BS 3237:1960
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Specification for light and medium rolling stock for mineral haulage in mines
Hardcopy , PDF
English
31-03-1960
Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
Part 1. Bodies and underframes
Section one: Bodies
2 General
3 Materials
4 Design and construction
Section two: Underframes
5 Materials
6 Construction
Part 2. Wheels, axles and pedestals
Section one: Wheels
7 Materials
8 Dimensions and weights
9 Heat treatment
10 Fettling and dressing
11 Freedom from defects
12 Repairs to castings
13 Permissible eccentricity
14 Marking
Section two: Axles
15 Materials
16 Dimensions
17 Straightness
Section three: Pedestals
18 Materials
19 Dimensions
Part 3. Drawgear
Section one: General design, construction and testing
20 Drawgear assemblies
21 Principles and requirements of design
22 Materials
23 Welding
24 Heat treatment
25 Quality marking
26 Workmanship
27 Testing
28 Certificate of test and examination
29 Spring-loaded drawgear
Section two: Hooks
30 General
31 Rating
32 Material
33 Form and dimensions
34 Tolerances on dimensions
35 Workmanship
36 Heat treatment
37 Quality marking
38 Hardness test
39 Destruction test
40 Proof test
41 Additional tests
42 Testing facilities
43 Inspection
44 Identification marking
45 Certificate of test and examination
Tables
1 Dimensions for fixed wheels
2 Dimensions for loose (self-oiling) wheels
3 Dimensions for loose wheels - non-precision bearing
type
4 Dimensions for pedestals for use with fixed or loose
wheels and axles
Figures
1 Fixed wheels
2 Loose (self-oiling) wheels
3 Loose wheels - non-precision bearing type
4 Methods of testing fixed and loose wheels for true
running
5 Eye hooks, trapezoidal section
6 Dee link
7 Typical coupling unit with hook and Dee shackle
8 Typical coupling unit with hook and Dee link
Appendices
A Wheels, axles and pedestals; particulars to be
supplied with enquiry or order
B Certificate of test and examination of drawgear
C Requirements for testing machines
D Design formula for 1.5 per cent manganese steel
hooks
E Design formulae for 1.5 per cent manganese steel
links, rings and shackles
F Approximate metric dimensions for Tables 1 to 4
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