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TESTING REPORT <br />DATE: 1 November'2007' <br />SUBJECT: Trash carts <br />PRODUCT ENTII*ICATION: Rehrig ROC65 Nestable Bar Universal Cart <br />TEST: FORCE TO TIP <br />TEST DESCRIPTION: To measure the strength required to start container movement to the <br />balance point and to ensure that the force is not ter than an established limit. This force <br />relates to the ease of operation of the cart. <br />MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARD: According to ANSI Z245.30-1999, the force must <br />not exceed 120 pounds force. ANSI Z-245.60-1999 establishes dimensional requirements for the <br />cart. <br />TEST PROCEDURE (Meets the requirements of ANSI Z245.30-1999): <br />1. The cart is to be loaded with a standard load. (3.5 pounds of material per gallon of rated <br />capacity. The load to occupy at least 70% of the capacity of the cart.) <br />2. The ground to be.level and with a smooth horizontal surface having less than a V slope. <br />3. The cart is to be blocked to prevent movement of the wheels. <br />4. A spring scale or other force -measuring device is attached to the handle of the cart. (The <br />force -measuring device to have an accuracy of less than f3%.) The cart is then tipped by <br />pulling- on the force -measuring device, until the cart is in the balanced position. The <br />angle of pull, that is, the tipping force direction, is to be horizontal with less than f2° to <br />all sides. (The position where the cart does not tend to move either -forward or backward <br />but remains in a balanced position.) The maximum force during the pull is noted. <br />5. Repeat step 4 so that three determinations are made. These results are averaged. <br />6. The test is to be conducted at room temperature. <br />TEST RESULTS: <br />The tipping forces were as follows: Average = 35 pounds. <br />SUMMARY: The cart passed the ANSI Z245.30-1999 and Z245.60-1999 standards at or above <br />the minimum requirements. <br />A. r4Strong <br />Professor, Manufacturing Engineering Tech <br />Brigham Young University <br />265 CTB <br />Provo, UT 84602 <br />r3 <br />