BAS EN 15566:2018
Railway applications - Railway rolling stock - Draw gear and screw coupling
General Information
Status: Published
No. of pages: 68
Language: English
Edition: 2.
Adoption method: Endorsment
Publication date: 27.06.2018
Technical committee:
Directive:
2008/57/EC, DIRECTIVE 2008/57/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast)
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Abstract
This standard specifies the requirements for the draw gear and screw coupling for the end of rolling stock that has to couple with other rolling stock (freight wagons, locomotives, passenger vehicles ...).
This standard covers the functionality, construction, interfaces and testing including pass/fail criteria for draw gear and screw coupling.
The standard describes three categories of classification of draw gear and screw coupling, (1 MN, 1,2 MN and 1,5 MN).
Permanent coupling systems are not in the scope of this standard.
Lifecycle
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Original document and degree of correspondence
- EN 15566:2016, identical