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  • BS 302-4:1987

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    Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for ropes for lifts

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-10-2002

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-06-1987

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Section one. General
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Compliance
    4. Material
    5. Direction of lay
    6. Diameter and ovality tolerances
    7. Lubrication
    8. Wire rope constructions and sizes
    Section two. 1370/1770 grade dual tensile rope and
    1570 grade single tensile rope
    9. Tensile grade of wires
    10. Minimum breaking load
    Section three. 1180/1770 grade dual tensile rope
    11. Tensile grade of wires
    12. Minimum breaking load
    Appendix
    A. Recommendations for handling, use and care of steel
         wire ropes for electric lifts
    Tables
    1. Rope diameter tolerances
    2. Wire rope constructions
    3. 6 x 19 construction group: equal lay
    4. 8 x 19 construction group: equal lay
    5. 6 x 19 construction group: equal lay
    6. 8 x 19 construction group: equal lay

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    Includes constructions, sizes, material, lay, lubrication, tensile grades and minimum breaking loads.

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    Committee MHE/2
    Development Note Replaces BS 329: 1968
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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

    BS 302-7:1989 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for large diameter ropes for general purposes
    BS 5900:1999 Specification for powered domestic lifts with partially enclosed cars and no lift-well enclosures
    BS 5900:1991 Specification for powered domestic lifts
    BS 7255:1989 Code of practice for safe working on lifts
    BS 5776:1996 Specification for powered stairlifts
    BS 7166:1989 Specification for wedge and socket anchorages for wire ropes
    BS 7035:1989 Code of practice for socketing of stranded steel wire ropes
    BS DD222(1996) : 1996 SPECIFICATION FOR RACK AND PINION LIFTS
    BS 5655-3:1989 Lifts and service lifts Specification for electric service lifts
    BS 525:1991 Specification for fibre cores for wire ropes
    BS 5655-11:1989 Lifts and service lifts Recommendations for the installation of new, and the modernization of, electric lifts in existing buildings
    BS 302-8:1989 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for higher breaking load ropes
    BS 5655-12:1989 Lifts and service lifts Recommendations for the installations of new, and the modernization of, hydraulic lifts in existing buildings
    BS 5655-6:1990 Lifts and service lifts Code of practice for selection and installation
    BS 7333:1990 Specification for slewing jib cranes

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    ISO 2408:2017 Steel wire ropes — Requirements
    BS 5655-1:1979 Lifts and service lifts Safety rules for the construction and installation of electric lifts
    BS 5750-2:1987 Quality systems Specification for production and installation
    EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 1: Electric lifts
    ISO 4344:2004 Steel wire ropes for lifts — Minimum requirements
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