Designation:F1430/F1430M−15StandardTestMethodforAcousticEmissionTestingofInsulatedandNon-InsulatedAerialPersonnelDeviceswithSupplementalLoadHandlingAttachments1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1430/F1430M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethoddescribesaprocedureforacousticemission(AE)testingofaerialpersonneldevices(APDs)withsupplementalloadhandlingattachments.1.1.1EquipmentCovered—Thistestmethodcoversthefollowingtypesofvehicle-mountedaerialpersonneldeviceswithsupplementalloadhandlingattachments:1.1.1.1Extensible-boomAPDs,1.1.1.2Articulating-boomAPDs,and1.1.1.3Anycombinationof1.1.1.1and1.1.1.2.1.1.2EquipmentNotCovered—Thistestmethoddoesnotcoveranyofthefollowingequipment:1.1.2.1Aerialpersonneldeviceswithoutsupplementalloadhandlingattachments,1.1.2.2Digger-derrickswithplatform,1.1.2.3Craneswithplatform,and1.1.2.4Aerialdeviceswithload-liftingcapabilitieslocatedanywhereotherthanadjacenttotheplatform.NOTE1—Thistestmethodisnotintendedtobeastand-aloneNDTmethodfortheverificationofthestructuralintegrityofanaerialdevice.OtherNDTmethodsshouldbeusedtosupplementtheresults.1.2TheAEtestmethodisusedtodetectandarea-locateemissionsources.Verificationofemissionsourcesmayrequiretheuseofothernondestructivetest(NDT)methods,suchasradiography,ultrasonics,magneticparticle,liquidpenetrant,andvisualinspection.(Warning—Thistestmethodrequiresthatexternalloadsbeappliedtothesuperstructureofthevehicleundertest.Duringthetest,cautionmustbetakentosafeguardpersonnelandequipmentagainstunexpectedfailureorinstabilityofthevehicleorcomponents.)1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesf...
