Description / Abstract:
This International Standard specifies, in accordance with ISO 10326-1,
a laboratory method for
measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of the seat suspension in
reducing the vertical
whole-body vibration transmitted to the operator of earth-moving
machines at frequencies between 1
Hz and 20 Hz. It also specifies acceptance criteria for application to
seats on different machines.
This International Standard is applicable to operator seats used on
earth-moving machines as
defined in ISO 6165.
This International Standard defines the input spectral classes
required for the following
earth-moving machines. Each class defines a group of machines having
similar vibration
characteristics:
- rigid frame dumpers 4 500 kg operating mass
- articulated frame dumpers
- scrapers without axle or frame suspension
- wheel-loaders 4 500 kg operating mass
- graders
- wheel-dozers
- soil compactors (wheel type)
- backhoe-loaders
- crawler loaders
- crawler-dozers ≤ 50 000 kg operating mass
- compact dumpers ≤ 4 500 kg operating mass
- compact loaders ≤ 4 500 kg operating mass
- skid-steer loaders ≤ 4 500 kg operating mass
The following machines impart sufficiently low vertical vibration
inputs at frequencies between 1
Hz and 20 Hz to the seat during operation that these seats do not
require suspension for the
attenuation of transmitted vibration:
- excavators, including walking excavators and cable excavators
- trenchers
- landfill compactors
- non-vibratory rollers
- milling machines
- pipelayers
- finishers
- vibratory rollers
The tests and criteria defined in this International Standard are
intended for operator seats used
in earth-moving machines of conventional design.
NOTE Other tests may be appropriate for machines with design features
that result in significantly
different vibration characteristics.
Vibration which reaches the operator other than through his seat, for
example that sensed by his
feet on the platform or control pedals or by his hands on the
steering-wheel, is not covered.