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Indian Standard
CAST IRON SINGLE FACED THIMBLE
MOUNTED SLUICE GATES — SPECIFICATION
(Incorporating Amendment No. 1)
© BIS 2005
Price Group 6
Sanitary Appliances and Water Fittings Sectional Committee, CED 3
FOREWORD
This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by
the Sanitary Appliances and Water Fittings Sectional Committee had been approved by the Civil
Engineering Division Council.
Single faced cast iron sluice gates are extensivly used in water supply and drainage works for
controlling the flow. These are of two types one where the gate with spigot back frame is directly
mounted on the wall and the other where mounting on the wall is through wall thimble. The first
type is covered by IS 3042 : 1965 ‘Specification for single faced sluice gates (200 to 1 200 mm size)’
( under revision ).
This standard covers sluice gates of second type meant for mounting on the face of wall through a
cast iron wall thimble an accessory which is first embedded in the wall and its front flange being
flush with the face of wall. The gate frame having machined back flange is mounted on thimble
flange, with a gasket in between the flanges, and is fastened to it with the help of studs.
Thimble mounted sluice gates have following advantages:
a) It remains clear off the wall even after its installation and hence it can be easily removed
from the face of wall whenever required either for repairs, maintenance or relocation.
b) Mounting of flange back frame gate on wall thimble eliminates the necessity of using anchor
bolts, and providing recesses in the wall.
c) The construction makes the gate rigid and suitable for unseating head applications.
d) Flange back construction makes it possible to test the gate at manufacturers works for its
leakage performance making it possible to specify permissible leakage limits.
These gates are primarily meant for use in water supply and waste water applications such as
water filtration and purification works, intake wells, pumping stations, drainage and irrigation
canals, water and sewage treatment plants, flood control, thermal power stations and water
cooling plants, etc, requiring flow control or shut off. These gates may also be used for industrial
waste water and with other fluids provided the suitability of materials used for the seating faces,
wedge facing, stem guide lining, stem nut, guide bush, resilient seat, etc, is first ascertained for
their compatability with the end use.
The information to be supplied with enquiry and order by the purchaser is given in Annex A.
As sluice gate is a custom equipment it is not practical to specify single type of material, or method
of construction or fabrication. Various possible alternatives vary with the site conditions and
requirements of the users. Such alternatives are dealt with separately at appropriate places in this
standard.
While formulating this standard an attempt has been made of making this standard in line with
other internationally accepted standard available on the subject. Guidance has been taken from
ANSI AWWA C-501-87 AWWA Standard for Cast Iron for Sluice Gates, issued by the American
Water Works Association. At the same time the practices relating to in this field in the country
have been kept in view.
This edition 1.1 incorporates Amendment No. 1 (January 1995). Side bar indicates modification of
the text as the result of incorporation of the amendment.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with the
final value, observed or calculated expressing the result of a test, shall be rounded off in
accordance with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )’. The number of
significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified
value in this standard.
IS 13349 : 1992
Indian Standard
CAST IRON SINGLE FACED THIMBLE
MOUNTED SLUICE GATES — SPECIFICATION
1 SCOPE NOTE — In case of circular openings, a gate with square
opening may be adopted provided that wall thimble has
1.1 This standard covers single faced vertically a circular opening to suit the water way opening and a
sliding type cast iron sluice gates of nominal square flange to suit the square flange of the gate frame.
sizes from 300 to 2 500 mm, suitable for 4.2 Types
mounting on the flange of cast iron wall
thimble. These sluice gates are meant for use 4.2.1 Sluice gates may be manufactured either
for water supply and waste water application. with rising stem or non-rising stem ( see
Annex C ).
1.1.1 These sluice gates are designed for either
seating head or unseating head, or both. NOTE — Non-rising stem type sluice gates are
generally not recommended.
NOTE — Gates designed for unseating head shall
quality in all respects the requirements specified for 4.2.2 Sluice gates may be either of conventional
seating head. bottom closure or flush bottom closure ( see
1.2 Sluice Gates as per this standard in addition Annex D ).
to manual may be adapted to electric hydraulic 4.2.3 Sluice gates may be for either upward
or pneumatic power operation. Requirements opening or downward opening.
for actuating gear except in case of manual
operation is left to the mutual agreement 4.2.4 Sluice gates may have operating headstock
between the purchaser and the manufacturer. either mounted on platform or directly mounted
on yoke.
