EN 12385-1, Steel wire ropes — Safety — Part 1: General requirements, is the safety requirements for the procedure described below.
EN 12385-1 Steel wire ropes — Safety — Part 1: General requirements
At a Glance
Document type: Safety requirements.
Edition: published, EN 12385-1:2002+A1:2008.
Scope
Specifies the general requirements and terms of acceptance for steel wire ropes, and the general requirements for the manufacture and testing of steel wire rope.
Annex A gives the type testing regimes for rope produced in series; Annex B gives the testing requirements for wires taken from the rope when specified in other parts of the standard.
Later parts address stranded ropes for general lifting, lifts, mine shafts, cableway installations and spiral ropes for structural applications.
What the Result Tells You
Because the numbers depend on those fixed conditions, a result is only meaningful when the report names the standard, the edition and any options the method allows.
Equipment for This Standard
Equipment on our site referenced against EN 12385-1:
Snubbing Grips for Wire and Cable Tensile Testing
Reading the Designation
EN 12385-1: the designation as published by the issuing body.
Year suffix: the revision is identified by its year, as in EN 12385-1-02. A specification that names an edition fixes that edition; a later revision does not apply to an order retroactively.
When a drawing, purchase order or quality procedure cites this document, the test setup, the specimen and the report follow that citation.
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