BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 2330:2002 Fork-lift trucks Fork arms - Technical characteristics and testing ICS 53.060 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BS ISO 2330:2002 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim IS0 2330:2002 and implements it as the UK national standard.It supersedes BSISO 2330:1995 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/7, Industrial trucks, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enguiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the"Search"” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard, having Summary of pages been prepared under the This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, direction of the Engineering pages i and ii, a blank page, pages 1 to 4, an inside back cover and a back Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published cover. under the authority of the The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the Standards Policy and Strategy document was last issued. Committee on 6 August 2002 Amendmentsissued sincepublication Amd. No. Date Comments C BSI 6 August 2002 ISBN0580402002 BSISO2330:2002 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 2330 Third edition 2002-05-01 Fork-lifttrucksForkarmsTechnical characteristics and testing Chariots élévateursafourches-Bras defourche-Caracteristiques techniques et essais Reference number ISO 2330:2002(E) ISO BS ISO 2330:2002 ii BSIS02330:2002 Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO committees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeenestablishedhas Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 3. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subject of patent rights. isO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. International Standard ISO 2330 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 110, Industrial trucks, SubcommitteeSC2, Safetyofpowered industrialtrucks. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (iSO 2330:1995), of which it constitutes a minor revision. The Scope has been modified. i BSISO2330:2002 Fork-lifttrucksForkarmsTechnicalcharacteristicsand testing 1 Scope This International Standard specifies manufacturing, testing and marking requirements for solid-section fork arms, for and roller type fork arms. Byagreementbetweentheforkarmmanufacturerandthepurchaser,theserequirementsmayalsobeappliedtofork arms not intended forquantity manufacture. 2 Normative references The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of thisInternational Standard.For dated references,subsequent amendments to,orrevisions of,any of these undated references, the latest ed