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BS 8610:2017

BS 8610:2017

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Personal fall protection equipment. Anchor systems. Specification

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BSI 2017 102
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This British Standard provides requirements and test methods for type testing anchor systems that are installed and tested in the base materials specified by the manufacturer for:

  1. restraint systems;

  2. fall arrest systems;

  3. rope access systems;

  4. work positioning systems;

  5. rescue systems; and

  6. evacuation systems.

This British Standard covers anchor systems intended for one or more users simultaneously and specifies the maximum number of users for each type of anchor system.

NOTE 1 Where the manufacturer intends to rate their anchor systems for more than the specified maximum number of users, it is recommended that they liaise with an appropriate test house, taking into account the principles of this British Standard and develop a test specification accordingly.

This British Standard is not applicable to:

  1. equipment conforming to BS EN 516 or BS EN 517;

  2. type A load-limiting anchor systems (see 3.3.2) for:

    • rope access and work positioning;

    • rescue – accompanied descent;

    • rescue – remotely operated – redirect attachment; and

    • evacuation,

    • as they are considered not to be appropriate for such use.

  3. type C non-load-limiting and load-limiting anchor systems (see 3.3.3) for:

    • rope access and work positioning;

    • rescue – accompanied descent;

    • rescue – remotely operated – redirect attachment; and

    • evacuation,

    • as they are considered not to be appropriate for such use.

  4. type B and type E, as described in BS EN 795 , are not covered in this British Standard as they are not installed in a base material;

  5. bespoke structurally designed anchors incorporated into structures.

NOTE 2 The performance requirements in this British Standard are intended as minimum requirements for anchor devices, structural anchors and their base material(s). The performance requirements do not constitute structural verification of the structures for the imposed loads.

This British Standard is intended for use by manufacturers, installers and users of anchor systems and also other interested parties, e.g. architects and structural engineers, including those responsible for the design of safe access and egress on structures.

NOTE 3 Information on the use of anchor systems in personal fall protection systems, including rope access, can be found in BS 8437 , BS 7985 and BS 7883 .

NOTE 4 Anchor systems conforming to this British Standard for rope access should meet the requirements of the rope access industry for anchor systems, as detailed in BS 7985 and the Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA), International code of practice for industrial rope access (ICOP) [1].

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
5 Foreword
7 0 Introduction
Table 1 — Non-load-limiting codification and anchor system options
8 Table 2 — Load-limiting codification and anchor system options
9 1 Scope
10 2 Normative references
11 3 Terms and definitions
Figure 1 — Example of a BS 8610 anchor system
12 Figure 2 — Examples of type A non-load-limiting anchor systems
13 Figure 2 — Examples of type A non-load-limiting anchor systems (continued)
Figure 3 — Example of a type A load-limiting anchor system
14 Figure 4 — Example of a type C non-load-limiting anchor system
Figure 5 — Examples of type C load-limiting anchor systems
15 Figure 6 — Example of a type D non-load-limiting anchor system
17 Figure 7 — Example of an accompanied descent type rescue
18 Figure 8 — Example of rescue — remotely or self-operated — direct attachment systems
19 Figure 9 — Example of a remotely operated redirect attachment type rescue
20 4 Anchor system requirements
21 Figure 10 — Examples of principal safety-critical test directions
Figure 10 — Examples of principal safety-critical test directions
22 Figure 10 — Examples of principal safety-critical test directions
24 Table 3 — Schedule of tests
29 Figure 11 — Example of wire rope eyelet termination
Figure 12 — Examples of swaged terminations
40 5 Anchor system test methods
41 Table 4 — Anchor system requirements for verification
42 Figure 13 — Test lanyard for the dynamic performance test using a 100 kg test mass
43 Figure 14 — Example of the dynamic performance test apparatus
44 Figure 15 — Example of the static strength test apparatus
45 Figure 16 — Example of a Y hang arrangement for testing paired anchor devices
51 Figure 17 — Example of a type C single-span anchor system test arrangement
52 Figure 18 — Example of a type C multi-span anchor system test arrangement without a corner
Figure 19 — Example of a type C multi-span anchor system test arrangement with a corner
69 Figure 20 — Example of a type D anchor system test arrangement with a cantilever
Figure 21 — Example of a type D anchor system test arrangement with a corner
75 6 Marking
Figure 22 — Example of anchor system marking
76 Figure 23 — Example of additional anchor system marking
7 Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
82 Annex A (normative)  Criteria for test laboratories
84 Annex B (informative)  Test rationale
85 Annex C (normative)  Requirements for test apparatus and procedures
86 Figure C.1 — Test mass
88 Figure C.2 — Examples of bond patterns of solid brickwork construction
90 Figure C.3 — Example of a Y hang arrangement for determining minimum spacing distances between anchor devices
91 Figure C.4 — Example of a support free zone for tensile tests in concrete — plan view of Figure C.8
Figure C.5 — Example of a support free zone for tensile tests in concrete — plan view of Figure C.9
92 Figure C.6 — Example of a support free zone for shear tests in concrete — plan view of Figure C.8
93 Figure C.7 — Example of a support free zone for shear tests in concrete — plan view of Figure C.9
Figure C.8 — Example of a test arrangement for single anchor tests in concrete
94 Figure C.9 — Example of a test arrangement for tests on posts in concrete
Figure C.10 — Examples of best and worst case direction of test load applied to the anchor point
95 Figure C.11 — Example of a test arrangement and support dimensions for single anchor tests in brickwork loaded in shear across a horizontal edge, e.g. under a window or a parapet wall
96 Figure C.12 — Example of a test arrangement and support dimensions for single anchor tests in brickwork loaded in shear across a vertical edge, e.g. adjacent to a window
97 Figure C.13 — Example of a test arrangement and support dimensions for single anchor tests in brickwork loaded in tension close to a vertical edge
98 Figure C.14 — Example of a test rig arrangement and support dimensions for tests of paired anchor devices in masonry loaded in tension (perpendicular to the surface of the base material test piece)
99 Figure C.15 — Example of a test arrangement for single anchor tests in a profiled roofing system
100 Bibliography

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