BS EN 12510:2002
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Wood poles for overhead lines. Strength grading criteria
Hardcopy , PDF
30-11-2010
English
16-12-2002
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 General requirements
5.1 General
5.2 Species
5.3 Wood preparation
5.3.1 Tree felling
5.3.2 Handling of untreated wood
5.3.3 Storage of untreated wood
5.3.4 Mechanical pre-treatments
5.4 Measurement of strength reducing characteristics
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Slope of grain
5.4.3 Rate of growth
5.4.4 Fissures
5.4.5 Knots and knot clusters
5.4.6 Mechanical damage
5.4.7 Bark pockets and rind galls
6 Visual grading
6.1 Strength reducing characteristics
6.2 Fixed characteristics
6.2.1 Sources
6.2.2 Decay and insects
6.2.3 Included sapwood
6.2.4 Cracks
6.3 Variable characteristics
6.3.1 Knots
6.3.2 Slope of grain
6.3.3 Heartwood
6.3.4 Rate of growth
6.3.5 Straightness
6.3.6 Bark pockets and rindgalls
6.3.7 Mechanical damage
6.3.8 Ring and star shake
6.3.9 Fissures
6.4 Other characteristics
6.4.1 Visual characteristics
6.4.2 Other criteria
7 Marking
Annex A (informative) Examples of standards currently in use
Bibliography
Specifies the requirements for the handling and storage and the characteristics for inclusion in regional/national/local/buyer standards of visual strength grading of softwood and hardwood poles.
| Committee |
B/518
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 96/105120 DC (03/2002)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
18
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| UNI EN 12510 : 2003 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 12510:2002 | Identical |
| EN 12510:2001/AC:2002 | Identical |
| NF EN 12510 : 2002 | Identical |
| SN EN 12510 : 2002 | Identical |
| I.S. EN 12510:2002 | Identical |
| NEN EN 12510 : 2002 C1 2002 | Identical |
| NS EN 12510 : 1ED 2002 | Identical |
| DIN EN 12510:2002-09 | Identical |
| NBN EN 12510 : 2002 | Identical |
| EN 844-2:1997 | Round and sawn timber - Terminology - Part 2: General terms relating to round timber |
| EN 844-8:1997 | Round and sawn timber - Terminology - Part 8: Terms relating to features of round timber |
| EN 844-7:1997 | Round and sawn timber - Terminology - Part 7: Terms relating to anatomical structure of timber |
| EN 844-10:1998 | Round and sawn timber - Terminology - Part 10: Terms relating to stain and fungal attack |
| ISO 3166-1:2013 | Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 1: Country codes |
| EN 844-9:1997 | Round and sawn timber - Terminology - Part 9: Terms relating to features of sawn timber |
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