BS 5053:1985
Superseded
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Methods of test for cordage and webbing slings and for fibre cores for wire ropes
Hardcopy , PDF
11-15-1995
English
08-30-1985
Foreword
Committees responsible
Methods of test
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Sampling
4 Conditioning
Section two. Determination of mass per unit length,
diameter, length of lay and plait pitch
5 Determination of mass per unit length
6 Determination of diameter
7 Determination of length of lay and plait pitch
Section three. Determination of breaking load
8 Apparatus
9 Specimens
10 Testing speed
11 Procedure
12 Retesting
13 Expression of results
Section four. Determination of load/elongation co-
ordinates
14 Determination of co-ordinates up to breaking point
15 Determination of co-ordinates after simulated use
Section five. Additional tests for fibre cores for wire
ropes
16 Determination of water content and core lubricant
content
17 Determination of water soluble acids content
18 Determination of salt (sodium chloride) content
Section six. Additional tests for polypropylene
cordage
19 Determination of ignition residue or ash
20 Determination of ferric oxide content
21 Resistance to solar degradation in polypropylene
cordage
Section seven. Additional test for manila and sisal
ropes
22 Determination of water repellency
Section eight. Additional tests for webbing slings
23 Determination of thickness
24 Determination of energy absorption
25 Determination of wet strength
26 Determination of breaking load in a circular
aperture
27 Determination of resistance to abrasion
Tables
1 Specimen length and testing speed for CRE and CRT
rope testing machines
2 Test plate dimensions and shackle safe working load
(SWL)
Figures
1 Length of lay for laid ropes
2 Length of plait pitch for 8-strand rope
3 Test piece mounted in wedge grips
4 Eye-spliced test piece mounted on bollard grips
5 Test piece mounted on cors-de-chasse grips
6 Method of tying thumb knot
7 Apparatus for breaking load in a circular aperture
8 Detail of test plate
9 Apparatus for abrasion test
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