BS 7121-2-4:2013
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Code of practice for the safe use of cranes Inspection, maintenance and thorough examination. Loader cranes
Hardcopy , PDF
English
31-07-2013
Foreword
Introduction
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 loader cranes
8 Thorough examination of loader cranes
9 Overload testing and dynamic testing of loader cranes,
and measurement of sink rate
10 Non-destructive testing of loader cranes to supplement
thorough examination
11 Assessment of wire rope condition and discard criteria
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Example of a pre-use checklist for
a loader crane and for a lorry loader
Annex B (informative) - In-service inspection - Example of
additional checks to be carried out in addition to pre-use
checks, at intervals of 1 week to 1 month
Annex C (informative) - In-service inspection - Example
of checklist for in-service inspections at intervals
of 3 months to 6 months
Annex D (informative) - Example of an in-service inspection
checklist for a loader crane attachment
Annex E (informative) - Stress concentration points in loader
cranes
Bibliography
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