1915-3:2005+A1:2009


EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 1915-3:2004+A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2009
ICS 49.100 Supersedes EN 1915-3:2004
English Version
Aircraft ground support equipment - General requirements - Part
3: Vibration measurement methods and reduction
Matériel au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences générales - Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte - Allgemeine Anforderungen - Teil 3:
Partie 3: Vibrations, réduction et méthodes de mesure Schwingungsmessverfahren und -minderung
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 August 2004 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 15 February 2009.

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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists 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 Management Centre has the same status as the
official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
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Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.






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© 2009 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 1915-3:2004+A1:2009: E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents
page
Foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Vibration reduction . 6
5 Quantities to be measured . 6
6 Instrumentation . 7
6.1 General . 7
6.2 Transducers . 7
6.3 Frequency weighting . 7
6.4 Integration time . 7
6.5 Speed . 7
7 Measurement location . 7
8 Set up and equipment . 8
8.1 Test track . 8
8.2 Equipment and condition of the GSE . 10
8.3 Drivers . 10
8.4 Environmental parameter . 10
9 Measurement procedure and validity . 11
9.1 Speed . 11
9.2 Test procedure . 11
9.3 Validity of test . 11
9.4 Coefficient of variation . 11
9.5 Reported vibration values . 12
10 Items to be included in the test report . 12
11 Declaration of vibration emission values . 13
12 Verification of vibration emission values . 13
13 Instructions and technical documentation . 13
Annex A (informative)  Guidance for reporting vibration data . 14
A.1 General . 14
A.2 Standing driver . 14
A.3 Seated driver . 14
Annex ZA (informative)  !!!!Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC"""" . 15
Annex ZB (informative) !!!!Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC"""" . 16
Bibliography . 17

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Foreword
This document (EN 1915-3:2004+A1:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 274 “Aircraft
ground support equipment”, the secretariat 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 September 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the lat-
est by December 2009.
This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2009-02-15.
This document supersedes EN 1915-3:2004.
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags ! ".
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European
Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
!For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this doc-
ument."
EN 1915 “Aircraft ground support equipment — General requirements” consists of:
Part 1: Basic safety requirements
Part 2: Stability and strength requirements, calculations and test methods
Part 3: Vibration measurement methods and reduction
Part 4: Noise measurement methods and reduction
A further European Standard (EN 12312) in several parts covering specific requirements for different aircraft
ground support equipment is in preparation.
The parts of EN 12312 “Aircraft ground support equipment — Specific requirements” are:
Part 1: Passenger stairs
Part 2: Catering vehicles
Part 3: Conveyor belt vehicles
Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges
Part 5: Aircraft fuelling equipment
Part 6: Deicers and deicing/antiicing equipment
Part 7: Aircraft movement equipment
Part 8: Maintenance stairs and platforms
Part 9: Container/Pallet loaders
Part 10: Container/Pallet transfer transporters
Part 11: Container/Pallet dollies and loose load trailers
Part 12: Potable water service equipment
Part 13: Lavatory service equipment
Part 14: Disabled/Incapacitated passenger boarding equipment
Part 15: Baggage and equipment tractors
Part 16: Air start equipment
Part 17: Air conditioning equipment
Part 18: Nitrogen or Oxygen units
Part 19: Aircraft jacks, axle jacks and hydraulic tail stanchions
Part 20: Ground power equipment
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following coun-
tries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Den-
mark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.
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Introduction
The aim of this European Standard is to deal with vibration as a hazard and to provide methods for the measure-
ment and reduction of vibration emission transmitted to the whole body of drivers of GSE, when driving. For deter-
mining whole body vibrations under stationary operating conditions and hand-arm vibrations EN 1032:2003 is used.
It is intended that the results obtained can also be used to compare GSE of the same category or a given GSE
when equipped with different seats or tyres, etc.
Fitting different seats, changing the tyre specification, etc. can lead to different vibration values. Due to the specific
operation of GSE, however, EN 1032:2003 cannot be applied directly for whole body vibration under driving condi-
tions, and therefore, the preparation of this European Standard for GSE has become necessary.
This European Standard cannot be used for field measurements to determine the daily exposure of the driver to
vibration.
This European Standard is a Type C standard as stated in !EN ISO 12100".
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered are indi-
cated in the scope of this document.
When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, the pro-
visions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards, for machines that have
been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C standard.
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1 Scope
!This European Standard deals with whole body vibration as a significant hazard." It also specifies the
methods for determining the vibration emission transmitted to the whole body of drivers standing and/or seated on
freely moveable GSE, when driving for purposes of type evaluation, declaration and methods of verifying vibration
emission.
The test results are not applicable to the determination of whole body vibration exposure of persons.
!This European Standard is intended to be used in conjunction with the other parts of EN 1915, and with the
relevant part of EN 12312."
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references,
only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
EN 1032:2003, Mechanical vibration — Testing of mobile machinery in order to determine the vibration emission
value
!deleted text"
EN 1915-1:2001, Aircraft ground support equipment — General requirements — Part 1: Basic safety requirements
EN 12096:1997, Mechanical vibration — Declaration and verification of vibration emission values
!EN ISO 12100-1:2003, Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 1: Basic termi-
nology, methodology (ISO 12100-1:2003)
EN ISO 12100-2:2003, Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 2: Technical prin-
ciples (ISO 12100-2:2003)"
ISO 2041:1990, Vibration and shock — Vocabulary
ISO 5805:1997, Mechanical vibration and shock — Human exposure — Vocabulary
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in !EN ISO 12100-1:2003 and
EN ISO 12100-2:2003", EN 1915-1:2001, ISO 2041:1990 and ISO 5805:1997 and the following apply.
3.1
wheel diameter
arithmetic mean of each of the outside diameters of the load bearing wheels e.g.: if the first wheel of the GSE has
the diameter D , the second wheel diameter D etc., the wheel mean diameter equals
1 2
D + D + .+ D
1 2 n

