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  • BS 7121-2-7(2012) : 2012

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    CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE SAFE USE OF CRANES - PART 2-7: INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND THOROUGH EXAMINATION - OVERHEAD TRAVELLING CRANES, INCLUDING PORTAL AND SEMI-PORTAL CRANES, HOISTS, AND THEIR SUPPORTING STRUCTURES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  21-03-2022

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 General
    5 Personnel carrying out pre-use checks, in-service
       inspections, maintenance and thorough
       examinations
    6 Pre-use checks and in-service inspections
    7 Maintenance of cranes and supporting structures
    8 Thorough examination of cranes and supporting
       structures
    9 Load testing of cranes and supporting structures
    10 Assessment of wire rope condition and discard
       criteria
    Annexes
    Annex A (informative) - Examples of checklists for
            pre-use checking and in-service
            inspections of cranes
    Bibliography

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Defines recommendations for the pre-use checks, in-service inspection, maintenance, thorough examination in service and following exceptional circumstances) and supplementary testing of overhead travelling cranes, including portal and semi-portal cranes, hoists, and their supporting structures.

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    Committee MHE/3/11
    Development Note Supersedes 12/30259758 DC. (11/2012) Together with BS 7121-2-1(2012), BS 7121-2-3(2012), BS 7121-2-4(2013) and BS 7121-2-5(2012), it supersedes BS 7121-2(2003). (07/2013) 2012 Edition Re-Issued in September 2015 & incorporates AMD 1 2015. Supersedes 15/30324700 DC. (09/2015)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS ISO 4309:2010 Cranes. Wire ropes. Care and maintenance, inspection and discard
    BS EN 1993-6:2007 Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures Crane supporting structures
    BS ISO 12488-1:2012 Cranes. Tolerances for wheels and travel and traversing tracks General
    BS 8437(2005) : 2005 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SELECTION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN THE WORKPLACE
    BS 7121-2-1:2012 Code of practice for the safe use of cranes Inspection, maintenance and thorough examination. General
    BS 449-2:1969 Specification for the use of structural steel in building Metric units
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