Railway applications. Railway rolling stock. Draw gear and screw coupling

Amendment of

BS EN 15566 : 2009

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-10-2016

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-01-2011

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committee	RAE/1
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	0
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS EN 15566:2016

This standard specifies the requirement of the draw gear and screw coupling for the end rolling stock which have to couple with other interoperable rolling stock (freight wagons, locomotives, passenger vehicles ...).

This standard covers the functionality construction, interfaces, testing including pass fail criteria for draw gear and screw coupling.

The standard describes three categories of classification of draw gear and screw coupling, (1 MN, 1,2 MN and 1,5 MN).