1.3 Sluice gates as per this standard may be of
NOTE — Sluice gates with headstock mounted on the
the conventional-closure or of flush-bottom yoke of frame are called self-contained type.
closure type.
5 NOMINAL SIZES
2 REFERENCES
5.1 Nominal sizes of square (or round) and
2.1 Indian Standards listed in Annex B are the
rectangular sluice gates shall be as given in
necessary adjuncts to this standard.
Table 1 and Table 2 respectively.
3 CLASSIFICATION NOTES
3.1 Based on maximum unbalanced (seating or 1 Nominal size of a sluice gate shall be reckoned by the
unseating) water heads, sluice gates shall be clear opening of gate frame. In case of rectangular
opening, the size shall be specified as Width × Height of
classified as: opening. The first of the two dimensions shall mean the
a) Class 1 — Suitable for maximum width of opening.
sluice gates unbalanced head up to 2 Sizes indicated in Table 1 and Table 2 are preferred
and including 5 metres of sizes. Other sizes as agreed to between the
manufacturers and purchasers are permissible.
water,
b) Class 2 — Suitable for maximum Table 1 Nominal Size of Square
sluice gates unbalanced head above 5 (or Round) Sluice Gates in mm
metres and up to and ( Clause 5.1 )
including 10 metres of
300 750 1 200 1 800
water, and
400 900 1 400 2 000
c) Class 3 — Suitable for maximum
500 1 000 1 500 2 250
sluice gates unbalanced head above
600 1 100 1 600 2 500
10 metres and up to and
including 15 metres of
water. 6 MATERIALS
6.1 Materials used in the manufacture of
4 SHAPES AND TYPES various components of sluice gates shall conform
4.1 Shapes to the Indian Standards given in Table 3.
4.1.1 The opening of the sluice gates and the 6.1.1 Components other than mentioned in
wall thimble may be either circular, square or Table 3 shall conform to the appropriate Indian
rectangular. standard, where one exists.
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Table 3 Materials
( Clause 6.1 )
Sl No. Item Material Conforming Grade/Designation
to IS
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Thimble, frame, guide, Cast Iron 210 : 1993 FG 200 or higher
extension guide, slide
(shutter), gear box
pedestal, stem guide,
bracket, wedging, devi-
ces, flush bottom seal
support bar
2. Yoke (Bridge) Cast Iron 210 : 1993 FG 200 or higher
Structural 2062 : 1992 Grade A
Steel
3. a) Wedges Cast Iron 210 : 1993 FG 200 or higher
Naval Brass 291 : 1989 Grade 1 or Grade 2
Phosphor Bronze 28 : 1985 Grade 1 or Grade 2
Leaded Tin Bronze 318 : 1981 LTB 1 or LTB 2
Stainless Steel 3444 : 1987 Grade 2
b) Wedge facings Naval Brass 291 : 1989 Grade 1 or Grade 2
Phosphor Bronze 7814 : 1985 HB, Grade 2 or
HB, Grade 3
Leaded Tin Bronze 318 : 1981 LTB 1 or LTB 2
Stainless Steel 6911 : 1992 04Cr1Ni or
04Cr17Ni12Mo2Ti
or 12Cr12 or
15Cr16Ni2
4. Operating nut and Leaded Tin Bronze 318 : 1981 LTB 1 or LTB 2
Guide Bush
5. Connecting block Cast Iron 210 : 1993 FG 200 or higher
Tin Bronze 306 : 1983 Sand Cast
Leaded Tin Bronze 318 : 1981 LTB 1 or LTB 2
6. Seating faces Naval Brass 291 : 1989 Grade 1 or Grade 2
Phosphor Bronze 7814 : 1985 HB, Grade 2 or
HB, Grade 3
Tin Bronze 306 : 1983 Sand Cast
Leaded Tin Bronze 318 : 1981 LTB 1 or LTB 1
Stainless Steel 6911 : 1992 04Cr1, Nine or
04Cr17Ni12Mo2Ti
or 12Cr12 or
15Cr16Ni2
7. Stem extension road Mild Steel 2062 : 1992 Grade A
Stainless Steel 6603 : 1972 04Cr18Ni10 or
04Cr17Ni12Mo2Ti20
or 12Cr13 or
15Cr16Ni2
8. Flush bottom Natural or 11855 :1986
resilient seal Synthetic Rubber
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thimble. All other surface forming joints or machined accurately. The maximum allowable
