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.
The ABC of standardization work and technical representation of interests was on the agenda of a well-attended information day in Frankfurt on 24 July.
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.
In May 2024, almost 40 fluid power experts met in Tokyo (Japan) as part of ISO/TC 131, Fluid Power Systems, to advance fluid power standardization.
The revised DIN 3991 standard for the load capacity of bevel gears was published in June 2024. It now also includes hypoid gears and is based on international standards.
The ISO/TC 60/SC 2/WG 12 working group is revising the technical report on gear lubrication in July 2024 under the leadership of Dr. Bugiel. Comments will be structured, test methods updated and sustainability issues addressed.
In April 2024, the joint meeting of the ISO working groups for gear load capacity calculation and gear materials took place in France.
Experts are working on the draft for the geometry standard ISO 23509-1 for bevel gears in Orlando, harmonizing symbols and optimizing the calculation options for gear geometry. The draft will be available at the end of August 2024.
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.
For reasons of clarity, the EU Commission has published in the EU Official Journal L 194 of August 2, 2023 a complete list of references of harmonized standards in support of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
