1 Scope
This International Standard provides general principles and specifies requirements for design, manufacture and testing of new drilling and well-servicing equipment and of replacement primary load-carrying components manufactured subsequent to the publication of this International Standard.
This International Standard is applicable to the following equipment:
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a) rotary tables;
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b) rotary bushings;
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c) rotary slips;
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d) rotary hoses;
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e) piston mud-pump components;
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f) drawworks components;
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g) spiders not capable of use as elevators;
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h) manual tongs;
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i) safety clamps not used as hoisting devices;
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j) power tongs, including spinning wrenches.
Annex A gives a number of standardized supplementary requirements which apply only when specified.