n
where n is the total number of wheels
NOTE The outside diameter D, is the maximum in service diameter specified by the tyre's manufacturer.
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3.2
seat pan
seat surface on which the driver is seated
4 Vibration reduction
Vibration emission is a significant hazard, which shall be reduced to the lowest level taking into account the techni-
cal progress and the available technical measures for vibration control.
The main source causing whole body vibration is the interaction between the machine and the surface of the
ground.
Measures for reducing the vibrations can be:
 pneumatic instead of solid tyres;
 suspension;
 vibration isolated cabin;
 suspension seat;
 shock absorbers.
After taking at design and manufacturing all possible general technical measures for vibration reduction the instruc-
tion handbook shall, when appropriate, identify any additional vibration reduction measures, which can be taken by
the user. Furthermore, it shall, where appropriate, recommend organisational measures such as the use of low-
vibration operating modes, and/or limited time of operation.
5 Quantities to be measured
The quantities to be measured are as follows:
a) The root mean square (r.m.s.) acceleration (a ) of whole body vertical frequency — weighted vibration in
wz
accordance with EN 1032:2003.
Measurements shall be made in the vertical (z) direction. If there are substantial vibration components as
defined in EN 1032:2003, Clause 6 in the horizontal directions, the summation a shall be measured,
w
calculated and declared according to EN 1032:2003.
 Standing driver
a Mean value of n root-mean-square frequency weighted vertical acceleration values of a valid test
wzF
series measured on the floor of the driving position with one standing driver.
 Seated driver
a Average of acceleration mean values obtained for each of the two drivers for a valid test series
wzS
measured on the seat base under the seated driver.
NOTE 1 The symbols F and S designate “Floor” and “Seat”;
b) The mean GSE speed when travelling on the test track. This may be determined from the time taken to drive
along the test track or by means of the measuring instruments specified in 6.5;
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c) Pneumatic tyre pressures (see also 8.2.2);
d) Ambient air temperature.
NOTE 2 If a
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