Abstract

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 by the manufacturer. 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 to be provided by the manufacturer. 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.

Begin

2023-07-05

WI

00144430

Planned document number

DIN EN 12525

Project number

06004392

Responsible national committee

NA 060-16-01 AA - Tractors  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 144/WG 1 - General safety requirements  

draft standard

Agricultural machinery - Front loaders - Safety; German and English version prEN 12525:2024
2024-10
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previous edition(s)

Agricultural machinery - Front loaders - Safety; German version EN 12525:2000+A2:2010
2011-02

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