SIST EN 12640:2020
(Main)Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles - Lashing points for cargo securing - Minimum requirements and testing
Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles - Lashing points for cargo securing - Minimum requirements and testing
This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for lashing points for cargo securing on commercial vehicles and intermodal loading units for cargo transport.
This document does not apply to:
- Vehicles and intermodal loading units manufactured before publication of this standard;
- Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of bulk materials;
- Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of specific cargo with particular securing requirements;
- Vehicles (delivery vans) in conformance to ISO 27956;
- ISO series 1 freight containers.
Ladungssicherung auf Straßenfahrzeugen - Zurrpunkte an Nutzfahrzeugen zur Güterbeförderung - Mindestanforderungen und Prüfung
In diesem Dokument werden die Mindestanforderungen und Prüfmethoden für Zurrpunkte an Nutzfahrzeugen zur Ladungssicherung und intermodalen Ladeeinheiten zur Güterbeförderung beschrieben.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für:
- Fahrzeuge und intermodale Ladeeinheiten, die vor Veröffentlichung dieser Norm hergestellt wurden;
- Fahrzeuge und intermodale Ladeeinheiten, die nach ihrer Bauart und Einrichtung ausschließlich für die Beförderung von Schüttgütern bestimmt sind;
- Fahrzeuge und intermodale Ladeeinheiten, die nach ihrer Bauart und Einrichtung für die Beförderung spezieller Güter mit besonderen Anforderungen an die Ladungssicherung bestimmt sind;
- Fahrzeuge (Lieferwagen) gemäß ISO 27956;
- ISO-Serie 1 Frachtcontainer.
Unités de transport intermodal et véhicules utilitaires - Points d’arrimage et systèmes d’arrimage - Prescriptions minimales et essais
Le présent document spécifie les exigences minimales et les méthodes d’essai applicables aux points d’arrimage des charges des véhicules utilitaires et unités de transport intermodal destinés au transport de marchandises.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas :
— aux véhicules et unités de transport intermodal construits avant la publication de la présente norme ;
— aux véhicules et unités de transport intermodal conçus et construits exclusivement pour le transport de marchandises en vrac ;
— aux véhicules et unités de transport intermodal conçus et construits exclusivement pour le transport de chargements spéciaux associés à des exigences d’arrimage particulières ;
— aux véhicules (camionnettes de livraison) conformes à l’ISO 27956 ;
— aux conteneurs de la série 1, définis par l’ISO.
Intermodalne nakladalne enote in gospodarska vozila - Pritrdilna mesta za zavarovanje tovora - Minimalne zahteve in preskusi
Ta dokument določa minimalne zahteve in preskusne metode za pritrdilna mesta za zavarovanje tovora na gospodarskih vozilih ter intermodalnih nakladalnih enotah za prevoz tovora.
