BS EN 700:1995 pdf free download.Fibre ropes for general service Polyethylene.
1 Scope
BS EN 700 specifies requirements for 3-strand hawser-laid and 4-strand shroud-laid ropes for general service made of polyethylene and gives rules for their designation.
2 Normative references
BS EN 700 incorporates by dated or undated references, provisions from other publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to BS EN 700 only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
EN 701:1995, Fibre ropes for general service — General specification.
EN 919, Fibre ropes for general
service — Determination of certain physical and mechanical properties.
ISO 1968, Ropes and cordage — Vocabulary.
3 Definitions
For the purposes of BS EN 700, the definitions given in ISO 1968 apply.
4 Designation
Fibre ropes shall be designated by:
— the words “fibre rope”;
— the number of this European Standard;
— the construction or type of rope (see clause 5);
— the reference number of the rope;
— the material from which the rope is made.
NOTE The material from which the rope is made may be indicated either by its full name “polyethylene” or by means of its abbreviation “PE”.
Example:
Designation of a 4-strand shroud-laid rope with a linear mass of 706 ktex corresponding to reference number 40 made of polyethylene:
Fibre rope EN 700-B-40-polyethylene.
5 Construction
Polyethylene ropes produced to this European Standard shall be made in one of the following constructions:
— type A: 3-strand hawser-laid rope
(see Figure 1);
— type B: 4-strand shroud-laid rope
(see Figure 2).
Linear density and minimum breaking force shall conform to Table 1, and Table 2 (see also Table 1 and Table 2 of EN 701:1995).
Construction, manufacture, lay, labelling, packaging, invoicing and delivery lengths, shall conform to EN 701.
6 Marking
The marking shall be carried out in accordance with clause 7 of EN 701:1995.
BS EN 700:1995 pdf free download
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