BS ISO 15886-1:2012 BSl Standards Publication Agricultural irrigation equipment Sprinklers Part 1: Definition of terms and classification bsi. ..making excellence a habit. BSISO15886-1:2012 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of IS0 15886-1:2012 It supersedes BS ISO 15886-1:2004 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AGE/30, Irrigation and drainage equipment. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @The British Standards Institution 2012.Published by BSI Standards Limited 2012 ISBN9780580708183 ICS 65.060.35 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunityfrom legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30April 2012 Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected BS ISO 15886-1:2012 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 15886-1 Second edition 2012-03-01 Agricultural irrigation equipment - Sprinklers Part 1: Definition of terms and classification Materielagricole d'irrigationAsperseurs- Partie 1:Definition destermeset classification Reference number ISO 15886-1:2012(E) ISO @ISO 2012 BS ISO 15886-1:2012 ISO15886-1:2012(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale 56 : CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ ISO 2012 -All rights reserved BS ISO 15886-1:2012 ISO 15886-1:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword 1 Scope 2 Terms and definitions 3 Classification. 6 3.1 General 6 3.2 Physical factors..... 3.3 Characteristics ofwaterspray.. 8 3.4 Mechanismforwaterdistributionoperation. 11 3.5 Mechanismfor sealing... 13 3.6 Intended use. 13 3.7 Additional functions incorporated into the sprinkler. 14 Bibliography .16 @ ISO 2012 Allrights reserved ili BS ISO 15886-1:2012 ISO 15886-1:2012(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies established has the rightto be represented on that committee. International organizations,governmental and Electrotechnical Commission (iEC) onall matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO15886-1waspreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeISO/TC23,Tractorsandmachineryforagricultureand forestry,SubcommitteeSC18,Irrigationanddrainageequipmentandsystems. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (iSO 15886-1:2004), which has beentechnically revised. Part1:Definitionofterms andclassification Part3:Characterizingofdistributionandtestmethods iv @ ISO 2012-All rights reserved BS ISO15886-1:2012 INTERNATIONALSTANDARD ISO15886-1:2012(E) AgriculturalirrigationeguipmentSprinklers Part 1: Definitionoftermsandclassification Scope This part of isO 15886 defines terms related to irrigation sprinklers and specifies the classification of