Ta dokument se ne uporablja za:
– vozila in intermodalne nakladalne enote, izdelane pred objavo tega standarda;
– vozila in intermodalne nakladalne enote, načrtovane in izdelane izključno za prevoz razsutega materiala;
– vozila in intermodalne nakladalne enote, načrtovane in izdelane izključno za prevoz posebnega tovora z določenimi zahtevami glede zavarovanja;
– vozila (dostavne kombije) v skladu s standardom ISO 27956;
– tovorne zabojnike razreda ISO 1.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 12640:2020
01-februar-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 12640:2000
Intermodalne nakladalne enote in gospodarska vozila - Pritrdilna mesta za
zavarovanje tovora - Minimalne zahteve in preskusi
Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles - Lashing points for cargo securing -
Minimum requirements and testing
Ladungssicherung auf Straßenfahrzeugen - Zurrpunkte an Nutzfahrzeugen zur
Güterbeförderung - Mindestanforderungen und Prüfung
Unités de transport intermodal et véhicules utilitaires - Points d’arrimage et systèmes
d’arrimage - Prescriptions minimales et essais
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12640:2019
ICS:
43.080.01 Tovorna vozila na splošno Commercial vehicles in
general
55.180.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
distribucijo blaga s prevozom freight distribution of goods
SIST EN 12640:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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SIST EN 12640:2020
EN 12640
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 55.180.99 Supersedes EN 12640:2000
English Version
Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles -
Lashing points for cargo securing - Minimum requirements
and testing
Ladungssicherung auf Straßenfahrzeugen - Zurrpunkte
an Nutzfahrzeugen zur Güterbeförderung -
Mindestanforderungen und Prüfung
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 September 2019.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 12640:2019 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
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EN 12640:2019 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Requirements . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Design requirements of single lashing points . 6
4.3 Design requirements of multi-point lashing systems . 6
4.4 Strength of the lashing points . 7
4.5 Number and layout of the lashing points. 7
4.5.1 Number of lashing point pairs . 7
4.5.2 Arrangement of lashing point pairs . 8
4.6 Lashing points in the front wall . 8
4.7 Optional single lashing points or multi-point lashing systems . 8
5 Verification . 8
6 Testing . 8
7 Marking, identification and user instructions . 9
8 Maintenance . 10
Annex A (normative) Test certificate of lashing points tested according to EN 12640 . 11
Annex B (informative) Test report . 12
Bibliography . 13
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SIST EN 12640:2020
EN 12640:2019 (E)
European foreword
This document (EN 12640:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 119 “Intermodal
Loading Units and Cargo Securing (ILUCS)”, 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 June 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2020.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 12460:2000. The main technical changes are:
a) in clause 3, the terms and definitions were updated;
b) in clause 4, the following content was added:
— vehicles GVM under 3.500 kg;
— lashing angles were updated;
— defined reference hook;
— strength of lashing points updated;
— number and arrangement of lashing points updated.
c) in clause 5, verifications were updated;
d) in clause 6, testing was updated;
e) in clause 7,marking was updated;
f) the following clause and Annexes are new:
— clause 8;
— Annex A;
— Annex B.
Annex A is normative and Annex B is informative.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
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EN 12640:2019 (E)
1 Scope
This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for lashing points for cargo
securing on commercial vehicles and intermodal loading units for cargo transport.
This document does not apply to:
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units manufactured before publication of this standard;
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of bulk
materials;
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of
specific cargo with particular securing requirements;
— Vehicles (delivery vans) in conformance to ISO 27956;
— ISO series 1 freight containers.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
CTU
Cargo Transport Unit
commercial vehicle and intermodal loading unit
3.2
cargo securing devices
components, which are form-fit, and / or force-fit acting in combination with the cargo and the vehicle or
the vehicle structure (e.g. plug stakes/ stanchions, transverse beams, wedges)
3.3
lashing angles
3.3.1
longitudinal lashing angle βx
angle between lashing device and longitudinal axis (x-axis) of a CTU in the plane of the loading area
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
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3.3.2
transverse lashing angle βy
angle between lashing device and transverse axis (y-axis) of a CTU in the plane of the loading area
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
3.3.3
vertical lashing angle α
angle α between lashing device and the horizontal plane of the loading area
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
Key
α vertical lashing angle
βx longitudinal lashing angle
βy transverse lashing angle
Figure 1— Definition of lashing angles
3.4
lashing capacity (LC)
maximum allowed force that a lashing point is designed to sustain in use
3.5
lashing device
device designed not to be permanently attached to the CTU in order to secure the cargo
Note 1 to entry: Lashing devices as described in e.g. EN 12195-2/ EN 12195-3/EN 12195−4.
