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AS 3785.6-1992

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Underground mining - Shaft equipment - Guides and rubbing ropes for conveyances
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Superseded date

30-06-2017

Published date

01-12-1992

1 - AS 3785.6-1992 UNDERGROUND MINING-SHAFT EQUIPMENT - GUIDES AND RUBBING ROPES FOR CONVEYANCES
4 - PREFACE
4 - CONTENTS
5 - FOREWORD
6 - 1 SCOPE
6 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 - 3 DEFINITIONS
6 - 3.1 Approved and approval
6 - 3.2 Bunton/dividers
6 - 3.3 Chairing
6 - 3.4 Conveyance
6 - 3.5 Conveyance guide assemblies
6 - 3.6 Dead loads
6 - 3.7 Gripper system
6 - 3.8 Guides
6 - 3.9 Live load
6 - 3.10 Overwind
6 - 3.11 Rope break force
6 - 3.12 Rubbing ropes
6 - 3.13 Shall
6 - 3.14 Should
7 - 3.15 Statutory authority
7 - 4 MATERIALS
7 - 4.1 General
7 - 4.2 Rigid steel guides
7 - 4.3 Rigid timber guides
7 - 4.4 Wire rope guides and rubbing ropes
7 - 4.5 Rope suspension glands
7 - 5 STRUCTURAL DESIGN
7 - 5.1 Loads
8 - 5.2 Design load combinations
8 - 5.2.1 Rigid guides
8 - 5.2.2 Rope guides and rubbing ropes
8 - 5.3 Design requirements
8 - 5.3.1 Rigid guide deflection
8 - 5.3.2 Rigid guide stresses
8 - 5.3.3 Rope guides and rubbing ropes
8 - 5.3.4 Rope suspension glands
8 - 6 CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
8 - 6.1 General
8 - 6.1.1 Corrosion/wear allowance
8 - 6.1.2 Shaft clearances
8 - 6.2 Rigid guide alignment
8 - 6.2.1 Adjustment
9 - 6.2.2 Skrinkage-timber guides
9 - 6.2.3 Thermal expansion-steel guide
9 - 6.2.4 Splices
9 - 6.2.5 Hydrostatic pressure
9 - 6.3 Rigid guide stiffness
9 - 6.4 Rope guides and rubbing ropes
9 - 6.4.1 Construction and sizing
9 - 6.4.2 Tensioning
9 - 6.4.3 Suspension method
9 - 7 MANUFACTURE
9 - 7.1 Steel guides
9 - 7.1.1 Manufacture
10 - 7.1.2 Tolerances
10 - 7.2 Timber guide
10 - 7.2.1 Manufacture
10 - 7.2.2 Tolerances
10 - 7.3 Rope guides and rubbing ropes:
11 - APPENDIX A - TYPICAL GUIDE LOAD DETERMINATION METHODS FOR RIGID GUIDES
11 - A1 GENERAL
11 - A2 TOLERANCES
11 - A3 LOADING

Specifies requirements for guides and rubbing ropes used in vertical mine shafts. Covers material, design and manufacture. An Appendix provides typical guide load determination methods for rigid guides.

This Standard specifies requirements for guides and rubbing ropes used in vertical mine shafts. It does not cover the variations in the physical arrangements possible of the guides and rubbing ropes.

Committee
ME-018
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7262 7866 1
Pages
8
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

First published as AS 3785.6-1992.

AS O22-1948 Grading rule for mine guides
AS 4100-1990 Steel structures
AS 3637.1-2005 Underground mining - Winding suspension equipment General requirements (Reconfirmed 2017)
AS 3637.1-1989 Underground mining - Winding suspension equipment - General requirements
AS 1720.1-1997 Timber structures Design methods
AS 3990-1993 Mechanical equipment - Steelwork (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 3569-1989 Steel wire ropes
AS 4100-1998 Steel structures (Reconfirmed 2016)

AS 3785.3-2005 Underground mining - Shaft equipment Drum winding gripper systems
AS/NZS 4812:2003 Non-destructive examination and discard criteria for wire ropes in mine winding systems
AS 3785.5-1991 Underground mining - Shaft equipment - Headframes
AS 3785.4-1992 Underground mining - Shaft equipment - Conveyances for vertical shafts
AS/NZS 3785.4:2002 Underground mining - Shaft equipment Conveyances for vertical shafts
AS 3785.5-1998 Underground mining - Shaft equipment Headframes

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