BS 466:1960

Co-operating 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 Materials and equipment
6 Service conditions
7 Safe load indication
8 Classification and duty
9 Identification
SECTION TWO: STRUCTURAL
10 Permissible stresses
11 Effective span
12 Minimum steel sections
13 Effective sections
14 Plate girders
15 Braced or lattice girders
16 Lateral stiffness
17 Vertical deflection
18 Joints
19 End carriage construction
20 Crab construction
SECTION THREE: MECHANICAL
21 Rail wheels
22 Bolts and set screws
23 Wire ropes
24 Rope drums
25 Rope pulleys
26 Lifting hooks
27 Shackles
28 Overhauling weight
29 Gearing
30 Gear boxes and covers
31 Rotating and fixed shafts and axles
32 Keys, keyways, splines and serrations
33 Bearings
34 Lubrication
35 Brakes
36 Platforms and ladders
37 Driver's cabin
38 Guarding
39 Guarding
40 Controllers and resistors
41 Controls
42 Brake magnets
43 Limit switches
44 Electrical protective gear
45 Isolating switches and isolators
46 Cables, wiring and other conductors
47 Cable ratings
48 Collector gear
49 Wiring diagram
50 Portable lighting
51 Heating
52 Earthing
SECTION FIVE: TESTING
53 Tests at crane manufacturer's works
54 Tests on purchaser's premises
55 Protection of crane structure
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 Great Britain
E - Definition of motion speeds
F - Maximum ratings for cables up to 0.06 sq in
    for use in cranes under average conditions

Pertains to Classes 2, 3 and 4 a.c. and d.c. electric overhead travelling cranes as specified in BS 2573 for general use whether indoors, under cover, or exposed to the weather.