BS EN 13001-3-5:2016 PDF

1   Scope This European Standard is to be used together with EN 13001-1 and EN 13001-2 and, as such, they specify general conditions, requirements and methods to prevent by design and theoretical verification, mechanical hazards in crane hooks. This European Standard covers the following parts of hooks and types of hooks:

— bodies of any type of hooks made of steel forgings;

— machined shanks of hooks with a thread/nut suspension.

Principles of this European Standard can be applied to machined shanks of hooks in general. However, stress concentration factors relevant to designs not given in this standard would have to be determined and applied.

NOTE 1 Cast hooks and plate hooks, which are those, assembled of one or several parallel parts of rolled steel plates, are not covered in this European Standard.

The following is a list of significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during normal use and foreseeable misuse. Clauses 4 to 8 of this document are necessary to reduce or eliminate the risks associated with the following hazards:

a) exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue);

b) exceedi...