ASABE to update agricultural drawbar jacks standard.
Press Release Summary:
ASABE announces approval by ISO of ISO New Work Item Proposal to update and improve ISO 12140:1998, which specifies requirements for performance and fitting of original or replacement jacks for adjusting height of drawbars of agricultural trailers and trailed equipment. Standard also includes recommendations for designers and gives requirements for testing and marking jacks. Project team will work to enhance, define, clarify, and update performance criteria within standard.
Original Press Release:
Agricultural Drawbar Jacks Standard Updated
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN - The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) announces the approval by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) of an ISO New Work Item Proposal to update and improve the requirements for the performance and fitting of jacks for agricultural trailers and trailed equipment.
ISO 12140:1998, "Agricultural machinery - Agricultural trailers and trailed equipment - Drawbar jacks" will be reviewed and updated by volunteers from 12 or more countries. These volunteers will be led by ASABE member John Fisher of Alamo Group in Seguin, Texas.
ISO 12140 specifies the requirements for the performance and fitting of original and replacement jacks for adjusting the height of the drawbars of agricultural trailers and trailed equipment. This standard also includes recommendations for designers and gives requirements for testing and marking the jacks.
The project team will work to enhance, define, clarify, and update performance criteria within the standard. Existing comments and recommendations filling 18 pages will provide a starting place for the team's work.
ASABE is the accredited administrator for the US technical advisory group to the ISO committee on Tractors and Machinery for Agriculture and Forestry (TC23), and seven of its subcommittees. Committee membership is open and typically comprises individuals with an academic or commercial interest in the subject matter. Participation in standards development benefits commerce as well as the public by ensuring issues such as consumer safety and evolving technology are addressed in a thorough and timely manner and by reducing trade barriers that can occur in the absence of standardization.
For information on this new standard project or other ASABE activities in ISO, contact Ted Tees at ASABE, 269 932-7005, ted@asabe.org.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 225 standards of its own currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements. Standards documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on ASABE standards activities, contact Scott Cedarquist at ASABE, 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at http://asabe.org/standards/proposed.html.
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in St Joseph, Michigan, ASABE comprises nearly 10,000 members from more than 100 countries. For further information about the Society, or for an electronic copy of this news release, contact Dolores Landeck at ASABE, 269-932-7039, landeck@asabe.org.
