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BS 1421:1947

BS 1421:1947

Picks, beater picks and mattocks

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Status : Withdrawn

Standard Type : Main

Document No : BS 1421:1947

Document Year : 1974

Pages : 18

Section Volume : Materials Handling Equipment (GMB33) (GBM33)

ICS : Equipment for manual handling (53.120)

Eight implements in 28 weights and sizes comprising: navvy picks with chisel and point, and double point ends; beater picks with point and fish-tail, and point and tee ends; mattocks with point and mattock, cutter and mattock, and chisel and axe ends. Dimensions of eyes and implements; quality and hardness of steel: tolerances on dimensions and tests. Requirements for helves.

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