BS EN 1492-1-2000 A1-2008

BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 1492-1:2000 +A1:2008 Incorporating June 2006corrigendum Textile slings — Safety — Part 1: Flat woven webbing slings, made of man-made fibres, for general purpose use ICS 53.020.30; 77.140.65 ��������� � ���� ���������������������������������������������� ����� BS EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 September 2000 © BSI 2009 ISBN 978 0 580 60656 4 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008, incorporating corrigendum June 2006. It supersedes BS EN 1492-1:2000 which is withdrawn. The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated by The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/15, Textile slings. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Additional information In the UK, the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) require that accessories for lifting are thoroughly examined by a competent person at either 6 month intervals, or in accordance with a scheme of examination drawn up by a competent person. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Amd. No. Date Comments 16578 Corrigendum No. 1 29 September 2006 Implementation of CEN Correction to Figure 3 corrigendum June 2006. � �. 30 June 2009 Implementation of CEN amendment A1:2008 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM EN 1492-1:2000+A1 November 2008 ICS 53.020.30 Supersedes EN 1492-1:2000 English Version Textile slings - Safety - Part 1: Flat woven webbing slings made of man-made fibres for general purpose use Elingues textiles - Sécurité - Partie 1: Elingues plates en sangles tissées en textiles chimiques d'usage courant Textile Anschlagmittel - Sicherheit - Teil 1: Flachgewebte Hebebänder aus Chemiefasern für allgemeine Verwendungszwecke This European Standard was approved by CEN on 25 June 2000 and includes Corrigendum 1 issued by CEN on 7 June 2006 and Amendment 1 approved by CEN 11 September 2008. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. 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No. EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008: E EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword..............................................................................................................................................................4 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................5 1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................5 2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................6 3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................6 4 Hazards ...................................................................................................................................................8 Table 1 — Hazards and associated requirements...........................................................................................8 5 Safety requirements ..............................................................................................................................9 Figure 1 — Webbing width and thickness .....................................................................................................10 Table 2 — Summary and type designation of main types of flat woven webbing slings..........................12 Figure 2 — Preferred soft eye types ...............................................................................................................13 Table 3 — Working load limits and colour codes..........................................................................................15 6 Verification of safety requirements....................................................................................................16 Table 4 — Maximum testing intervals.............................................................................................................17 Table 5 — Maximum testing intervals.............................................................................................................17 7 Marking .................................................................................................................................................18 Figure 3 — Typical label format ......................................................................................................................19 Figure 4 — Typical attachment of label on an endless sling .......................................................................20 Figure 5 — Typical attachment of label on a single sling ............................................................................20 Figure 6 — Typical attachment of label on a sling with fittings...................................................................20 8 Manufacturer's certificate ...................................................................................................................21 9 Instructions for use .............................................................................................................................21 Annex A (normative) Methods of test to verify safety requirements...........................................................22 Figure A.1 — Position of marking to divide sewn webbing component into four equal parts.................22 Annex B (normative) Information for use and maintenance to be provided by the manufacturer...........25 Annex C (informative) Guidance to the manufacturer for the conduct of type testing to verify the interaction of the sewn webbing component with fittings for sling type C/Cr in accordance with A.4 ............................................................................................................................27 Annex D (informative) Suggested content of information to be provided by the manufacturer with flat woven webbing slings ..................................................................................................................28 Figure D.1 — Illustration showing inadequate accommodation of a webbing eye on a hook of too small radius ..........................................................................................................................................30 Figure D.2 — Double choke hitch ...................................................................................................................32 Annex ZA (informative) !!!!Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC"""".......................................................................................34 BS EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 (E) 3 Annex ZB (informative) !!!!Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC"""" ..................................................................................35 Bibliography......................................................................................................................................................36 BS EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 168 “Chains, ropes, webbing, slings and accessories - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2009. This document supersedes EN 1492-1:2000. This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2008-09-11 and Corrigendum 1 issued by CEN on 2006-06-07. The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags !". The modifications of the related CEN Corrigendum have been implemented at the appropriate places in the text and are indicated by the tags ˜ ™. This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s). !For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this document." This European Standard is one of a series of standards related to safety for textile slings as listed below: Part 1: Specification for flat woven webbing slings, made of man-made fibres, for general purpose use Part 2: Specification for roundslings, made of man-made fibres, for general purpose use Part 4: Specification for lifting slings for general service made from natural and man-made fibre rope In this standard: Annex A is normative, and gives the test methods to be used to verify the safety requirements. Annex B is normative, and gives the requirements for information on use and maintenance to be provided by the manufacturer with flat woven webbing slings conforming to this European Standard. Annex C is informative, and gives guidance for the conduct of type tests in accordance with annex A. Annex D is informative, and provides some detailed information for use and maintenance which may be appropriate in compiling the information in accordance with annex B. !Annexes ZA and ZB are informative and give" the relationship with EU Directives. