ASME B30.10-2005 pdf free download.Hooks.
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SECTION X: ADDITiONAL GUIDANCE
The equipment covered by the 830 Standard is subject to hazards that cannot be abated by mechanical means, hut only by the exercise of intelligence, care, and common sense. It is therefore essential to have personnel involved in the use and operation of equipment who are competent, careful, physically and mentally qualified, and trained in the proper operation of the equipment and the handling of loads. Serious hazards include, but are not limited to, improper or inadequate maintenance, overloading, dropping or slipping of the load, obstructing the free passage of the load, and using equipment for a purpose for which it was not intended or designed.
The 830 Standards Committee fully realizes the importance of proper design factors, minimum or maximum dimensions, and other limiting criteria of wire rope or chain and their fastenings, sheaves, sprockets, drums, and similar equipment covered by the Standard, all of which are closely connected with safety. Sizes, strengths, and similar criteria are dependent on many different factors, often varying with the installation and uses. These factors depend on the condition of the equipment or material; on the loads; on the acceleration or speed of the ropes, chains, sheaves, sprockets, or drums; on the type of attachments; on the number, size, and arrangement of sheaves or other parts; on environmental conditions causing corrosion or wear; and on many variables that must be considered in each individual case. The requirements and recommendations provided in the volumes must be interpreted accordingly, and judgment used in determining their application.
SECTiON 10-0.1: SCOPE OF ASME 830.10
Within the general scope defined in Section I, ASME B30.10 applies to all types of hooks shown in Figs. I through 21 used in conjunction with equipment described in other volumes of the 830 Standard. Hooks supporting a load in a direct-pull configuration, with the load carried in the base (bowl/saddle or pin hole — see Figs. 3 and 4) of the hook, are covered in Chapter
10-1. Hooks that do not support a load in a direct-pull configuration are covered in Chapter 10-2.
SECTiON 10-0.2: DEFINITIONS
abnormal operating conditions: environmental cond it ions that are unfavorable, harmful, or detrimental to or for the use of a hook.
administrative or regulatory authority: governmental agency or the employer in the absence of governmental jurisdiction.
appointed: assigned specific responsibilities by the employer or the employer’s representative.
crack: a crevice-type discontinuity in the material.
dcsiçnaled person: a person selected or assigned by the employer or the employer’s representative as being competent to perform specific duties.
hook, self-closing: a hook with a throat opening that is closed by a spring-loaded latch, gate, or bail that is manually opened for loading and closes upon release. It may be locked in the closed position (see Figs. 8 through 14).
hook, self-locking: a hook with a throat opening that will close and lock when a load is applied, and will not open.