BS MA 29:1982
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Specification for steel wire rope and strand for yachts
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English
10-29-1982
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Foreword
Specification
1. Scope
2. References
3. Definitions
4. Material
5. Manufacture
6. Inspection, testing and acceptance
7. Certificate of test, marking and packaging
Tables
1. Minimum tensile strength and nominal diameter
range of stainless steel wire
2. Permitted limits on diameter
3. Zinc coated steel wire rope
4. Stainless steel wire rope
5. Stainless steel wire strand
Figure
1. Method of measuring wire rope diameter
Requirements for the material, manufacture and testing of zinc-coated steel and stainless steel wire rope and strand for yachts.
| Committee |
GME/33
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 81/72370 DC (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2012. (09/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
10
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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This British Standard specifies requirements for the material, manufacture and testing of the following types, constructions and diameters of steel wire rope and strand.
| Type and construction | Nominal diameter range |
| Zinc coated steel wire rope | mm |
| 7 × 7(6/1) | 2 to 14 |
| 7 × 19(12/6/1) | 3 to 14 (see Table 3) |
| Stainless steel wire rope | |
| 7 × 7(6/1) | 2 to 14 |
| 7 × 19(12/6/1) | 3 to 14 (see Table 4) |
| Stainless steel wire strand | |
| 1 × 19(12/6/1) | 2 to 26 (see Table 5) |
| Standards | Relationship |
| UNE-EN 976-2:1998 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 60893-3-4:2004 | Identical |
| BS 7906-1:2005 | Use of lifting equipment for performance, broadcast and similar applications Code of practice for installation, use and removal of above stage equipment (excluding trusses and towers) |
| BS 4928:1985 | Specification for man-made fibre ropes |
| BS 970-4:1970 | Specification for wrought steels for mechanical and allied engineering purposes Valve steels |
| BS 365:1968 | Specification for galvanized steel wire ropes for ships |
| BS 2052:1977 | Specification for ropes made from manila, sisal, hemp, cotton and coir |
| BS 2763:1968 | Round steel wire for ropes |
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