BS 4854:1972
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Specification for cars for manriding in mines
Hardcopy
English
26-09-1972
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Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 General design requirements
4 Chassis
5 Canopies
6 Seating
7 Wheels
8 Axles
9 Wheel and axle assemblies
10 Suspension gear
11 Brakes
12 Couplings
13 Safety chains or ropes
14 Clips for continuous rope haulage
15 Identification plates
16 Painting
Appendices
A Coupling data
B Details of leaf bend test for mine car springs
C Information to be provided with enquiry and order
Tables
1 Wheel, axle and bearing sizes
2 Principal dimensions and design features of
manriding cars
Figures
1 & 2 Low cars - 12/16 seats
3 & 4 Low cars - 16/22 seats
5 & 6 Medium cars - 12/18 seats
7 & 8 Medium cars - 16/24 seats
9 Details of manriding car axles
10 14 in diameter car wheels
11 14 in typical mine car wheel and axle assembly
12 Relationship between cars, coupling and thrust
line
13 Theoretical stopping distance with track brakes
Classifies a range of manriding cars; chassis, number of seats, operational gradients. General design requirements for chassis, canopies, seating arrangements, suspension gear, also wheel and axle assemblies. Covers safety aspects, overall car stability, criteria for compressed-air and hydraulic brakes, also couplings.
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MRE/1
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 70/35965 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
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Standard
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0
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British Standards Institution
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Current
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