IS 1855 : 2024 Stranded Steel Wire Ropes for Winding and Man-Riding Haulages in Mines - Specification

ICS 73.100.40; 77.140.65

MED 10

1 SCOPE

This standard covers general requirements for stranded steel wire ropes for winding and manriding haulages in mines. Most common rope constructions and rope types are given in following table. Common rope grades, cores and size ranges are identified by x mark. Specially developed constructions including compacted ropes, cushion core rope and plastic valley filled ropes may be used to fulfill specific requirement of the installation if agreed between manufacturer and purchaser.

2 REFERENCES

The standards given below contain provisions, which through reference in this text constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of these standards:

IS No. Title
IS 1804 : 2004 Steel wire ropes - Fibre main cores - Specification (fourth revision)
IS 1835 : 1976 Specification for round steel wire for ropes (third revision)
IS 2363 : 2022 Glossary of terms relating to wire ropes (second revision)
IS 9182 (Part 1) : 1993 Lubricants for wire ropes and fire cores - Specification: Part 1 Lubricants for fibre core of wire ropes (first revision)
IS 13917 : 2003 Stranded wire ropes for mine hoisting - Technical delivery requirements (first revision)