IS 3975: 1999

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LOW CARBON GALVANIZED STEEL WIRES,

FORMED WIRES AND TAPES FOR
• ARMOURING OF CABLES - SPECIFICATION
( Third Revision )

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN,9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI~llOOO2
FOREWORD

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10810 Methods of test of cables: Part 42

(Part 42) : 1984 Resistivity test of armour wires and
strips and conductance test of
armour (wires/strips)

3 TERMINOLOGY
~,,~Il provisions
~or the purpose of this standard. the following
definitions in addition to thosc-given in IS 1956 (Part
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atcal material. (ueoNJ revision) ~\~~\i~~.~ a cross section as shown in Fig. 1. It is
~oa1 .-ti",.Of. ~$- ar~.kno~n· as strip in the cable armouring industry.
Tensile testing (__ iI4~lIlon)
Method for simple tomon test for
wire (second revision)
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lic wireCUrst revision)
Glossary of terms relating to iron
and steel
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and steel articles same nominal dimensions in any consignment,
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8.3 Wrapping Test

When testcdin accordance with IS 17SS, the steel
wire, Conned wire or tape shall withstand without
breaking or splittin,on being wrapped and subsequent
straightened.
1.3.1 In case of wires, the test specimen of ISO mm
Ions cut from each end of the coil after discaniin, a
length of 300 mm shall be wound for ei8ht complete ,
close turns around a cylindrical mandrel equal to the
diameter of wire and subsequent straightened.
8~.z In case of formed wire and tape, the test'
specimen of SSO mm long cut from each end of the coil
wire. formed ..wire and tape afterdisc:arding a minimum 1eDJ1b of 300 mm shall be
with IS 16BBShlIl be within wound for eight complete closetums around a
InTlbleS. cylindrical mandrel equal t() 15 times the nominal
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thickness. of smp keepiD, the vaulted side of strip
outside and subsequent straightened.

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The test shall be ~ed
ROWICl aad Formed Wires

out in aceordance with

IS 10810 (Part 42). "
Lo-.2S mm Lo=2SO mm
,(1); (2) (4) (5)
8.4.1 The resistivity of the wire or formed wire
corrected to ZrPC shall not exceed 14.5 x 10-6
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'l1fit- 9 GALVANIZING REQUIREMENTS
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H) IIcIn-.d •• .3OO-SOO a) Round Wires - The mass of zinc coating on
HI)T ••. 300450 round wires shall meet the requirements of
~edi!IJDcoating as laid down in IS 4826.
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 ANNEX A
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(Clause 10)
SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY

A-~ PREPARATION OF SAMPLES AND

NUMBER OF TBSTS
In •••y 'CC)8signment.allUl,e '?9,~1,~,9fW~~c:d A-3.1 Tests for Ph,skal Requirements
wiresltapes of the same dimenal()n,1manufactured
under essentially similar conditiofti'M manufacture, Prom the coils selected from column I and 2 of Table
shaltbe grouped together to constitute a lot. 7, adequate length of test piece shall be cut from each
end and subjected to physical tests, namely, size,
A-Ll ~pl~~l ~ ~n from each lot and te$ted surface condition, tensile. tonton. wrappins and
for ocm~ t() the standard.
coating tests. A testpiece fIiUna:" meet anYone of
.the requirements. shall be called a dtfecdve. If the
A.2~
number of defectives found is less than or •• to the
~ Ililin,* of coils to be taken from a lot shan be permissible number of defectives speci&d in column
ac:c:ordin.lo column 1 and 2 of Table 7. The samples 3 of Table 7, the lot shall be considered to have
"I be taken at random by using number tables (see conformed to physical requirements.
1149(5). A·3.2 Tests for Chemical Requirements
Unless otherwise agreed, the foUowing procedure
TaWe,~ofSnlpl".ndPennllllble shall be followed for chemical requirements:
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.'~d.;;t'rJ.:·'" oA"2•• "';'lcwtA .•3;2) from those test pieces which have conformed to
physical requirements further test pieces shall be
••••• niI. ····'•••.li~ selected at random according to column 4 of Table 7 .
• .,DeIec· ••• a..leII 1beIe wnpIes shall be tested for all the chemical

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(3) (4) chemical requirement, it shall be called • defective.
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tested for chemical requirements pass the test.

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