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  • BS 4536:1970

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    SPECIFICATION FOR HEAVY DUTY PULLEY BLOCKS FOR USE WITH WIRE ROPE

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  01-03-2006

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1970

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Cooperating organizations
    Foreword
    Specification
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Factor of safety
    4. Wire rope
    5. Materials
    6. Block shell
    7. Head fittings
    8. Becket
    9. Axle pin
    10. Sheaves
    11. Lubrication
    12. Locking nuts
    13. Proof load
    14. Examination after proof loading
    15. Marking
    16. Certificate of test and examination
    Appendices
    A. Typical head fittings
    B. Formulae for round section eyes
    C. Proof load in relation to safe working load
    D. Recommendations relating to contracts
    E. Details which should be agreed between the purchaser
        and the supplier
    Table
    1. Permissible loading on shanks of head fittings
    Figures
    1. Nomenclature of block components
    2. Plain bearing
    3. Ball bearing

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    Explains requirements for heavy duty pulley blocks for use with wire rope, with sheave diameter not less than 15 times the rope diameter. Single blocks are regarded only as lead blocks. Covers definitions, factor of safety, block shell, head fittings, becket, axle pin, sheaves, lubrication, locking nuts, proof load, examination after proof loading, marking and certificate of test and examination.

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    Committee MHE/3
    Development Note Supersedes 66/17263 DC (08/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS 2789:1961 SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE OR NODULAR GRAPHITE CAST IRON
    BS 1486-1:1959 LUBRICATING NIPPLES - LUBRICATING NIPPLES AND ADAPTORS FOR USE ON MACHINERY AND VEHICLES
    BS 408(1963) : LATEST SHIPS' CARGO BLOCKS
    BS 919-3:1968 SPECIFICATION FOR SCREW GAUGE LIMITS AND TOLERANCES - GAUGES FOR ISO METRIC SCREW THREADS
    BS 3551:1962 Specification for alloy steel shackles
    BS 4018:1966 SPECIFICATION FOR PULLEY BLOCKS FOR USE WITH WIRE ROPE FOR A MAXIMUM LIFT OF 25 TONF IN COMBINATION
    BS 919-1:1960 SPECIFICATION FOR SCREW GAUGE LIMITS AND TOLERANCES - GAUGES FOR SCREW THREADS OF UNIFIED FORM
    BS 1452:1961 FLAKE GRAPHITE CAST IRON
    BS 302(1968) : AMD 583 STRANDED STEEL WIRE ROPES
    BS 3317(1960) : LATEST MILD STEEL FORGED TRIANGULAR LIFTING EYES FOR USE ON WIRE ROPE PULLEY BLOCKS WITH A LIFTING CAPACITY OF 60 TONS OR MORE
    BS 970:1955
    BS 592(1957) : LATEST CARBON STEEL CASTINGS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES
    BS 919-2(1952) : LATEST
    BS PD 5686(1969) : LATEST THE USE OF SI UNITS
    BS 825(1949) : LATEST MILD STEEL SHACKLES
    BS 3032:1958 SPECIFICATION FOR HIGHER TENSILE STEEL SHACKLES
    BS 350:2004 Conversion factors for units
    BS 919-4:1964 SPECIFICATION FOR SCREW GAUGE LIMITS AND TOLERANCES - LIMITS OF SIZE FOR GAUGES FOR SCREW THREADS OF UNIFIED FORM DIAMETERS 1/4 IN AND LARGER
    BS 3017:1958 SPECIFICATION FOR MILD STEEL FORGED RAMSHORN HOOKS
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