ISO 7745:1989

Hydraulic fluid power — Fire-resistant (FR) fluids — Guidelines for use

Scope

Provides guidelines detailing, for the various categories of fluids, operational characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, and the factors affecting the choice to be made amongst these various categories. Specifies also precautions which should be adopted to reduce difficulties arising from the use of such fluids, as well as the precautions which are necessary when replacing fluids with fluids from different categories. The installation of hydraulic circuits with respect to fire-resistant fluids is also described.