BRITISH STANDARD BS 6912-22.

1:
1996
ISO 10263-1:
1994

Safety of earth-moving
machinery —
Part 22: Operator enclosure
environment —

Section 22.1 General and definitions

ICS 53.100
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Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by Technical

Committee B/513, Construction equipment and plant and site safety, to
Subcommittee B/513/1, Earth-moving machinery, upon which the following
bodies were represented:

British Coal Corporation

Construction Plant (Hire Association)
Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors
Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipment and Cranes
Health and Safety Executive
Institution of Civil Engineers
Silsoe Research Institute

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Sector
Board for Building and Civil
Engineering, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Board and comes
into effect on
15 June 1996 Amendments issued since publication

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The following BSI references

relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference B/513/1
Draft for comment 92/87781 DC

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Contents

Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
National foreword ii
1 Scope 1
2 Normative reference 1
3 Definitions 1
List of references Inside back cover

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National foreword

This Section of BS 6912-22 has been prepared by Subcommittee B/513/1. It is

identical with ISO 10263-1:1994 Earth-moving machinery — Operator enclosure
environment — Part 1: General and definitions, published by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO).
ISO 10263-1 was prepared by Subcommittee SC 2, Safety requirements and
human factors, of ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC 127, Earth-moving
machinery, with the active participation and approval of the UK.
The Sections of BS 6912-22 comprise:
— Section 22.1: General and definitions;
— Section 22.2: Air filter test;
— Section 22.3: Operator enclosure pressurization test method;
— Section 22.4: Operator enclosure ventilation, heating and/or
air-conditioning test method;
— Section 22.5: Windscreen defrosting system test method;
— Section 22.6: Determination of the effect of solar heating on the operator
enclosure.

Cross-references
Publication referred to Corresponding British Standard

BS 6914 Terminology (including definitions of

dimensions and symbols) for earth-moving machinery
ISO 6165:1987 Part 1:1988 Glossary of terms for basic types of
earth-moving machinery
(Identical)

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Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 and 2, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.

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1 Scope 3.7
cooling
ISO 10263 specifies test methods and criteria for the
evaluation of the operator enclosure environment in decrease of air temperature inside the enclosure
earth-moving machinery as defined in ISO 6165. 3.8
It applies as indicated in each of the parts of this ventilation
International Standard. air change for comfort in the area around the
operator in an operator enclosure system
2 Normative reference
3.9
The following standard contains provisions which, pressurization
through reference in this text, constitute provisions
mechanically increased pressure level inside the
of this part of ISO 10263. At the time of publication,
enclosure for the purpose of reducing entry of air or
the edition indicated was valid. All standards are
dust at undesired locations
subject to revision, and parties to agreements based
on this part of ISO 10263 are encouraged to 3.10
investigate the possibility of applying the most air filtration
recent edition of the standard indicated below. removal of dust particles from the air forced or
Members of IEC and ISO maintain registers of drawn into the operator enclosure by mechanical
currently valid International Standards. means
ISO 6165:1987, Earth-moving machinery — Basic 3.11
types — Vocabulary. defrosting
3 Definitions removal and maintenance of an ice/frost-free
window area for visibility
For the purposes of ISO 10263, the following
3.12
definitions apply.
solar heating
3.1
heating factor from the sun to be considered in
effective temperature
determining air circulation and cooling
combination of relative humidity and temperature requirements necessary to maintain a comfortable
which determines the level of comfort perceived by temperature inside the operator enclosure
the human body
3.13
3.2 air-conditioning system
comfort chart
any system which lowers the effective air
diagram to indicate the effective temperature range temperature within the operator environment by
in which an operator environment is perceived to be means of a refrigerant
comfortable
3.14
3.3 heating system
operator environment
any system which raises the effective air
space surrounding the operator defined by temperature within the operator environment
temperature measurement points
3.15
3.4 air handling system
air-conditioning
any system which lowers or raises the effective air
lowering the effective air temperature inside the temperature within the operator enclosure by the
enclosure use of full air-conditioning, air-conditioning,
3.5 heating or ventilation
full air-conditioning 3.16
control of the effective temperature and air pressure ventilation system
inside the enclosure any system which provides fresh air to, and
3.6 maintains air circulation within, the operator
heating environment
increase of air temperature inside the enclosure

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3.17 3.22
pressurization system daylight opening; DLO
means used to pressurize the operator enclosure, maximum unobstructed opening through any
including any components which influence the glazed aperture, with trim mouldings and mounting
performance of the system seals adjoining the glazed surface installed normal
3.18 to the glass surface
windscreen defrosting system 3.23
means intended to defrost the windscreen defrosted area
3.19 that area of the windscreen consisting of dry cleared
operator enclosure air filter element surface and melted or partially melted (wet) test
coating, and excluding that area of the windscreen
medium in which particulate matter is removed covered with dry test coating of ice
from the incoming air supply
3.24
3.20 heat transfer medium; HTM
filter efficiency
means through which defroster system heating is
measure of the ability of the air filter to remove achieved
particulate matter
3.21
test dust
particulate matter used to evaluate the filter
element

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List of references

See national foreword.

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