ASTM F840-83(1998)e1

Standard Specification for Ladders, Fixed, Vertical, Steel, Ship's

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers fabrication details for fixed, vertical, steel ladders for personnel access on ships.  
1.2 Nonferrous ladders and special-purpose ladders are excluded from this specification.  
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.  
1.4 This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its use. It is the responsibility of whoever uses this standard to consult and establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-1998
• ICS: 47.020.10 - Hulls and their structure elements
• Technical Committee: F25 - Ships and Marine Technology
• Drafting Committee: F25.03 - Outfitting and Deck Machinery

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
e1
Designation: F 840 – 83 (Reapproved 1998)
Standard Specification for
Ladders, Fixed, Vertical, Steel, Ship’s
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 840; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
e NOTE—Keywords were added editorially in November 1998.
1. Scope 3.3 vertical ladder—a ladder which has an installed pitch
range from 75 to 90° (vertical).
1.1 This specification covers fabrication details for fixed,
vertical, steel ladders for personnel access on ships.
4. Classification
1.2 Nonferrous ladders and special-purpose ladders are
4.1 Ladders are furnished in three types as follows:
excluded from this specification.
4.1.1 Type I—Normal duty (Fig. 1).
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
4.1.2 Type II—Punched stringers (Fig. 2) as an alternate to
as the standard.
Type I.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.1.3 Type III—Heavy duty (Fig. 3). This type may be
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
specified in cargo holds where the cargo or equipment or
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
vehicles used to handle cargo could be expected to damage a
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Type I or Type II ladder.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
5. Ordering Information
2. Referenced Documents
5.1 Orders for material under this specification shall include
2.1 ASTM Standards:
2 the following:
A 36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
5.1.1 Quantity,
2.2 American Bureau of Shipping, Rules for Building and
5.1.2 Type (4.1), and applicable detail in Fig. 2,
Classing Steel Vessels:
5.1.3 Material (6.1),
Section 43.3 Ordinary Strength Hull Structural Steel
5.1.4 Finish (8.2),
Section 30 Welding
4 5.1.5 Dimensions a and b and L (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, or Fig. 3),
2.3 American Welding Society Standard:
5.1.6 Number of rungs,
AWS D 1.1—Structural Welding Code
5 5.1.7 Welding specification (6.2),
2.4 Federal Standard:
5.1.8 Marking (Section 10), and
TT-P-645 Primer, Paint, Zinc Chromate, Alkyd Type
5.1.9 ASTM designation and date of issue.
3. Definition of Terms Specific to This Standard
6. Materials and Manufacture
3.1 fixed ladder—a ladder permanently attached by welding
6.1 Unless otherwise specified in ordering documents, steel
or bolting to ship’s structure or equipment.
shall conform to the requirements of Specification A 36/
3.2 pitch—the included angle between the horizontal and
A 36M, ABS Section 43.3, or equal.
the ladder, measured on the opposite of the ladder from the
6.2 Unless otherwise specified in ordering documents,
climbing side.
welding shall conform to AWS D 1.1 or ABS Section 30.
7. Dimensions
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-25 on Ships
and Marine Technology and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F25.03 on
7.1 The dimensions shall be in accordance with Figs. 1-3.
Outfitting.
7.2 Dimensions are given in inches with metric conversion
Current edition approved Oct. 26, 1983. Published December 1983.
in parentheses.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04.
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