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S.G.T Engineering Ltd.

NDT/Lifting Equipment Inspection

Inspection Criteria – Winch (Powered, Manual or Man-Riding)

The Lifting Engineer shall conduct a thorough inspection of the winch in its assembled
condition. Any of the following defects found during inspection shall be cause for rejection:-

COMPONENT DEFECT TYPE REJECTION CRITERIA

Powered Drive a) Wear a) Excessive wear on drive mechanism.
(where fitted) b) Operation b) Incorrect or laboured drive operation.
Manual Drive a) Wear a) Any cracks, excessive wear or distortion.
(where fitted)
Winch Housing a) Damage a) Any cracks, loose bolting or covers.
b) Corrosion b) Excessive corrosion, pitting or any chemical
attack.
Rope Drum a) Wear a) Excessive wear on wire rope anchorage.
b) Damage b) Any cracks or defects liable to damage the wire
rope.
Wire Rope a) Wear, Damage a) 5% of wires broken, worn or corroded measured
or Corrosion over a length of ten rope diameters as given by BS
302 Part 1. Further rejection criteria, if required are
obtainable from ISO 4309.
Hook As per Chapter 3 As per Ch. 3 Paragraph 3.6.7

Inspect the structure on which the winch is installed for corrosion and mechanical damage.
The winch base bolting shall be checked for security (NOTE: Only grade 8 bolts and nuts, or
higher, to be used)

• Base mountings to be checked by MPI annually

• Load testing to be performed annually at a proof load of 1.1x SWL
• Primary and secondary brake systems to be verified
• Emergency lowering system to be verified in case of loss of power
• All safety devices to be checked, e.g. over hoisting, over lowering, slack wire etc.
• Emergency stop to be verified, if fitted.

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