EN 13531:2001+A1:2008

Earth-moving machinery - Tip-over protection structure (TOPS) for compact excavators - Laboratory tests and performance requirements (ISO 12117:1997 modified) EN 13531:2001+A1:2008

Publication date:   Dec 20, 2008

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90.20   Standard under periodical review   Jul 15, 2026

CEN

CEN/TC 151 Construction equipment and building material machines - Safety

European Norm

53.100   Earth-moving machinery

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This European Standard establishes a consistent and reproducible means of evaluating the load-carrying characteristics of tip-over protective structures (TOPS) under static loading, and prescribes performance requirements of a representative specimen under such loading.
It applies to TOPS of compact excavators (as defined in EN ISO 6165) with swing type boom, having an operating mass (see 3.14) of 1 000 kg to 6 000 kg.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

98/37/EC

Machinery

Harmonised Standard / Cited in the Official Journal
2006/42/EC

Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)

Harmonised Standard / Cited in the Official Journal

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EN 13531:2001+A1:2008
90.20 Standard under periodical review
Jul 15, 2026




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