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BS 7121-2-3:2012

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Code of practice for the safe use of cranes Inspection, maintenance and thorough examination. Mobile cranes

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-11-2012

£218.00
Excluding VAT

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General
5 Personnel carrying out pre-use checks, in-service
   inspections, maintenance and thorough
   examinations
6 Pre-use checks and in service inspections
7 Maintenance of mobile cranes
8 Thorough examination of mobile cranes
9 Overload testing of mobile cranes
10 Non-destructive testing (NDT) of mobile cranes
11 Stability testing of mobile cranes mounted on
   water-borne craft
12 Overload test for jib arrangements
13 Assessment of wire rope condition and discard
   criteria
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Examples of checklists for
        pre-use checking and in-service
        inspections of mobile cranes
Bibliography

Provides recommendations for the pre-use checks, in-service inspection, maintenance, thorough examination (in service and following exceptional circumstances) and supplementary testing of mobile cranes, including truck cranes, wheeled rough terrain cranes, wheeled yard cranes, crawler mounted cranes, mini-cranes and vehicle mounted self erecting tower cranes.

Committee
MHE/3/11
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 12/30259753 DC. (11/2012) Together with BS 7121-2-1(2012), BS 7121-2-4(2013), BS 7121-2-5(2012) and BS 7121-2-7(2012), it supersedes BS 7121-2(2003). (07/2013)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This sub-part of BS7121‑2 gives recommendations for the pre-use checks, in-service inspection, maintenance, thorough examination (in service and following exceptional circumstances) and supplementary testing of mobile cranes, including truck cranes, wheeled rough terrain cranes, wheeled yard cranes, crawler mounted cranes, mini-cranes and vehicle mounted self erecting tower cranes.

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