CSA G387 : 0

Technical Committee on Elevator Ropes
Preface
Reference Publications
Foreword
Standard
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Materials
   3.1 Wire
   3.2 Fibre Cores
   3.3 Special Cores
   3.4 Wire Rope Lubricants
4 Mechanical Requirements of Raw Materials
   4.1 Wire
   4.2 Fibre Core
5 Mechanical Requirements of the Whole Rope
   5.1 General
   5.2 Constructions, Mass, and Breaking Loads
   5.3 Lubrication
6 Rope Length Measurement
7 Marking
8 Quality Assurance
   8.1 General
   8.2 Quality Control Program
   8.3 Quality Audits
9 Sampling Procedures
   9.1 Sampling Procedure for Wire Prior to Fabrication
       into a Rope
   9.2 Sampling Procedure for Fibre Cores
   9.3 Sampling Procedure for Completed Rope
10 Test Procedures
   10.1 Tensile Test on Individual Wires
   10.2 Torsion Test on Individual Wires
   10.3 Diameter and Roundness Measurement on Individual
        Wires
   10.4 Test for Mass of Zinc Coating on Individual Wires
   10.5 Adherence Test
   10.6 Test for Preservative in Natural Fibre Cores
   10.7 Diameter Measurement on the Completed Rope
   10.8 Roundness Measurement on the Completed Rope
   10.9 Breaking Load Test for Completed Rope
Tables
Appendix A - Information to be Supplied by the Purchaser

Provides fibre core wire ropes used for hoisting, compensating and governor purposes in passenger elevators, freight elevators, dumbwaiters, personnel hoists and manlifts, all as defined in CSA Standards B44, Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks; B311, Safety Code for Manlifts; and Z185, Safety Code for Personnel Hoists.