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BS 2853:1957

Specification for the design and testing of steel overhead runway beams

Published:

8 May 1957

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Withdrawn:

31 Oct 2011

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History
Product Details
Descriptors
Rolling
Flexural members
Manually-operated devices
Dimensions
Cantilevers
Bending stress
Deflection tests
Metal sections
Overhead conveyors
Construction materials
Clamps (mechanical)
Marking
Welded joints
Safe working load
Shear stress
Trolley assemblies
Proof loading
Electrically-operated devices
Inspection
Design
Structural design
Beams
Structural steels
Compressive strength
Steels
Stress analysis
Design calculations
Certificates of conformity
Legislation
Tracks (materials handling equipment)
Overhead
Loading
Joints
ICS Codes
77.140.70 Steel profiles
Committee
CB/203
International relationships
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ISBN
0 580 30657 7
Publisher
BSI