EN 15723:2010 – Railway applications – Closing and locking devices for payload protecting devices against environmental influences – Requirements for durability, operation, indication, maintenance, recycling

he manual forces, which are needed to actuate the closing and locking devices, shall be of a magnitude that can be applied by an operator without additional tools.
Exceptions are allowable when additional tools are specifically made available or when motor driven systems are used. The requirements of EN 349 apply. Guidance concerning the determination of the maximum permissible manual forces is defined in Annex B and Annex C.
4.5 Safeguards of movable protecting devices (i.e. doors, sliding walls, sliding roofs, flaps, hoods) Movable items shall be provided with automatic safety devices to avoid any wrong movement in the course of opening and closing operations. Movable items, (i.e. doors, walls, roofs) shall be designed to be secured against unintentional movement when placed in their defined position (open, close intermediate) by safeguard devices which shall work automatically. The final positions are to be fitted with fixed stops.
Movable items shall be secured positively in their final closing position against unintentional opening by forces from inside the loading space or exterior forces. Locking devices shall be used whose status (open/closed) is recognisable. Locking devices shall indicate their status in a way that can be checked from outside of the wagon. The locking devices shall be designed to be secured against unintentional opening during running.
4.6 Verification of durability and functioning Verification of durability for the locking and closing devices of movable protecting devices of Category 1 (see Table 1) is made according to the respective loads to be determined in as far as the load cases set out in Annex A do not apply. Verification of durability and functioning for locking and closing devices of movable protecting devices of Category 2 (see Table 1) is made by means of suitable measures. These can be, for example, analogy considerations concerning service-proven design solutions, computational demonstration of durability or tests.
4.7 Instructions for use Suitable and clear instructions for use shall be applied near each locking device and shall be visible by the operator. The wagon shall bear inscriptions in one or more languages or pictograms showing the relevant information for safe operation. Specifications regarding the information and pictograms are defined in prEN 15877-1.
4.8 Environmental conditions The closing and locking devices shall fulfil as a minimum the environmental conditions applicable to the complete wagon.
4.9 Recycling The closing and locking devices shall be designed to maximise the use of recyclable materials.
EN 15723:2010 – Railway applications – Closing and locking devices for payload protecting devices against environmental influences – Requirements for durability, operation, indication, maintenance, recycling