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.