AS 2359.

15—2005
ISO 13284:2003
AS 2359.15—2005

Australian Standard™
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Powered industrial trucks

Part 15: Fork-arm extensions and

telescopic fork arms—Technical
characteristics and strength
requirements
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME-026, Industrial Trucks. It
was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 23 June 2005.
This Standard was published on 4 August 2005.

The following are represented on Committee ME-026:

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Australian Council of Trade Unions
Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
Australian Industrial Truck Association
Australian Industry Group
Construction and Mining Equipment Association of Australia
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Department of Consumer & Employment Protection, WorkSafe Division W.A.

Safety Institute of Australia
Victoria Workcover Authority
Workcover New South Wales

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 05095.

 AS 2359.15—2005

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characteristics and strength
requirements

First published as AS 2359.15—2005.

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee ME-026, Industrial Trucks.
It is identical with, and has been reproduced, from, ISO 13284:2005, Fork-lift trucks—Fork-arm
extensions and telescopic fork arms—Technical characteristics and strength requirements.
This Standard is Part 15 of AS 2359, Powered industrial trucks, which is published in parts as
follows:
Part 1: General requirements
Part 2: Operation
Part 3: Counterbalanced fork-lift trucks—Stability tests
Part 4: Reach and straddle fork-lift trucks—Stability tests
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Part 5: Symbols for operator controls and other displays

Part 6: Safety Code
Part 7: Terminology
Part 8: Pallet stackers and high-lift platform trucks—Stability tests
Part 9: High-lift rider trucks—Overhead guards—Specification and testing
Part 10: Fork-lift trucks—Hook-on type fork arms—Vocabulary
Part 11: Fork-lift trucks—Hook-on type fork arms and fork carriers—Mounting
dimensions
Part 12: Hazardous areas
Part 13 Brake performance and component strength
Part 14 Fork arms—Technical characteristics and testing
Part 15 Fork arm extension and telescopic fork arms—Technical characteristics and
strength requirements (this Standard)
Part 16 Safety signs and hazard pictorials—General principles
Part 17: Stability tests for rough terrain trucks
Part 18: Stability tests for industrial variable-reach trucks
Part 19: Additional stability tests for industrial variable-reach trucks handling freight
containers of length 6 m and above
As this Standard is reproduced from an International Standard, the following applies:
(a) Terminology The words ‘This Australian Standard’ should replace the words ‘This
International Standard’ whenever they appear.
(b) The words ‘Powered Industrial Trucks’ should replace the words ‘Fork-lift trucks’
whenever they appear.
(c) Decimal comma The decimal point should replace the decimal comma wherever it
appears.
References to international Standards should be replaced by references, where appropriate, to
the following Australian Standards:
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Reference to International Standard Australian Standard

ISO AS
3691 Powered industrial trucks—Safety code 2359 Powered industrial trucks
2359.6 Part 6: Safety code
5053 Powered industrial trucks—Terminology 2359.7 Part 7: Terminology
2330 Fork-lift trucks—Fork arms—Technical 2359.14 Part 14: Fork-arms—Technical
characteristics and testing characteristics and testing
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 ISO 13284:2003(E) iv

INTRODUCTION

Introduction
This International Standard was developed in response to worldwide demand for specifications for fork-arm
extensions and telescopic fork arms.

Fork-arm extensions are used as an economic means of extending the effective blade length of fork arms on fork-lift
trucks. They are available with either a closed rectangular cross-section or an open inverted-channel cross-section.

Where possible, preference should be given to using a longer fork rather than an extension. If extensions have to be
used, preference should be given to the closed cross-section rather than an open type of extension.

Telescopic fork arms replace standard fork arms and provide the truck operator with the means of adjusting the fork-
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arm blade length. They are available either as simple variable-length fork arms for handling loads of varying
dimensions or, alternatively, for reaching out or retracting palletized loads in double-deep stacking and destacking
operations.

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AUSTRALIAN STANDARD

Powered industrial trucks

Fork-lift trucks — Fork-arm extensions and telescopic fork arms —
Part 15:
Technical characteristics and strength requirements
Fork-arm extensions and telescopic fork arms—Technical
characteristics and strength requirements

1 Scope

This International Standard specifies technical characteristics and strength requirements for fork-arm extensions and
telescopic fork arms for fork-lift trucks. It applies to fork-arm extensions and telescopic fork arms designed for use on
stacking lift trucks, as defined in ISO 5053, having fork-arm carriers and, in the case of fork-arm extensions, hook-on
fork arms conforming to ISO 2330.
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This International Standard does not apply to integral transverse telescopic fork devices or scissor-action reach
devices.

2 Normative references

The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of
this International Standard. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these
publications do not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this International Standard are encouraged to
investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For
undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies. Members of ISO and IEC
maintain registers of currently valid International Standards.

ISO 2330:2002, Fork-lift trucks — Fork arms — Technical characteristics and testing

ISO 3691, Powered industrial trucks — Safety code

ISO 5053, Powered industrial trucks — Terminology

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this International Standard, the following terms and definitions apply.

3.1
parent fork arm
fork arm having the rated capacity at the rated load centre distance, blade length and blade cross-section for which a
fork-arm extension is specifically designed

3.2
test load
FEX and FT
applied load for verifying the strength of fork-arm extension and telescopic fork arms by physical testing or calculation

4 Symbols

b Fork arm blade width (mm)

C Rated capacity of each parent fork arm (kg)

CE Rated capacity of each fork-arm extension (kg)

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