This part of EN 12195 specifies safety requirements for lashing chains and lashing combinations with chain forThe safe surface transport of goods on load carriers, e.g. trucks and trailers which are used on roads or located on vessels or on rail waggons and/or combinationsThereof.The standard includes only tensioning devices to be hand driven with a maximum handforce of 500 N. It does not give requirements for multi-purpose lever blocks other than toThe type of fine tolerance chain andThe additional marking of the maximum hand-operating force .This part of EN 12195 deals with hazards which could occur when lashing chains are in use as intended and under conditions foreseen byThe manufacturer (see clause 4 and Annex A).
EN 12195-3:2001 history
2001EN 12195-3:2001 Load restraint assemblies on road vehicles - Safety - Part 3: Lashing chains