Surface Vehicle Standard: 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
Surface Vehicle Standard: 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
Surface Vehicle Standard: 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
REAF.
JUN85
VEHICLE
400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
STANDARD Issued 1974-07
Reaffirmed 1985-06
Foreword—This Reaffirmed Document has not changed other than to put it into the new SAE Technical Standards
Board Format.
Report of the Construction and Industrial Machinery Technical Committee, approved July 1974, editorial change
June 1977, reaffirmed without change June 1985.
1. Scope—This standard covers the relative position and direction of motion of controls which influence the
movement of the machine and the operating direction only of equipment controls.
There is no intention to wliminate or restrict the use of combination controls, automatic controls, or special
operating controls.
1.1 Purpose—This SAE Standard is intended as a guide for designing uniform operator controls for graders.
Graders are defined in SAE J1057 (June, 1981).
2. References
2.1.1 SAE PUBLICATION—Available from SAE, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.
3. General
3.1 Control function and movement shall be clearly identified except when a control is well recognized due to
commonly established shape and location convention.
3.2 The recommendations made herein are based on the human factors consideration that operators expect a
consistent effect from any given direction of movement of the control.
4. Machine Controls
4.1 Steering—The steering control(s) shall be located directly in front of the seat. Clockwise rotation or rearward
motion shall turn the machine to the right; counterclockwise rotation or forward motion shall turn the machine
to the left. Rear steer controls shall be located on the steering column or to the right of the steering column.
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4.2 Service Brakes—The service brake pedal shall be located so that it can be operated with the operator's right
foot with the direction of motion forward and/or downward for application.
4.3 Clutch Control—This pedal, if provided, shall be located so that it can be operated with the operator's left foot
with the direction of motion forward and/or downward for disengagement.
4.4.1 THROTTLE—The throttle shall be located so that it can be operated with the operator's right hand.
4.4.2 ACCELERATOR—The accelerator pedal, if provided, shall be located so that it can be operated with the right
foot with the direction of motion forward and/or downward to increase engine speed.
4.4.4 DECELERATOR—The decelerator pedal, if provided, shall be located so that it can be operated with the right
foot with the direction of motion forward and/or downward to decrease engine speed.
4.5.1 All hand-operated gear selectors shall be located so that they can be operated with the right hand.
4.5.2.1 Hand Operated—If a separate direction control is provided, it shall be located to the left of all other gear
selectors and shall be moved forward from neutral for forward motion and rearward from neutral for
rearward motion.
4.5.2.2 Foot Operated—This control, if provided, shall be located so that it can be operated with the left foot. With
the foot resting on the pedal, pushing downward with the toe shall cause forward motion and pushing
downward with the heel shall cause rearward motion.
4.5.3 A device shall be provided that will permit securing the transmission in neutral on nondirect-drive machines.
4.5.4 A device shall be provided to insure that the engine cranking torque will not be transmitted through the power
train and cause machine movement.
5. Equipment Controls
5.1 Circle Turn (if provided)—Moving the control forward or rotating the control counterclockwise shall rotate the
blade counterclockwise. Moving the control rearward or rotating the control clockwise shall rotate the blade
clockwise.
5.2 Blade Lift—Moving the control(s) forward shall lower the blade; moving the control(s) rearward shall raise the
blade.
5.3 Circle Side Shift—Moving the control forward or to the left shall shift the circle to the left. Moving the control
rearward or to the right shall shift the circle to the right.
5.4 Wheel lean (if provided)—Moving the control forward or to the left shall cause the wheels to lean to the left.
Moving the control rearward or to the right shall cause the wheels to lean to the right.
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5.5 Blade Side Shift (if provided)—Moving the control forward or to the left shall shift the blade to the left.
Moving the control rearward or to the right shift the blade to the right.
5.6 Blade Tilt (if provided)—Moving the control forward shall move the top edge of the blade forward; moving the
control rearward shall move the top edge of the blade rearward.
5.7 Scarifier, Ripper, and Other Attachments—Moving the control upward, rearward, or toward the operator
shall raise the attachment; moving the control downward, forward, or away from the operator shall lower the
attachment.
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Rationale—Not applicable.
Application—This standard covers the relative position and direction of motion of controls which influence the
movement of the machine and the operating direction only of equipment controls.
There is no intention to wliminate or restrict the use of combination controls, automatic controls, or
special operating controls.