5715 (ISO International Standard INTE RNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MEXAYHAPOAHAR OPrAHM3ALWA nO CTAHAAPTW3AUMORGANISATION INTE RNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Equipment for harvesting - Dimensional compatibility of forage harvesting machinery Materiel de recolte -- Compatibilité dimensionnelle des recolteuses de fourrage First edition - 1983-02-01 Ref. No. 1SO 5715-1983 (E) UDC 631.358 ISO 5715-1983 (E) Descriptors : agricultural machinery, harvest equipment, harvesters, forage crops, dimensions, specifications. Price based on 5 pages CopyrightInternational Organization for Standardization Not for Resale Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of developing International interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been authorized has the right to be represented on that committee. international organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with 1so, also take part in the work. 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. International Standard ISO 5715 was developed by Technical Committee ISO/TC 23, Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry, and was circulated to the member bodies in October 1981. It has been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : Australia France Romania Austria Germany, F. R. South Africa, Rep. of Spain Brazil India Bulgaria Iraq Sweden Canada Italy Switzerland China Korea, Dem. P. Rep. of Turkey United Kingdom Czechoslovakia Mexico Denmark New Zealand USA Egypt, Arab Rep. of USSR Poland Finland Portugal The member body of the following country expressed disapproval of the document on technical grounds : Belgium International Organization for Standardization, 1983 Printed in Switzerland Copyright International Organization for Standardization from IHS Notfor Resale ISO 5715-1983 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Equipment for harvesting - Dimensional compatibility of forage harvesting machinery o Introduction c) units without secondary blowers or other conveying/blowing devices; This International Standard is intended to assist manufacturers d) units requiring tractors of power less than or equal to 50 kw. of forage trailers, forage harvesters, dump boxes and forage conveyors to make the operation of any one compatible with the others. The satisfactory performance of any of these Definitions machines is dependent upon dimensional compatibility. 2 Dimensions specified in this International Standard pertain to 2.1 forage crops : Legumes, grasses (including all cereals), forage harvesters, forage trailers, dump boxes and forage con- and other crops, either fresh or wilted. veyors when used in the following normal sequence : a) A forage trailer is attached to the rear of a forage 2.2 forage harvester : A machine for cutting and picking harvester or drawn independently beside it. Harvested up, or picking up forage crops already cut, and capable of material is delivered by the forage harvester into the forage delivering the crop into a trailer, wagon or truck. trailer. The forage trailer is then removed from the forage 2.3 forage trailer : A trailer designed to be coupled behind a b) harvester and attached to a tractor to transport the forage harvester or independently pulled to receive and unload harvested material from the field to a storage area. the forage crop. c) If not independently drawn, the forage trailer is then 2.4 dump box : A stationary machine designed to accept moved by a tractor beside a dump box or a forage blower. forage crops from a forage trailer, wagon or truck, and capable Harvested material is then transferred from the trailer either of feeding them into a forage conveyor at variable rates. into the dump box and then to the forage blower, or directly into the forage blower and ther