BS 2830:1994
Withdrawn
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Specification for suspended access equipment (suspended chairs, traditional steeplejack\'s seats, work cages, cradles and platforms) for use in the building, engineering construction, steeplejack and cleaning industries
Hardcopy , PDF
04-04-2012
English
15-04-1994
Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
Section 1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Information and requirements to be agreed and to
be documented
1.5 Design criteria
1.6 Safe working loads
1.7 Wind loads
1.8 Dynamic or impact loads
1.9 Materials
1.10 Corrosion protection
1.11 Manufacture
1.12 Suspension and stability
1.13 Electrical equipment
1.14 Performance
1.15 Manufacturer's certification
1.16 Instruction manual
1.17 Marking and information
1.18 The platform and its edge protection
Section 2. Chairs and seats
2.1 Chairs
2.2 Seats
Section 3. Work cages
3.1 General
3.2 Dimensions
3.3 Suspension and stability
3.4 Safety devices
3.5 Performance
Section 4. Painter's cradles
4.1 General
4.2 Painter's cradles on wire ropes
4.3 Dimensions
4.4 Stirrups
4.5 Additional instructions for assembly and use of
equipment
Section 5. Individual suspended platforms without hinges
5.1 General
5.2 Manufacture
5.3 Demountable units
5.4 Stirrups
5.5 Storage of wire rope
5.6 Safe working load and marking
5.7 Safety devices
5.8 Performance
5.9 Additional instructions for assembly and use of
equipment
Section 6. Hinged continuous platforms
6.1 General
6.2 Demountable units
6.3 Stirrups
6.4 Additional instructions for assembly and use of
equipment
6.5 Safe working load and marking
6.6 Safety devices
6.7 Performance
Section 7. Multi-deck rigid platforms
7.1 General
7.2 Additional protection
7.3 The end frames and the suspension
7.4 Loads
7.5 Safe working loads and marking
7.6 Performance
7.7 Additional instructions for assembly and use of
equipment
Section 8. Multi-deck wire suspended extendible
platforms
8.1 General
8.2 Access between the decks
Section 9. Permanent cradles which will only be used on
the permanent installations for which they
are designed
9.1 General
9.2 Stirrups
9.3 Safety devices
9.4 Electrical equipment fitted to the platform
9.5 Additional instructions for assembly and use of
equipment
Annexes
A (informative) Recommendations with regard to
winches
B (informative) The use of temporary platforms with
permanent installed roof mounted equipment
C (normative) Type test to verify fail safe design
D (informative) Recommendations with regard to
platform restraint and guidance on wind speeds
E (informative) Electrical installations on the
platforms
F (informative) Certificate of proof load for each
unit supplied
G (informative) Certificate of design proofing tests
H (informative) Recommended method of rigging a
steeplejack's seat
J (informative) Recommendations for selection and
use of fibre ropes and wire ropes
Table
D.1 Basic wind speed for some cities and towns (taken
from CP 3 : Chapter V : Part 2 : 1972)
Figures
1 Types of chair
2 Typical steeplejack's seat
3 Typical work cages
4 Painter's cradle
5 Typical platform modules
6 Hinged continuous platform
7 Multi-deck rigid platform
8 Multi-deck platform with adjustable levels
9 Typical permanent cradle
H.1 Rigging a steeplejack's seat
List of references
Gives materials and design of the suspended equipment but does not cover the roof mounted support.
Committee |
B/514
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DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 92/16938 DC and BS 2830(1973) (06/2005) Reviewed and Confirmed by BSI, August 2007. (07/2007)
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DocumentType |
Standard
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Pages |
46
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PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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Status |
Withdrawn
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Supersedes |
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BS 7671:1992 | REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS |
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BS 5756:1980 | Specification for tropical hardwoods graded for structural use |
BS 3571-1:1985 | MIG welding Specification for MIG welding of aluminium and aluminium alloys |
BS 6037:1990 | Code of practice for permanently installed suspended access equipment |
BS 5974:1990 | Code of practice for temporarily installed suspended scaffolds and access equipment |
BS 4978:1988 | Specification for softwood grades for structural use |
BS 3019-1:1984 | TIG welding Specification for TIG welding of aluminium, magnesium and their alloys |
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