bearings shall be machined. clearance between the slide and the slide
7.2 Slide (Shutter) guides shall be 1.5 mm.
7.2.1 Design 7.2.3 Provision for Connecting Slide with Stem
The slide made of cast iron with strengthening The slide shall be provided with an integrally
ribs where required and a reinforced section at cast pocket above the horizontal centre line of
the edges to receive the seating faces shall be the slide, reinforced by ribs, to house the
designed for the maximum head indicated connecting block in case of rising stem or an
in 3.1 for the appropriate class with a operating nut in case of non-rising stem. The
minimum safety factor of five with regard to operating nut pocket shall be drained.
tensile, compressive and shear strengths. 7.3 Seating Faces
7.2.2 Construction 7.3.1 Design
The slide shall have tongues on each side The seating faces made of strips of either naval
extending the full length. The tongues shall be brass or bronze or stainless steel depending
machined accurately on contact surfaces. upon the quality of fluid to be handled shall be
Surfaces of the slide that come into contact secured firmly in machined grooves of either
with the seat facings and wedges shall be rectangular or dovetail cross section in the
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frame and slide faces in such a way that they 7.5.2.1 Guide extensions, that is portion of
will remain in place, free from distortion and guides extending vertically upwards of the
loosening during the life of sluice gate. frame may either be integral with the frame
In case of class 1 duty gates the seating faces casting or integral with the guide bars.
may be attached to the machined flat faces of Alternatively, guide extensions may be in split
frame and slide with the help of either brass construction and may be bolted either to the top
rivet pins or counter sunk head machine screws of frame or to the top of guide bars.
of the same material. 7.5.2.2 Split guide extensions shall be firmly
7.3.2 Clearance secured at their joints with the help of dowel
pins or slot and tennon arrangement to ensure
The face shall be so finished that the maximum proper alignment of guide grooves.
clearance between the seating surfaces, with
the slide in the closed position, shall be 7.5.2.3 Guides including their extensions
0.10 mm. upwards of the frame shall be machined on all
bearing and contact faces. Faces of extension
7.4 Seals for Flush Bottom Gates guide coming in contact with the seating faces
7.4.1 General of the slide while opening the gate shall be
fitted with seating faces of the same material
Resilient seals for flush bottom gates shall be of as that on the slide. The maximum allowable
natural or synthetic rubber. Reclaimed rubber clearance between the slide and the slide guide
shall not be used. Rubber seals shall be shall be 1.5 mm.
resistant to microbiological attack, copper
poisoning and ozone attack. Rubber compounds 7.5.2.4 Clause deleted
shall contain no more than 1.5 parts of wax per 7.5.3 Pads
100 parts of rubber hydrocarbon and shall be
free of vegetable oils, vegetable oil derivatives, The guides of self-contained gates shall have
animal fats and animal oils. extended tops provided with pads for mounting
of the yoke. The pads shall be machined to a
7.4.2 Design plane perpendicular to the movement of the
The design of the seal shall be such as to gate slide.
provide for the minimum leakage requirements 7.6 Yoke
specified in 11.4 and 13.3.
Self contained gates shall be provided with a
7.4.3 Construction cast iron or structural steel yoke designed for
The rubber seal shall be mounted on the slide the thrust of the headstock or hoist with a
or the frame and shall be held securely in place safety factor of 5. The top of the yoke shall be
with a retainer bar bolted to the frame or slide machined to receive the operating mechanism.
leaving an unobstructed flush invert. The pads on the yoke contacting those on the
top of the guides shall be machined on contact
7.5 Guides faces and bolted to the guides to withstand the
7.5.1 Design thrust developed under maximum operating
conditions.
