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Standards and Regulations Use to Mechanical Engineers (English)


Reference Standards...Lifting Equipment

- Standard Reference Title
1 BS EN 13001-1:2004 Crane safety. General design. General principles and requirements -Replaces BS 2573
= BS EN 13001-2:2004 Crane safety. General design. Load actions.-Replaces BS 2573
3 BS 5237:1985 Specification for lifting twistlocks
4 BS EN 1677-1:2000 Components for slings. Safety. Forged steel components, Grade 8
- BS EN 1677-2:2000 Components for slings. Safety. Forged steel lifting hooks with latch, Grade 8
- BS EN 1677-5:2001 Components for slings. Safety. Forged steel lifting hooks with latch. Grade 4
5 BS EN 12385-1:2002 Steel wire ropes. Safety. General requirements
- BS EN 12385-2:2002 Steel wire ropes. Safety. Definitions, designation and classification.
- BS EN 12385-3:2004 Steel wire ropes. Safety. Information for use and maintenance
- BS EN 12385-4:2002 Steel wire ropes. Safety. Stranded ropes for general lifting applications
= BS EN 12385-5:2002 Steel wire ropes. Safety. Stranded ropes for lifts
6 BS ISO 1837:2003 Lifting hooks. Nomenclature
7 BS ISO 4308-1:2003 Cranes and lifting appliances. Selection of wire ropes. General ..
8 BS EN 12644-1:2001 Cranes. Information for use and testing. Instructions
9 BS EN 13157:2004 Cranes. Safety. Hand powered lifting equipment
10 BS EN 1494:2001 Mobile or movable jacks and associated lifting equipment
11 BS EN 15056:2006 Cranes. Requirements for container handling spreaders
12 BS 6037-2:2004 Code of practice for the planning, design, installation and use of permanently installed access equipment. Travelling ladders and gantries
13 BS ISO 16881-1:2005 Cranes. Design calculation for rail wheels and associated trolley track supporting structure. General
14 BS ISO 4306-5:2005 Cranes. Vocabulary. Bridge and gantry cranes
15 BS EN 1756-1:2001 Tail lifts. Platform lifts for mounting on wheeled vehicles. Safety requirements. Tail lifts for goods Coarse thread
16 BS ISO 8566-4:1998 Cranes. Cabins. Jib cranes
17 BS EN 13155:2003 Cranes. Safety. Non-fixed load lifting attachments
18 BS EN 13557:2003 Cranes. Controls and control stations
19 BS EN 14439:2006 Cranes. Safety. Tower cranes
20 BS 3810-4:1968 Glossary of terms used in materials handling. Terms used in connection with cranes
21 BS EN 1492-1:2000 Textile slings. Safety. Flat woven webbing slings, made of man-made fibres, for general purpose use
- BS EN 1492-2:2000 Textile slings. Safety. Roundslings, made of man-made fibres, for general purpose use
- BS EN 1492-4:2004 Textile slings. Safety. Lifting slings for general service made from natural and man-made fibre ropes
22 BS ISO 10972-1:1998 Cranes. Requirements for mechanisms. General.
23 BS 7121-1:2006 Code of practice for safe use of cranes. General
- BS 7121-3:2000 Code of practice for safe use of cranes. Mobile cranes
24 BS 7333:1990 Specification for slewing jib cranes.
25 BS ISO 1834:1999 Short link chain for lifting purposes. General conditions of acceptance.
26 BS EN 818-3:1999 Short link chain for lifting purposes. Safety. Medium tolerance chain for chain slings. Grade 4
- BS EN 818-5:1999 Short link chain for lifting purposes. Safety. Chain slings. Grade 4
27 BS 2573 1:1983 Rules For Design of Cranes. Specification for Classification, stress, Calculations and design criteria for structures-superseded but useful
- BS 2573-2:1980 Rules for the design of cranes. Specification for classification, stress calculations and design of mechanisms - superseded but useful
28 BS EN 1570:1999 Safety requirements for lifting tables
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