• BS 2830:1994

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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

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  04-04-2012

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-04-1994

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Table of Contents - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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

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    Gives materials and design of the suspended equipment but does not cover the roof mounted support.

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    Committee B/514
    Development Note Supersedes 92/16938 DC and BS 2830(1973) (06/2005) Reviewed and Confirmed by BSI, August 2007. (07/2007)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 7985:2002 Code of Practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes
    BS 7985:2009 Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes
    BS 7885:1997 Code of practice for safe entry into silos
    BS 8313:1997 Code of practice for accommodation of building services in ducts

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    BS 2771-1:1986 Electrical equipment of industrial machines Specification for general requirements
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    BS 7671:1992 REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
    BS 5135:1984 Specification for arc welding of carbon and carbon manganese steels
    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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