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  • BS 327:1964

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    Specification for power-driven derrick cranes

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  25-09-2012

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  24-04-1964

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Cooperating organizations
    Foreword
    Specification
    Section one: General
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Information to be supplied with the enquiry or
         order
    4. Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
    5. Service conditions
    6. Classification and duty
    7. Identification
    8. Materials
    9. Wind
    10. Stability
    Section two: Structural
    11. Permissible stresses
    12. Jibs
    13. Back stays
    14. Struts, i.e. masts, jibs, backstays and sleepers
    15. Joints
    16. Minimum sections
    17. Structural sections
    18. Anchorage bolts
    19. Bogie frames
    20. Bracing between end bogies
    21. Gabbards
    22. Access
    Section three: Mechanical
    23. Wire ropes
    24. Lifting hooks
    25. Shackles
    26. Overhauling weight
    27. Stretching screws and turnbuckles for guy ropes of
         guy derrick cranes
    28. Rope drums
    29. Rope pulleys
    30. Gearing
    31. Gear boxes
    32. Bearings
    33. Shafts and axles, rotating and fixed
    34. Keys, keyways, splines and serrations
    35. Bolts and set screws, other than anchorage bolts
         and those used in the crane structure
    36. Brakes
    37. Lubrication
    38. Slewing
    39. Guarding
    40. Control handles and levers
    41. Travelling wheels
    42. Crane cabin
    Section four: Electrical
    43. Weather protection
    44. Electric motors and generators
    45. Control gear and resistors
    46. Electro-dynamic braking
    47. Limit gear
    48. Brake magnets
    49. Protective gear
    50. Isolating switches
    51. Fixed cables, wiring and other conductors
    52. Main supply for travelling cranes
    53. Cables for cable reels and similar applications
    54. Trailing cables
    55. Cable ratings
    56. Wiring diagram
    57. Portable lighting
    58. Heating
    59. Earthing
    Section five: Other forms of motive power
    60. Steam engines
    61. Boilers
    62. Internal combustion engines
    Section six: Safety
    63. Load and radius indication
    64. Interlock for derricking motion
    Section seven: Testing
    65. Tests at manufacturer's works
    66. Tests on purchaser's premises
    Section eight: Protection of crane structure
    67. Painting
    Figures
    1. Scotch derrick
    2. Rail mounted Scotch derrick
    3. Scotch derrick mounted on fixed gabbards
    4. Rail mounted Scotch derrick on gabbards
    5. Guy derrick
    6. Maximum ratings for cables up to 0.06 in squared
         for average crane conditions
    Appendices
    A. Information to be supplied with enquiry or order
    B. Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
    C. List of British Standards for materials and
         equipment to be used in the manufacture of cranes
    D. Legislation affecting cranes in the United
         Kingdom
    E. Notes on crane tracks
    F. Definition of motion speeds
    G. Maximum ratings for cables up to 0.06 in squared
         for use in cranes under average conditions
    Tables
    1. Classification and duty
    2. Minimum drum diameters
    3. Minimum groove radii
    4. Minimum rope clearances
    5. Service factors for gears
    6. Brake magnet ratings
    7. Brake magnet operating currents
    8. Normal requirements of overload devices for
         motor circuits
    9. Cable ratings
    Supplement
    Requirements for the conversion of an existing
    hand-operated crane to electric power operation

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    Structure, performance, hoisting equipment, mechanical details, electrical equipment, testing procedures. Appendices detail other British Standards for materials and equipment for manufacture of cranes, and statutory requirements for their operation in the UK; a supplement covers conversion of hand-operated derrick cranes to electricity.

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    Committee MHE/3/3
    Development Note Inactive for the new design. (10/2007)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn

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    BS 6166-1:1986 Lifting slings Methods of rating
    BS 2799:1974 Specification for power-driven tower cranes for building and engineering construction
    BS 357:1958 Specification for power-driven travelling jib cranes (rail-mounted low carriage type)
    BS 466:1984 Specification for power driven overhead travelling cranes, semi-goliath and goliath cranes for general use
    BS CP3010(1972) : 1972 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SAFE USE OF CRANES (MOBILE CRANES, TOWER CRANES AND DERRICK CRANES)
    BS 2452:1954 Specification for electrically driven jib cranes mounted on a high pedestal or portal carriage (high pedestal or portal jib cranes)
    BS 7333:1990 Specification for slewing jib cranes

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