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  • EN 12510:2001/AC:2002

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    WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - STRENGTH GRADING CRITERIA

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    Superseded date:  01-10-2010

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    Published date:  10-07-2002

    Publisher:  Comite Europeen de Normalisation

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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

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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.

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    Committee TC 124
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Comite Europeen de Normalisation
    Status Superseded

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS EN 50119 : 2009 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
    BS EN 12511:2002 Wood poles for overhead lines. Determination of characteristic values
    EN 14229:2010 Structural timber - Wood poles for overhead lines
    I.S. EN 12511:2002 WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERISTIC VALUES
    DIN EN 14229:2011-02 Structural timber - Wood poles for overhead lines
    11/30215604 DC : 0 BS IEC 60913 - RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
    01/106279 DC : 0 PREN 14229 - WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - REQUIREMENTS
    I.S. EN 50119:2009 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
    NF EN 50119 : 2010 AMD 1 2013 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
    DIN EN 14229 E : 2011 STRUCTURAL TIMBER - WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES
    IEC 60913:2013 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction overhead contact lines
    BS EN 14229:2010 Structural timber. Wood poles for overhead lines
    UNI EN 14229 : 2010 STRUCTURAL TIMBER - WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES
    I.S. EN 50119:2020 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction overhead contact lines
    EN 50119 : 2009 AMD 1 2013 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
    I.S. EN 14229:2010 STRUCTURAL TIMBER - WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES
    EN 12511 : 2001 WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERISTIC VALUES

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

    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 FOUND 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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