Designation:F914/F914M−15StandardTestMethodforAcousticEmissionforAerialPersonnelDevicesWithoutSupplementalLoadHandlingAttachments1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF914/F914M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethoddescribesaprocedurefornon-destructivetestingusingacousticemission(AE)testingforaerialpersonneldevices,whichdonothaveasupplementalloadhandlingattachment.1.1.1EquipmentCovered—Thistestmethodcoversthefollowingtypesofvehicle-mountedinsulatedaerialpersonneldevices:1.1.1.1Extensibleboomaerialpersonneldevices,1.1.1.2Articulatingboomaerialpersonneldevices,and1.1.1.3Anycombinationof1.1.1.1and1.1.1.2.1.1.2EquipmentNotCovered—Thistestmethoddoesnotcoveranyofthefollowingequipment:1.1.2.1Material-handlingaerialdevices,1.1.2.2Digger-derrickswithplatform,and1.1.2.3Craneswithplatform.1.2TheAEtestmethodisusedtodetectandarea-locateemissionsources.Verificationofemissionsourcesmayrequiretheuseofothernondestructivetest(NDT)methods,suchasradiography,ultrasonics,magneticparticle,liquidpenetrant,andvisualinspection.Warning—Thistestmethodrequiresthatexternalloadsbeappliedtothesuperstructureofthevehicleundertest.Duringthetest,cautionmustbetakentosafeguardpersonnelandequipmentagainstunexpectedfailureorinstabilityofthevehicleorcomponents.NOTE1—ThistestmethodisnotintendedtobeastandaloneNDTmethodfortheverificationofthestructuralintegrityofanaerialdevice.OtherNDTmethodsshouldbeusedtosupplementtheresults.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,a...