3.6
lashing points
securing devices to which lashing devices may be directly attached
3.6.1
single lashing points
securing devices spaced according to 4.5 which may be e.g. an oval link, a hook or a ring
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 12640:2019
01-februar-2019
Intermodalne nakladalne enote in gospodarska vozila - Pritrdilna mesta za
zavarovanje tovora - Minimalne zahteve in preskusi
Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles - Lashing points for cargo securing -
Minimum requirements and testing
Ladungssicherung auf Straßenfahrzeugen - Zurrpunkte an Nutzfahrzeugen zur
Güterbeförderung - Mindestanforderungen und Prüfung
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 12640
ICS:
43.080.01 Tovorna vozila na splošno Commercial vehicles in
general
55.180.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
distribucijo blaga s prevozom freight distribution of goods
oSIST prEN 12640:2019 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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oSIST prEN 12640:2019
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 12640
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2018
ICS 55.180.99 Will supersede EN 12640:2000
English Version
Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles -
Lashing points for cargo securing - Minimum requirements
and testing
Ladungssicherung auf Straßenfahrzeugen - Zurrpunkte
an Nutzfahrzeugen zur Güterbeförderung -
Mindestanforderungen und Prüfung
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 119.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 12640:2018 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
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oSIST prEN 12640:2019
prEN 12640:2018 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Requirements . 5
4.1 General . 5
4.2 Design requirements of lashing points . 6
4.3 Design requirements of multi-point lashing system in the outer frame. 6
4.4 Strength of the lashing points or multi-point lashing system . 6
4.5 Number and layout of the lashing points. 7
4.5.1 Number of lashing point pairs . 7
4.5.2 Arrangement of lashing point pairs . 7
4.6 Lashing points or multi-point lashing system in the front wall . 7
4.7 Optional lashing points or multi-point lashing systems . 8
5 Verification . 8
6 Testing . 8
7 Marking and identification . 8
8 Maintenance . 9
Annex A (normative) Test certificate . 10
Annex B (informative) Test report . 11
Bibliography . 12
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oSIST prEN 12640:2019
prEN 12640:2018 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 12640:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 119
“Intermodal Loading Units and Cargo Securing (ILUCS)”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 12460:2000.
Annex A is normative and Annex B is informative.
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oSIST prEN 12640:2019
prEN 12640:2018 (E)
1 Scope
This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for lashing points for cargo
securing on commercial vehicles and intermodal loading units for cargo transport.
This document does not apply to:
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units manufactured before publication of this standard;
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of
bulk materials;
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of
specific cargo with particular securing requirements;
— Vehicles (delivery vans) in conformance to ISO 27956;
— ISO series 1 freight containers.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
Cargo Transport Unit (CTU)
commercial vehicle and intermodal loading unit Cargo transport unit (CTU)
3.2
cargo securing devices
components, which are form-fit, and / or force-fit acting in combination with the cargo and the vehicle
or the vehicle structure (e.g. plug stakes/ stanchions, transverse beams, wedges)
3.3
horizontal lashing angle
3.3.1
longitudinal lashing angle βx
angle between lashing device and longitudinal axis (x-axis) of a CTU in the plane of the loading area
3.3.2
transverse lashing angle βy
angle between lashing device and transverse axis (y-axis) of a CTU in the plane of the loading area
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3.4
lashing Capacity (LC)
maximum allowed force that a lashing point is designed to sustain in use
3.5
lashing device
device designed to be attached to the lashing points in order to secure the cargo
Note 1 to entry: Lashing devices as described in e.g. EN 12195-2/EN 12195−3/EN 12195−4.
3.6
lashing point
securing device to which a lashing device may be directly attached and which can be e.g. an oval link, a
hook, a ring, a lashing rail or a multi-point lashing system in the outer frame, or multiple fixation and
continuous lashing systems at walls and/or floor/roof
3.7
vertical lashing angle α
angle α between lashing device and the horizontal plane of the loading area (see Figure 1)
Key
α vertical lashing angle
βx longitudinal lashing angle
βy transverse lashing angle
Figure 1 — Definition of lashing angles
4 Requirements
4.1 General
The requirements shall be fulfilled either by lashing points or by multi-point lashing systems. Lashing
points or multi-point lashing systems shall be designed such that they transmit the forces they receive
into the structural elements of the CTU. They shall be located as near as possible to the platform
longitudinal edges and/or integrated in the outer frame. For special load securing, optional
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