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. BS EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 (E) 5 Introduction This European Standard has been prepared to be a harmonized standard providing one means of complying with the essential safety requirements of the Machinery Directive and associated EFTA regulations. This European Standard is a type C standard as specified in EN 292. The lifting accessories concerned and the extent to which hazards are covered is indicated in the scope of this standard. NOTE For hazards that are not covered by this standard, lifting accessories should be in accordance with EN 292. 1 Scope This European Standard specifies the requirements related to safety, including methods of rating and testing single-, two-, three-, four-leg and endless sewn flat woven webbing slings, with or without fittings, made of polyamide, polyester and polypropylene man-made fibre webbing in the width range of 25 mm to 450 mm inclusive. The flat woven webbing slings covered by this Part of EN 1492 are intended for general purpose lifting operations, i.e. when used for lifting objects, materials or goods which require no deviations from the requirements, safety factors or working load limits specified. Lifting operations not covered by this standard would include the lifting of persons, potentially dangerous materials such as molten metal and acids, glass sheets, fissile materials, nuclear reactors and where special conditions apply. Flat woven webbing slings conforming to this European Standard are suitable for use and storage in the following temperature ranges: a) polyester and polyamide -40°C to 100°C, b) polypropylene -40°C to 80°C This European Standard does not apply to the types of webbing sling indicated below: a) slings such as bag slings, nets (consisting of several crossed webbings stitched together), ‘adjustable’ slings (containing, for example, intermediate buckles stitched along the webbing), etc.; b) slings made from webbing woven from monofilament yarns; c) slings designed for pre-slinging and intended not to be re-used; This European Standard deals with the technical requirements to minimize the hazards listed in clause 4 which can arise during the use of flat woven webbing slings when carried out in accordance with the instructions and specifications given by the manufacturer or authorized representative. BS EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 (E) 6 2 Normative references This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, 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 this European standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to applies (including amendments). EN 292-2:1991/A1:1995, Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 2: Technical principles and specifications EN 1050:1996, Safety of machinery - Principles of risk assessment prEN 1677-1:2000, Components for slings – Safety – Part 1: Forged steel components, Grade 8 prEN 1677-2:2000, Components for slings – Safety – Part 2: Forged steel lifting hooks with latch, Grade 8 prEN 1677-3:1998, Components for slings – Safety – Part 3: Forged steel self-locking hooks, Grade 8 prEN 1677-4:1998, Components for slings – Safety – Part 4: Links, Grade 8 prEN 1677-5:1998, Components for slings – Safety – Part 5: Forged steel lifting hooks with latch, Grade 4 prEN 1677-6:1998, Components for slings – Safety – Part 6: Links, Grade 4 EN 10002-2: 1991, Metallic materials - Tensile testing –- Part 2: Verification of the force measuring system of the tensile testing machines EN 45012, General requirements for bodies operating assessment and certification/registration of quality systems (ISO/IEC Guide 62:1996) EN ISO 5084:1996, Textiles - Determination of thickness of textiles and textile products (ISO 5084:1996) EN ISO 9002, Quality systems - Model for quality assurance in production, installation and servicing (ISO 9002:1994) 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this standard, the following terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations apply. 3.1 flat woven webbing sling flexible sling consisting of a sewn webbing component, with or without fittings (see table 2), for attaching loads to the hook of a crane or other lifting machine. 3.2 multi-layer sling flat woven webbing sling, the sewn webbing component or components of which consist of two or more layers of identical webbings superimposed in the lengthwise direction (See table 2). 3.3 multi-leg sling assembly flat woven webbing sling assembly, consisting of two, three or four identical flat woven webbing slings attached to a master link (See table 3). BS EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 (E) 7 3.4 representative sling/representative sewn webbing component flat woven webbing sling, or the sewn webbing component of a flat woven webbing sling, representative of each type or construction of sling, which is used for verification purposes (See 6.2. and 6.3). NOTE This may differ from the production sling/sewn webbing component in length only 3.5 seam method of securing the webbing to itself, securing several webbings to each other, or securing reinforcements to the webbing by means of stitches produced by the thread traversing the layers. 3.6 closed surface webbing surface which, when visually and manually examined, appears closed, as is the case following thermofixing or colouring with additional substances, and where the single fibres support each other. 3.7 eye termination of a sewn webbing component, produced by turning the end of the webbing through 180° and securing it to the standing part of the webbing by a loadbearing seam, so forming a terminal soft eye or attaching a terminal fitting. 3.8 soft eye terminal eye of a sewn webbing component so formed as to allow reeving, the attachment of removable fittings or connection to the hook of a crane, other lifting machine or lifting accessory. 3.9 fitting loadbearing metal component, supplied as part of a sling and which is used to terminate the sling so as to allow it to be reeved, attached to other lifting accessories, connected to other flat woven webbing slings to form a multi-leg sling assembly or connected to the hook of a crane or other lifting machine. 3.10 master link link, or link assembly, forming the upper terminal fitting of a multi-leg sling assembly by means of which the sling assembly is attached to the hook of a crane, other lifting machine or lifting accessory. 3.11 nominal length specified length of the sling, inclusive of fittings, from bearing point to bearing point (See table 1). 3.12 effective working length (EWL) actual finished length of the flat woven webbing sling, inclusive of fittings, from bearing point to bearing point (See 5.7). 3.13 working load limit (WLL) maximum mass which the sewn webbing component of a flat woven webbing sling is designed to sustain in straight pull and which a sling or sling assembly is authorized to sustain in general lifting service (See table 3). 3.14 mode factor (M) factor applied to the WLL of a flat woven webbing sling in order to arrive at the WLL of a sling or sling assembly for a given mode of assembly or use. BS EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 EN 1492-1:2000+A1:2008 (E) 8 3.15 competent person designated person, suitably trained and qualified by knowledge and practical experience, and with the necessary instructions to enable the required tests and examination to be carried out. NOTE 4.18 of EN ISO 9002:1994 gives guidance on trainin