The Falling Object Protective Structure (FOPS) is a system of structural members arranged in such a way to provide off-road machines operators with a reasonable protection from falling objects. This system is widely used in earth moving machines while for agricultural tractors only in 2007 was introduced by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) the Code 10 specially designed for testing falling object protective structures on this category of machines. The OECD Code 10 FOPS testing procedure is applicable to tractors used in its traditional agricultural tasks. The procedure consists in leaving to fall a 200-250 mm diameter, 43-47 kg mass solid steel sphere from a height sufficient to generate a level of energy of 1365 J on the protective structure. As in agricultural tractors the FOPS is, at the moment, mainly composed by a ROPS (Roll-Over Protective Structure) frame with a roof a guideline for a clear FOPS definition is necessary.
Proposal for discussion to revise FOPS definition (Code 10)
Cavallo Eugenio;
2011
Abstract
The Falling Object Protective Structure (FOPS) is a system of structural members arranged in such a way to provide off-road machines operators with a reasonable protection from falling objects. This system is widely used in earth moving machines while for agricultural tractors only in 2007 was introduced by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) the Code 10 specially designed for testing falling object protective structures on this category of machines. The OECD Code 10 FOPS testing procedure is applicable to tractors used in its traditional agricultural tasks. The procedure consists in leaving to fall a 200-250 mm diameter, 43-47 kg mass solid steel sphere from a height sufficient to generate a level of energy of 1365 J on the protective structure. As in agricultural tractors the FOPS is, at the moment, mainly composed by a ROPS (Roll-Over Protective Structure) frame with a roof a guideline for a clear FOPS definition is necessary.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.