This document discusses types of eyebolts and guidelines for thorough examination and marking of eyebolts. There are three main types of eyebolts: collar eyebolt, dynamo eyebolt, and eyebolt with link. A thorough examination should check for distortions, thread wear, damage, missing or illegible markings, and maximum wear limits. Eyebolts should be clearly and permanently marked with identification, safe working load, quality grade, and screw thread type to avoid mismatch.
This document discusses types of eyebolts and guidelines for thorough examination and marking of eyebolts. There are three main types of eyebolts: collar eyebolt, dynamo eyebolt, and eyebolt with link. A thorough examination should check for distortions, thread wear, damage, missing or illegible markings, and maximum wear limits. Eyebolts should be clearly and permanently marked with identification, safe working load, quality grade, and screw thread type to avoid mismatch.
This document discusses types of eyebolts and guidelines for thorough examination and marking of eyebolts. There are three main types of eyebolts: collar eyebolt, dynamo eyebolt, and eyebolt with link. A thorough examination should check for distortions, thread wear, damage, missing or illegible markings, and maximum wear limits. Eyebolts should be clearly and permanently marked with identification, safe working load, quality grade, and screw thread type to avoid mismatch.
This document discusses types of eyebolts and guidelines for thorough examination and marking of eyebolts. There are three main types of eyebolts: collar eyebolt, dynamo eyebolt, and eyebolt with link. A thorough examination should check for distortions, thread wear, damage, missing or illegible markings, and maximum wear limits. Eyebolts should be clearly and permanently marked with identification, safe working load, quality grade, and screw thread type to avoid mismatch.
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1/ 2
EYEBOLTS
TYPES OF EYEBOLT
1. Collar Eyebolt 2. Dynamo Eyebolt 3. Eyebolt with Link
THOROUGH EXAMINATION
This examination must be carried out with the Eyebolts in a reasonably clean condition and in adequate lighting. If any of the following faults are present, the Eyebolts should be withdrawn from service and referred to the Client’s Responsible Person.
1. Distortion, such as bent shank, deformed eye, reduced diameter at undercut.
2. Thread worn, corroded, damaged or incorrectly formed. 3. Damage, such as nicks, cracks, gouges, corrosion. 4. Safe working load, thread identification and identification markings missing or illegible. 5. Maximum wear on the eye 8% of nominal diameter. 6. racks, nicks, score marks.
Notes:
1. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD BENT EYEBOLTS BE STRAIGHTENED
2. ANY DEBRIS PRESENT IN THE THREAD OR UNDER THE COLLAR SHOULD BE REMOVED BY CLEANING WITH A WIRE BRUSH
Marking:
The following information should be permanently and legibly marked on each eyebolt:
1. Identification mark 2. Safe working load 3. Quality i.e. grade 4. Screw thread type
The marking shall be either:
1. On the side of the link away from the weld in the case of eyebolts with link; or 2. On the raised flat areas provided or similar positions in the absence of flat areas in the of collar and dynamo eyebolts.
Additionally, in all cases where the designated area is insufficient the periphery of the collar may be used if it can be done without damage to the machined face. The symbols should be as large as possible but in any case, not less than 3mm high and in no case, should the mechanical properties of the item be impaired.
Different forms of marking are to be found on the various types of eyebolts shown according to the date of issue of the appropriate British Standard. To avoid confusion and remove anomalies it is necessary to bring them in line with the following:
EYE BOLTS ISEB REV.00 01 Jun. 17 1. Identification mark – each eyebolt should be marked to identify it with its historical record. 2. Safe working load marking – it is a requirement of BS 4278 that each eyebolt should be marked with its axial safe working load. Although this was not a requirement of BS 4278 nor BS 529, it is recommended that all existing eyebolts should be marked, e.g. SWL 1.6t.
Note:
Although it is the accepted convention that safe working loads of less than one tonne are marked in kilograms, this is not always practicable on the smaller sizes of eyebolts.
3. Quality marking – the material quality mark should be clearly shown, i.e. ‘M’ enclosed in a circle in the case of BS 4278, OR ‘04’ enclosed in a circle in the case of BS 4278:1968 (withdrawn). The quality mark may appear as raised figures in the forging on the side of the crown of the eye. 4. Screw thread markings – BS 4278 states that “Each eyebolt should be legibly and permanently marked with one of the following thread identifications as appropriate: a. ‘M’ to denote ISO metric threads, coarse series, including the accepted metric thread diameter designation, e.g. M12; b. ‘BSW’ to denote BS Whitworth threads, including the accepted BSW thread diameter designation, e.g. ¾” BSW; c. ‘UNC’ to denote unified coarse threads, including the accepted UNC thread diameter designation, e.g. ¾ UNC.
It is therefore recommended that, to avoid the possibility of mismatch, eyebolts of all types and standards and also any tapped holes not so identified should be marked with this information as soon as possible.
REFERENCES
BS 4278 Eyebolts
LEEA Code of Practice for the safe use of Lifting Equipment
