1 - AS 2209-1997 TIMBER - POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
7 - 1.1 SCOPE
7 - 1.2 APPLICATION
7 - 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS
8 - 1.4.1 Batch
8 - 1.4.2 Charge lot
8 - 1.4.3 Check, barrel
8 - 1.4.4 Critical zone
8 - 1.4.5 Dry side
8 - 1.4.6 Fabrication
8 - 1.4.7 Knot, sound
8 - 1.4.8 Nominal ground line
8 - 1.4.9 Pole, overhead line
8 - 1.4.10 Pole, seasoned
8 - 1.4.11 Refractory
8 - 1.4.12 Sapwood
8 - 1.4.13 Zone, penetrated
9 - 1.5 SIZE AND FORM OF POLE
9 - 1.5.1 General
9 - 1.5.2 Size tolerances
9 - 1.5.3 Ovality
9 - 1.5.4 Straightness
9 - 1.6 PREPARATION OF POLE
9 - 1.7 MEASUREMENT OF KNOTS
9 - 1.8 NUMERICAL RATINGS FOR END SPLITS AND BARREL CHECKS
10 - 1.9 SPECIES BRANDING
10 - 1.10 DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE
13 - SECTION 2 POLES INTENDED FOR USE WITHOUT FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
13 - 2.1 TIMBER SPECIES
13 - 2.2 GRADE DESCRIPTION
13 - 2.2.1 Unseasoned poles
14 - 2.2.2 Seasoned poles
14 - 2.3 CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE
15 - SECTION 3 HARDWOOD POLES INTENDED FOR USE AFTER FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
15 - 3.1 TIMBER SPECIES
15 - 3.2 GRADE DESCRIPTION
15 - 3.2.1 Unseasoned poles
16 - 3.2.2 Seasoned poles
17 - SECTION 4 SOFTWOOD POLES INTENDED FOR USE AFTER FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
17 - 4.1 TIMBER SPECIES
17 - 4.2 GRADE DESCRIPTION
17 - 4.2.1 Unseasoned poles
18 - 4.2.2 Seasoned poles
19 - SECTION 5 REQUIREMENTS FOR FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
19 - 5.1 POLES FOR PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
19 - 5.2 PRESERVATIVES
19 - 5.2.1 Creosote
19 - 5.2.2 Waterborne multisalt (CCA)
19 - 5.2.3 Others
19 - 5.3 PRESERVATIVE PENETRATION
20 - 5.4 PRESERVATIVE RETENTION
20 - 5.5 DETERMINATION OF TREATMENT RESULTS
20 - 5.5.1 In individual poles
21 - 5.5.2 For process quality monitoring
21 - 5.5.3 For purchaser treatment quality checks
21 - 5.6 SURFACE CONDITION
21 - 5.7 CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE
22 - 5.8 IDENTIFICATION
22 - 5.8.1 Essential information
22 - 5.8.2 Additional information
22 - 5.8.3 Disc composition
23 - 5.9 TREATMENT RECORDS
25 - APPENDIX A - PURCHASING GUIDELINES
26 - APPENDIX B - TIMBER SPECIES DURABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS AND IDENTIFICATION BRANDS
28 - APPENDIX C - MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STANDARD
28 - C1 SCOPE
28 - C2 STATISTICAL SAMPLING
28 - C3 PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
28 - C4 SUPPLIERS QUALITY SYSTEM
29 - C5 OTHER MEANS OF ASSESSMENT
30 - APPENDIX D - PRE-TREATMENT CHEMICAL TEST FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN SAPWOOD AND HEARTWOOD IN SOFTWOOD POLE TIMBERS (PANDA TE
30 - D1 GENERAL
30 - D2 PRINCIPLE
30 - D3 PREPARATION OF SAMPLE
30 - D4 REAGENTS
30 - D4.1 Ammonia solution
30 - D4.2 Panda reagent
30 - D4.3 Sodium nitrite solution
30 - D4.4 Mixture
30 - D5 PROCEDURE
30 - D6 REPORT
31 - APPENDIX E - EXAMPLE SYSTEMS FOR POLE TREATER PROCESS QUALITY MONITORING AND PURCHASER TREATMENT QUALITY CHECKS
31 - E1 SAMPLING RATE
31 - E2 CORE SAMPLE PROCEDURES
31 - E3 PROCEDURES REQUIRED ON THE BASIS OF TEST RESULTS
31 - E3.1 Treater quality monitoring
33 - E3.2 Purchaser treatment quality checks