ASABE adopts ISO tractor standard for falling objects.
Press Release Summary:
ASABE has nationally adopted an international standard for the testing and performance of tractor structures designed to provide protection against falling objects. ASABE/ISO 27850:2013, Tractors for agriculture and forestry — Falling object protective structures — Test procedures and performance requirements, further harmonizes national and international standardization, a goal that facilitates manufacturing, safety advancements, and product marketing worldwide.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Adopts ISO Tractor Standard on Falling Object Protection Devices
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN— The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has nationally adopted an international standard for the testing and performance of tractor structures designed to provide protection against falling objects.
The adoption, ASABE/ISO 27850:2013, Tractors for agriculture and forestry — Falling object protective structures — Test procedures and performance requirements, further harmonizes national and international standardization, a goal that facilitates manufacturing, safety advancements and product marketing worldwide.
US experts were key participants in the development of the international standard, ISO 27850, a document that advances the state-of-the-art in applications where overhead protection of agricultural tractors is necessary.
ASABE members with standards access and those with site-license privileges can access the scope of the standard by electronically in about three weeks. The standard can be purchased for a fee directly from the library or by contacting ASABE headquarters at OrderStandard@asabe.org.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 250 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at www.asabe.org/projects.
ASABE is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300, emailing hq@asabe.org or visiting www.asabe.org/.
