What is BS EN 12385-7— Steel wire ropes about?

BS EN 12385-7 is the seventh part of an international multi-series standard that covers the best practices for manufacturing high-quality steel wire ropes for mine shafts.

BS EN 12385-7 specifies the particular materials, manufacturing, and testing requirements for full-locked coil hoists and half-locked and full-locked coil guide ropes for mine shafts. It also identifies and covers the particular hazards.

BS EN 12385-7 covers typical breaking forces for both full-locked coil hoist ropes and half-locked and full-locked coil guide ropes, based on one particular combination of wire tensile strength grades in each case, in annex A (hoist ropes) and annex B (guide ropes) for some of the more common sizes.

Who is BS EN 12385-7— Steel wire ropes for?

BS EN 12385-7 on Steel wire ropes, is relevant to:

Manufacturers of steel wire ropes
Designers of steel wire ropes
Metal engineers
Metal fabrication Industries
Testing labs for steel products
Regulatory authorities
Quality control personnel

Why should you use BS EN 12385-7— Steel wire ropes?

Steel wire ropes are a bunch of many strands of metal wire twisted into a helix forming a composite rope. It consists of three main types namely, stainless steel, galvanized, and coated wire rope. This standard particularly covers the specifications for stainless steel wire ropes.

BS EN 12385-7 provides you with guidance on technical specifications to be considered for the construction of steel wire ropes, locked coil ropes for mine shafts precisely, designed to meet particular shaft conditions and machinery requirements. It enlists the hazards and covers the safety measures for the steel wire ropes, this helps the users to verify the properties such as wire finish, lubricants, breaking force, etc. of steel wire ropes.

Users of BS EN 12385-7 can verify the safety requirements and get informed about the properties of wires used for ropes before ropemaking, which gives them a base for proper fit and designs for steel wire ropes.

Thus, BS EN 12385-7 provides you with comprehensive information useful for designing high-quality, cost-effective, durable steel wire ropes with negligible or no manufacturing defects.

BS EN 12385-7:2002

Steel wire ropes. Safety - Locked coil ropes for mine shafts

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Oct 2002