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From March to June 2025, the ISO/TC 131/SC 4 subcommittee, Connectors and similar products and components, and its working groups met online. Two working groups will have a new German chairperson at the turn of the year.
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A US proposal for an interoperability standard for mobile robots at ISO level is causing many question marks and criticism among European providers of mobile robots.
ISO published the new ISO 18464 standard in May 2025. It describes a procedure for the design of energy-efficient hydraulic systems.
In April 2025, international ISO experts met in Zhengzhou (PR China) for the standardization meeting for gear materials and load capacity calculation.
In February 2025, leading experts from the gear industry met at the VDMA in Frankfurt to discuss current standards and future standards. The focus was on progress in the standardization of gears and bevel gears.
On 23 April 2025 VDMA Robotics organized an online event on the most important changes of ISO 10218, the international safety standard for industrial robots. The event was recorded and is available to our members here.
The standard ISO 7334:2025 “Earth-moving machinery – Vocabulary and taxonomy for automation and autonomy” was published by ISO.
This year, the Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association hosted the plenary meetings of ISO/TC 127 and its subcommittees in Hamburg from 16 to 20 March 2025.
Exclusively for our industry members, here are all the presentations from the AKT 2025 events.
After the second face-to-face meeting on 8.11.2024 and numerous further online meetings of the 7 sub-working groups, the first drafts and H2 requirements lists are available. (update no. 3)
The Amendment ISO 13031:2016/Amd 1:2025 “Earth-moving machinery – Quick couplers – Safety – Amendment 1” was published by ISO.
The standard ISO/TS 15143-4:2025 “Earth-moving machinery and mobile road construction machinery – Worksite data exchange – Part 4: Worksite topographical data” was published by ISO.
After five years of virtual plenary meetings, ISO/TC 195 met in Zhengzhou (China) in September 2024 at the invitation of the Chinese standards institute SAC and the host CREG (China Railway Engineering Equipment).
In October 2024, around 60 fluid power experts met in London to further develop standardization projects of ISO/TC 131, Fluid Power Systems.
This year's plenary week of ISO/TC 110 "Industrial trucks" took place from October 14 to 18, 2024 in Courbevoie, France. Delegates and experts from nine countries took part.
The use of lithium-ion batteries in underground mining was an important topic at the plenary meeting of ISO/TC 82 "Mining" in Seoul (Korea) in October 2024.
ISO 3164: 2013/Amd 1:2024 "Earth-moving machinery – Laboratory evaluations of protective structures – Specifications for deflection-limiting volume – Amendment 1" was published by ISO.
Results of meetings on the standardization of quantum technologies at European and international level.
The exclusive technology & standardisation information day for VDMA members offered exciting insights into new standards for energy-efficient hydraulic systems, the digital transformation with Fluid 4.0 and hydrogen as a key technology of the future.
The standard ISO 8643:2024 “Earth-moving machinery – Hydraulic excavator and backhoe loader lowering control device – Requirements and tests“ was published by ISO.
Exclusively for our industry members here all presentations of the AKT events 2024.
ISO 3164: 2013/Amd 1:2024 "Earth-moving machinery – Laboratory evaluations of protective structures – Specifications for deflection-limiting volume – Amendment 1" was published by ISO.
The overview of standards and draft standards of the Fluid Power Division and other relevant standards (DIN, DIN EN, DIN EN ISO, DIN ISO, VDMA, ISO) is available for download exclusively for VDMA member companies.
The standard ISO/TR 6750-2:2024 “Earth-moving machinery – Operator's manual – Part 2: List of references“ was published by ISO.
More than 70 fluid power experts worked on ISO/TC 131, Fluid Power Systems standardization projects in Milwaukee (USA) in October 2023.
ISO 7021:2023 “Earth-moving machinery and machinery for forestry – Operator protective structures – Material performance requirements" was published by ISO.
ISO 6011:2023 “Earth-moving machinery – Visual display of machine operation" was published by ISO.
The crane standard ticker offers interested VDMA members an up-to-date overview of current standardization activities.
