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BS 525:1991

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Specification for fibre cores for wire ropes

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-31-1991

Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 Materials
3 Construction
4 Chemical content
5 Sampling and methods of test
6 Packaging and marking
Tables
1 Tolerances on ordered length L
2 Tolerances on nominal diameter and nominal runnage
3 Maximum yarn sizes for hard fibre main cores

Construction, size and quality of cores made of hard natural fibres or man-made fibres, including methods of test for verification of requirements.

This British Standard specifies requirements for the construction, size and quality of fibre cores ranging from 4 mm diameter to 24 mm diameter for wire ropes and covers the following materials:

  1. hard fibres: manila and sisal;
  2. man-made fibres: fibre-forming polyolefins.

Hard fibre and man-made fibre cores specified in this standard may be employed as main cores in ropes complying with BS 302-1 to BS 302-6 and other similar standards.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Committee
TCI/100
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 525(1973) & 90/35890 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, February 2011. (01/2011)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
8
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 4345:1988 Corresponds
ISO 3155:1976 Similar to

BS 302-4:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for ropes for lifts
BS 302-2:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for ropes for general purposes
BS 302-6:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for ropes for mine hoisting
BS 302-5:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for ropes for hauling purposes
BS 302-1:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for general requirements
BS 302-3:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes Specification for zinc coated ropes for ships

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