BS EN 840-1:2020 pdf free download – Mobile waste and recycling containers Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices – Dimensions and design.
This document (EN 840-1:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 183 Waste management, 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by October 2020.
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This document supersedes EN 840-1:2012.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are listed below:
a) Table 2 “Examples of the most frequent assignments of classes and volumes” has been added:
b) Tables 3 and 4 have been revised and new recommendations were added;
c) Figure 3 “Functional dimension for frontal receivers” has been updated;
d) former Annex B “Recommendations for manufacturers of lifting devices” has been deleted;
e) document has been editorially revised and brought in line with the state of the art.
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following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
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This document specifies dimensions and design requirements of mobile waste and recycling containers with 2 wheels, with capacity up to 400 1 to be used by comb lifting devices.
These containers are only approved for the before explicitly mentioned lifting devices.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements 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 840-5, Mobile waste and recycling containers — Part 5: Performance requirements and test methods EN 840-6, Mobile waste and recycling containers — Part 6: Safety and health requirements
EN 15015:_1, Refuse collection vehicles — General requirements and safety requirements — Part 5:
Lifting devicesfo r refuse collection vehicles
EN ISO 11469, Plastics – Generic identification and marking of plastics products (ISO 11469)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
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NOTE Terms for components of mobile waste and recycling containers and lifting devices in three languages are given in Annex A.
3.1
mobile waste and recycling container
appropriately designed container fitted with wheels intended to temporarily store waste
3.2
lifting device
structure which picks-up, tilts and empties containers.