ISO 21815-3:2023 “Earth-moving machinery – Collision warning and avoidance – Part 3: Risk area and risk level for forward/reverse motion" was published by ISO.
ISO 12509:2023 “Earth-moving machinery and rough-terrain trucks – Lighting, signalling and marking lights, and reflex reflectors“ was published by ISO.
ISO 13459:2012/Amd 1:2022 “Earth-moving machinery – Trainer seat – Deflection limiting volume, space envelope and performance requirements – Amendment 1“ was published by ISO.
From 22-23 June 2023, ISO/TC 112 "Vacuum technology" met in Berlin at the invitation of DIN, Vacuum Technology Division.
The standard ISO/TR 6750-2:2022 “Earth-moving machinery – Operator's manual – Part 2: List of references“ was published by ISO.
The standard ISO 6165:2022 “Earth-moving machinery – Basic types – Identification and vocabulary“ was published by ISO.
The standard ISO 19014-2:2022 “Earth-moving machinery – Functional safety – Part 2: Design and evaluation of hardware and architecture requirements for safety-related parts of the control system“ was published by ISO.
ISO 21467:2023 “Drilling and foundation machinery – Horizontal directional drilling /HDD) machines – Commercial specifications“ was published by ISO.
"Earth-moving machinery – Symbols for operator controls and other displays – Part 2: Symbols for specific machines, equipment and accessories – Amendment 1: Additional symbols"
The amendment ISO 6405-1:2017/Amd 1:2022 "Earth-moving machinery – Symbols for operator controls and other displays – Part 1: Common symbols – Amendment 1: Additional symbols" was published by ISO.
Finding their way through the jungle of standards - the new standards ticker for the lifting equipment sector provides interested VDMA members with an overview of current standardization activities.
With the help of VDMA-DaTeR, VDMA member companies can quickly and easily access technical information from over 70 countries.
Finding their way through the jungle of standards - the standards ticker for the continuous handling equipment sector provides interested VDMA members with an overview of current standardization activities.
The standard ISO 19014-5:2021 “Earth-moving machinery – Functional safety – Part 5: Tables of performance levels“ was published by ISO.
The standard ISO 10261:2021 “Earth-moving machinery – Product identification numbering system“ was published by ISO.
The standard ISO/TR 21815-2 “Earth-moving machinery – Collision warning and avoidance – Part 2: On-board J1939 communication interface“ was published by ISO.
The standard ISO 15878 “Road construction and maintenance equipment – Paver-finishers – Commercial specifications“ was published by ISO.
The standard ISO/TR 6750-2 “Earth-moving machinery – Operator's manual – Part 2: List of references“ was published by ISO.
New guideline supports mechanical and plant engineering in security in operating processes and resilience of products against cyber attacks and other IT-induced damage in the company.
A new implementing decision *) on the harmonized standards for machinery in support of Directive 2006/42/EC has been published in the Official Journal of the EU.
ISO/TS 10300-20:2021, Calculation of scuffing load capacity of bevel gears to be reviewed related to its timeliness and utilization.
The standard ISO 24410:2020 “Earth-moving machinery – Coupling of attachments to skid steer loaders“ was published by ISO.
The standards committee NA 060-13 "Bau- und Baustoffmaschinen" takes care of standardisation in the field of construction and building material machines. It supports the market position of companies in the industry. A list of all standardisation bodies is available for download.
ISO 10968:2020
ISO/TR 6750-2:2020 – ISO/TS 15143-3:2020
The standard EN ISO 19432-1 „Building construction machinery and equipment - Portable, hand-held, internal combustion engine-driven abrasive cutting machines - Part 1: Safety requirements for cut-off machines for centre-mounted rotating abrasive wheels“ is now published.
Overview of the DIN and ISO standardization committees and standards in the Power Transmission Engineering Association.
The VDMA Surface Technology Department leads the European Standards Committee CEN/TC271 "Surface treatment equipment - Safety". Standards for machine safety are developed.
Here you can find the current list of standardization committees responsible for the field of fluid power with the respective chairs.
