Acdeos AXS FL, Руководство пользователя

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AXS – Ramp Manual
AXS FL RAMP Manual rev 1 4
4 Constraints
The AXS Ramp has been designed to be functional and reliable. The product is made as simple and
reliable as possible. The possibility of use during severe environmental conditions has been taken into
consideration for the design of the ramp.
The double ramp is made without supporting legs. This is the only way to ensure having a straight
platform under any loading condition.
4.1 Legal requirements:
The legal requirements in and outside Europe are different for each region / country.
There is a common bus directive 2001/85 EC in Europe (as previously mentioned the product complies
with this directive) also used by Norway; however this is only applicable for M2 and M3 vehicles. In
addition to this many countries do have their local requirements.
Also many applications of the AXS ramp will be found in vehicles under M1 legislation. There are no
European guidelines for ramps in these vehicles.
Two important aspects in all the different legislations are the platform width and the slope of the ramp.
The table below gives a guideline for the different known legislations.
Country Legislation /
guideline Max
slope Minimum
width Max
Load Other requirements
Denmark none
Finland InvaTaxies 8 %
France 25% 800 mm 300 Kg height side edge 50 mm
Germany DIN 75078-1
Netherlands Permanente taxi
regeling 20% 800 mm 300 Kg height side edge30 mm
Sweden M1 wheelchair bus 15%
United Kingdom DPTAC 12% 800 mm 300 Kg
EU 2001/85 EC 12%
1
800 mm 300 Kg Only M2 and M3
Notes
1) measured from a curbstone of 150 mm
ACDEOS recommends a maximum slope of 25 % when the wheelchair passenger has assistance from
trained staff.
If the person has to enter the vehicle by himself the maximum slope should be 12 %.
4.2 Slope in % and Deg.
Often % slope and Deg are mixed-up. Below you find the explanation of a
slope in ° (Deg) and %.
An angel is divided in degrees or °. A straight angel is 90° a full circle is 360°
Example: For a ramp according to EC bus directive the maximum angle is 6,8°
Another way to measure an angle is the % of the slope. If you move 100 cm
forward and in that 100 cm raise 12 cm the percentage of that slope is 12%
How to calculate:
If you want to know the slope A in % from a ramp
The % slope of a ramp is:
A = H / L * 100%.
Normally you don’t know L you only know L
ramp
. For relative small slopes you
can say L
ramp
= L. This is not exact right but normally good enough. So than the
formula is: A = H / L
ramp
* 100%
For calculating the angel A in deg you need a calculator with sin, cos and tan.
Calculate H / L
ramp
than take the inv (inverse) tan of this value and you have the
angel of the ramp. Again this is not exact right but for small angels good enough.
So the formula is:
A = inv tan (H / L
ramp
)