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BS EN 13411-7:2021

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Terminations for steel wire ropes. Safety – Symmetric wedge socket

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BSI 2021 24
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This document specifies the minimum requirements for symmetrical wedge socket terminations for stranded steel wire ropes conforming to EN 12385-5 for lifts.

This document covers those symmetric wedge sockets intended for use at temperatures between ?20 °C and 100 °C.

This document only covers those symmetric wedge sockets that have welded socket bodies. An example of the construction and sizes of a symmetric wedge socket is given in informative Annex A.

The informative Annex B gives the recommendations for the safe use and inspection of symmetric wedge socket according to Annex A.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to symmetric wedge sockets for terminations for steel wire ropes, when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

The hazards covered by this document are identified in Clause 4.

This document applies to symmetric wedge sockets, which are manufactured after the date of its publication.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
5 European foreword
6 Introduction
7 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
8 4 List of significant hazards
9 5 Safety requirements and/or measures
5.1 Geometry of wedge and socket body
5.2 Security of the pin
5.3 Welded socket body
10 5.4 Mechanical properties
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Termination efficiency
5.4.3 Fatigue behaviour of the socket body and pin
5.4.4 Low temperature properties
6 Verification of safety requirements
6.1 Qualifications of personnel
6.2 Type testing
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Tensile efficiency test
11 6.2.3 Fatigue test
6.2.4 Acceptance criteria for type testing
6.2.5 Charpy impact test
6.3 Manufacturing tests and examination
6.3.1 Manufacturers tests
12 6.3.2 Visual examination of welded socket bodies
6.3.3 Weld testing
6.4 Manufacturing test and examination regime and acceptance criteria
13 7 Information for use
7.1 Marking
7.2 Fitting instructions
7.3 Manufacturer’s certificate
14 Annex A (informative) Construction and sizes for one design of symmetric wedge socket with welded socket body
20 Annex B (informative) Recommendations for safe use and inspection of symmetric wedge sockets conforming to Annex A
23 Bibliography
BS EN 13411-7:2021
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