What is ISO 15230‑1 about?
ISO 15230‑1 is the first part of the ISO 15230 series of documents on mechanical vibration and shock. ISO 15230‑1 is an international standard on measurement and evaluation of mechanical vibration and shock.
ISO 15230‑1 describes the coupling parameters between the hands of a machine operator and the vibrating surface of the machine. The coupling between the hand and the vibrating surface can be described using different parameters and component parts of these parameters: force parameters, such as push, pull and grip and parameters such as pressure exerted on the skin.
ISO 15230‑1 provide guidelines for measuring procedures, the measurement of the force and pressure parameters, and information on the requirements for measuring instrumentation, as well as a calibration method.
Note: ISO 15230‑1 does not deal with forces that act tangentially to the hand.
Who is ISO 15230‑1 for?
ISO 15230‑1 on mechanical vibration and shock is useful for:
- Industrial machine manufacturers
- Mechanical engineers
- Health and safety departments
- Industrial machine operators
Why should you use ISO 15230‑1?
The coupling forces between the hand-arm system and a hand-held or hand-guided machine during its use are important factors. Although these forces are of interest for both vibrating and non-vibrating machines, the primary focus of ISO 15230‑1 is to provide a set of descriptions of the forces at the man-machine interface that is primarily for the hand-arm system in contact with a vibrating surface of a machine.
ISO 15230‑1 provides you with a calibration method, guidelines, parameters and requirements for measuring instruments to measure and evaluate mechanical vibration and shock.
The guidelines and procedures provided by ISO 15230‑1 assist you in the reporting of coupling data in epidemiological or laboratory research and help to reduce the risk of human exposure to mechanical vibration.
What is changed since the last update?
BS ISO 15230‑1:2021 supersedes ISO 15230:2007. BS ISO 15230‑1:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to ISO 15230:2007. These include:
- The document number is now ISO 15230‑1
- The introduction has been changed to explain the publication of ISO 15230 as standards series, now comprising two parts, ISO 15230‑1 (the former ISO 15230) and new ISO/TR 15230‑2
