ASAE/ASABE AD5673-1 PDF download

ASAE/ASABE AD5673-1 – Agricultural tractors and machinery – Power take-off drive shafts and power-input connection – Part 1: General manufacturing and safety requirements

This part of ISO 5673 specifies the power take-off (PTO) drive shafts of a tractor or self-propelled machineused in agriculture and the power-input connection (PIC) of its implement, establishing a method fordetermining PTO static and dynamic torsional strength while giving manufacturing and safety requirements. Itis applicable only to those PTO drive shafts and guards mechanically linked to the shaft by at least twobearings. It is not applicable to PTO drive shafts guarded by location or to the mechanical characteristics ofoverrun devices and torque limiters, nor are environmental aspects considered; neither is it applicable to PTOdrive shafts and their guards manufactured before the date of its publication.