BS EN 12385-8:2002

This standard BS EN 12385-8:2002 Steel wire ropes. Safety is classified in these ICS categories:

• 77.140.65 Steel wire, wire ropes and link chains

This European Standard specifies the additional materials, manufacturing and testing requirements to those given in Part 1 for stranded steel wire 'hauling' and 'carrying-hauling' ropes for cableway installations designed to carry persons. The rope grade is limited to 1960. Minimum breaking force values for the more common classes, sizes and grades of rope are provided in Tables 2, 3 and 4. Stranded tension ropes and ski-tow ropes for surface lifts are covered by prEN 12385-4. The additional hazards covered by this European Standard are identified in clause 4.