scope:

This document gives rules for testing methods for newly manufactured pantographs contact strips. Not all tests may be relevant to some designs of contact strips. This document excludes tests using a particular pantograph. Additional supplementary tests, out of the scope of this document, may be necessary to determine suitability for a particular application and are by prior agreement between customer and manufacturer. NOTE - The customer can among others be the system integrator, the manufacturer, the purchaser, the operator of the vehicle or the purchaser of the pantograph or a supervisory authority.