(ISo 7715 International Standard INTE RNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MEXAYHAPOHAH OPrAHV3AWA HO CTAHAAPTW3ALWW+ORGANISATION INTE RNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Air cargo equipment - Ground handling and transport systems for unit load devices - Minimum requirements Equipement pour le fret aerien -- Systemes de manutention et de transport au sol des unités de charge -- Caracteristiques minimales First edition --- 1985-09-01 UDC 621.7.045 Ref. No. ISO 7715-1985 (E) ISO 7715-1985 (E) Price based on 8 pages ted without license from IHS Not for Resale Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through isO technical committees. Each member the right to be represented on that committee. Internationa! organizations, govern Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by the ISO Council. They are approved in accordance with ISO procedures requiring at least 75 % approval by the member bodies voting. International Standard ISO 7715 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 20, Aircraft and space vehicles. International Organization for Standardization, 1985 Printed in Switzerland No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 7715-1985 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Air cargo equipment -- Ground handling and transport systems for unit load devices --- Minimum reguirements Iso 6966, Aircraft -- Basic requirements for aircraft loading 0 Introduction equipment. The aim of this International Standard is to lay down minimum Iso 6967, Aircraft - Wide body aircraft main deck con- requirements for the handing and restraint of air cargo unit tainer/pallet loader - Functional requirements. load devices (ULD) whilst on the ground to ensure inter- ISo 6968, Aircraft -- Wide body aircraft lower deck con- changeability. tainer/pallet loader - Functional requirements. ISO 8323, Freight containers Air/surface (intermodal) 1 Scope and field of application general purpose containers - Specification and tests. This International Standard specifies minimum performance and compatibility requirements for ground handling and 3 Equipment transport systems equipment for air cargo unit load devices, used to service civit wide body freight aircraft. An air cargo ULD ground handling and transport system, in ad- dition to ULDs, is considered as including a ioading system or The purpose of this International Standard is not to specify loader and ground transport equipment. equipment design, but rather to ensure interface compatibility of the various elements which might make up a complete For the purposes of this International Standard, the loading ground handling and transport system, developed within a device or loader is that equipment, fixed or mobile, designed to number of different operational schemes. remove ULDs from the ground transport equipment, reposition the ULDs ready for loading and load the ULDs onto the main This International Standard is applicable to ground handling cargo deck of the aircraft. The loader is also used during and transport systems equipment, designed to deal with main unloading operations to remove ULDs from the aircraft main deck unitized cargo in the form of intermodal containers and cargo deck and reposition them onto the ground transport other compatible unitized load devices. In the context of this equipment. Facility docking equipment can be considered as International Standard, intermodality concerns, primarily, air performing the loader function. and land modes, but does not exclude sea mode. Likewise, compatible equipment, other than that used for main deck This clause defines the minimum performance requirements for specific elements of the ground handling and transport system. cargo, is not exc