Agricultural Vehicle Couplings Task Force (TFAC) reports to R55
Documents
28 May 2013 Working draft of the proposed regulation on mechanical couplings for agricutural vehicles TFAC-01-01 2013-05-28 Draft text of a previous proposal for a UN Regulation on "Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Mechanical Coupling Components for Agricultural Vehicles" fro July 2011 marked up in light of current effort to update UN R55.
28 May 2013 Invitation to the first TFAC session TFAC-01-02 2013-05-28 Invitation to the first session of the Task Force on Mechanical Couplings for Agricultural Vehicles.
28 May 2013 Template for comments and secretariat observations of the TFAC subgroup TFAC-01-03 2013-05-28 Table to assist the TFAC in updating provisions for mechanical couplings of agricultural vehicles.
28 May 2013 Comments on the draft text for mechanical couplings of agricultural vehicles TFAC-01-04 2013-05-28
28 May 2013 Italian proposal for couplings and rings classification for agricultural vehicle couplings (Italy) TFAC-01-05 2013-05-28 Italy
28 May 2013 Draft minutes of the first TFAC session TFAC-01-06 2013-05-28
28 May 2013 Participants list of the first TFAC session TFAC-01-07 2013-05-28
28 May 2013 Working draft of the proposed regulation on mechanical couplings for agricutural vehicles TFAC-01-08 2013-05-28 Draft text following discussions of the first agricultural vehicle couplings task force session.
28 May 2013 Invitation to the 2nd TFAC session TFAC-02-01 2013-05-28 Invitation to the second session of the task force on mechanical couplings for agricultural vehicles.
28 May 2013 Aerial photo of the BMV complex indicating the location of the 2nd TFAC session TFAC-02-02 2013-05-28
28 May 2013 Bonn public transportation map TFAC-02-03 2013-05-28 Map provided to assist attendees at the 2nd session of the task force on mechanical couplings for agricultural vehicles.
28 May 2013 List of hotels in Bonn TFAC-02-04 2013-05-28 Hotel list for the 2nd session of the task force on mechanical couplings for agricultural vehicles.
20 Jun 2013 Proposal concerning agricutural vehicle coupling devices TFAC-02-05 2013-06-20 Schauer proposals concerning classification of tractor drawbars and their hitch rings and to limit the coupling device actuating force to 40 daN.
3 Jul 2013 Minutes of the 2nd TFAC informal group session TFAC-02-06 2013-07-03
3 Jul 2013 List of participants from the 2nd TFAC informal group session TFAC-02-07 2013-07-03
21 Jun 2013 Comparison of mechanical coupling D‐ and V‐values (TÜV Nord) TFAC-02-08 2013-06-21 TÜV Nord
3 Jul 2013 Agricultural couplings: D and V value comparisons TFAC-02-09 2013-07-03
3 Jul 2013 Agricultural vehicles: Mechanical connections on towed vehicles: Connections between rings and couplings TFAC-02-10 2013-07-03
3 Jul 2013 Agricultural couplings: Horizontal coupling forces TFAC-02-11 2013-07-03
3 Jul 2013 Agricultural couplings: Italian comments on draft text from Annex 5 onward (Italy) TFAC-02-12 2013-07-03 Italy
3 Jul 2013 Draft text for mechanical couplings of agricultural vehicles (version 25 June 2013) TFAC-02-13 2013-07-03
31 Aug 2013 Invitation to the 3rd TFAC informal group session TFAC-03-01 2013-08-31
31 Aug 2013 Directions to the location of the 3rd TFAC informal group session (Deere) TFAC-03-02 2013-08-31 Deere
24 Sep 2013 Agricultural vehicle couplings UN R55 revision: Keep static test (up to X kph?) TFAC-03-03 2013-09-24
20 Sep 2013 Agricultural vehicle couplings: Class q and r (CUNA couplings) TFAC-03-04 2013-09-20
1 Oct 2013 Agricultural vehicle couplings: Class q and r (CUNA couplings) TFAC-03-04/Rev.1 2013-10-01
24 Sep 2013 Italian proposal for mechanical-coupling markings (Italy) TFAC-03-05 2013-09-24 Italy
1 Oct 2013 Italian proposal for mechanical-coupling markings TFAC-03-05/Rev.1 2013-10-01
24 Sep 2013 Agricultural vehicle couplings UN R55 revision: Definitions and tests TFAC-03-06 2013-09-24
24 Sep 2013 Agricultural vehicle mechancial couplings: CUNA swivel drawbar eyes TFAC-03-07 2013-09-24
24 Sep 2013 Agricutural vehicle couplings UN R55 revision: Tractor drawbars discussion paper TFAC-03-08 2013-09-24
1 Oct 2013 Agricutural vehicle couplings UN R55 revision: Tractor drawbars TFAC-03-08/Rev.1 2013-10-01
25 Sep 2013 Extract from Annex XXXIV of the RVFSR on mechanical coupling TFAC-03-09 2013-09-25 Extract of chapter XXXIV on coupling devices (version of 18.09.2013) Annex XXXIV: Requirements on mechanical couplings
25 Sep 2013 Proposal of new class definitions for Annex 5 - chapter 6 of Regulation No. 55 TFAC-03-10 2013-09-25
1 Oct 2013 Proposal of new class definitions for Annex 5 - chapter 6 of Regulation No. 55 TFAC-03-10/Rev.1 2013-10-01
1 Oct 2013 Minutes of the 3rd TFAC expert group meeting TFAC-03-11 2013-10-01
1 Oct 2013 List of participants from the 3rd TFAC expert group session TFAC-03-12 2013-10-01
1 Oct 2013 Proposal of changes to the draft TFAC amendments to Regulation No. 55 (Sweden) TFAC-03-13 2013-10-01 Proposals to align the proposed agricultural tractor couplings text with other provisions of the UN R55 text regarding locked and open positions. Sweden
1 Oct 2013 Proposal for Chapter 5 of the Draft ECE R 55 "agricultural couplings" (VDMA) TFAC-03-14 2013-10-01 Proposed requirement for the mounting height of couplings on tractors under chapter 5 of UN Regulation No. 55. VDMA
13 Dec 2013 Revised invitation to the 4th TFAC informal group session with new meeting dates TFAC-04-01/Rev.1 2013-12-13
2 Dec 2013 FederUnacoma access map for the 4th TFAC informal group session (FederUnacoma) TFAC-04-02 2013-12-02 FederUnacoma
2 Dec 2013 Recommended hotels for the 4th TFAC informal group session (FederUnacoma) TFAC-04-03 2013-12-02 FederUnacoma
11 Oct 2013 Contact list of the participants in the TFAC informal expert group AGRI Addresslist 2013-10-09 2013-10-11 Contact list for the Task Force on Agricultural Couplings.