Guides made of cast iron shall be designed for the
maximum head indicated ( see 3.1 ) with a safety 7.7 Operating Nut and Connecting Block
factor of 5 for shear, compression and tension. Operating nut or connecting block employed for
They shall be capable of taking the entire thrust connecting the stem with the slide shall be
produced by water pressure and wedging action designed to withstand the thrust developed
with a safety factor of 5. The guides shall be of during gate operation under the maximum
such length that they extend above waterway operating head condition with a safety factor of 5.
opening atleast by (0.5 × H + 250) mm, where ‘H’
is the height of waterway opening in millimetres. On rising stem gates, the connecting block shall
be threaded and keyed or threaded and pinned
7.5.2 Construction to the stem. On non-rising stem gates, the
Guides may be either integrally cast with the operating nut shall be threaded but not keyed
frame or may be formed by bolting suitable or pinned to the stem so that the nut and slide
guide strips or guide bars with grooves to the can move up and down the stem as the stem
frame. Provision shall be made to prevent rotates.
lateral movement of bolted on guides. Wedges 7.8 Wedging Devices
or wedge facings shall be attached securely to
the guides at points where, in the closed 7.8.1 General
position, they will make full contact with All sluice gates shall be equipped with
wedging surfaces on the slide. adjustable side wedging devices to provide
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contact between the slide and frame facings pipe. ‘E’ shaped thimbles are recommended for
when the gate is in closed position. On all gates gates meant for very high unseating heads
having width of opening exceeding 600 mm provided these thimbles are not to be attached
that will be subjected to unseating heads, to any connecting pipe. The front, or mounting
adjustable top and bottom wedging devices flange shall be machined and shall be drilled
shall also be provided. If the gates are and tapped to the same template used for its
flush-bottom closure gates, they will be particular gate frame. A ring shall be cast on the
provided with adjustable top wedges only. periphery of the wall thimble to form a water
stop and anchor ring in the concrete. The gate
7.8.2 Materials shall be attached to the wall thimble with studs.
Depending upon the quality of fluid to be 7.10.2.1 The depth of the thimble is usually
handled the wedges may have cast iron to cast kept equal to the thickness of the wall. If the
iron contact or may be lined with brass, bronze thickness of the wall is excessive then the
or stainless steel contacting strips. depth of the thimble may be restricted to
7.8.3 Construction 300 mm unless otherwise agreed to between
the purchaser and the manufacturer.
All the wedges mounted on slide shall be
provided with an arrangement making it 7.10.3 Provision for Release of Air
possible to adjust the degree of wedging. They To permit entrapped air to escape as the thimble
shall be provided with suitable arrangement to is being encased in concrete, holes shall be cast
hold in position after adjustment, without any or drilled in each entrapment zone formed by
tendency to loosen, shift or rotate when the the reinforcing ribs or the flange and the water
gate is opened or closed under load. stop and anchor ring. The holes shall be 40 mm
7.9 Assembly Bolts, Studs, Nuts and Anchor in diameter and no more than 600 mm apart.
Bolts 7.11 Stems and Stem Couplings
7.9.1 All assembly bolts, studs, nuts and anchor 7.11.1 Design
bolts shall be of such size, spacing and numbers The operating stem shall be designed for a
as required to provide for the design forces tensile strength to withstand a force of 900
corresponding to the appropriate class of gate Newton on the crank or handwheel or a torque of
( see 3.1 ) with a safety factor of 5. 340 Newton-meter on a wrench nut. It shall also
Corresponding number of holes shall be provided be designed for a critical buckling compressive
in the flange on the back of the gate in order to load of 360 Newton on the crank or handwheel
prevent leakage and to resist the shearing action and 135 Newton-metre torque on a wrench nut.
caused by closing and opening forces. The critical buckling load shall be determined
7.9.2 All the fasteners on wall thimble and the by using the Euler’s Column Formula as under:
2
adjustable wedge blocks shall be essentially of Euler’s Column Formula : P = C π EA ( r/l )2
either stainless steel or bronze. Other fasteners where
coming in contact with fluids shall be either of
stainless steel or bronze or mild steel P = axial load on stem in Newtons.
depending upon the quality of fluid to be C = defines end restrain conditions, to be
handled or requirement of the purchaser. taken as 2.
Fasteners not coming in contact with the fluid E = modulus of elasticity to be taken as
may be of mild steel unless specified otherwise 2 × 105 MPa.
by the purchaser. l = length or span between supports in
7.10 Wall Thimbles mm.
r = radius of gyration in mm, and
7.10.1 Design A = area of stem in mm2.
A wall thimble is a separate piece and is 7.11.1.1 Where hydraulic lifts are used, the
required to be embedded in the mass concrete stem design shall not be less than 1.25 times
wall before the installation of the gate. It shall the output thrust of the hydraulic cylinder
be sufficiently strong and rigid and shall be under full motive force.
designed to withstand all forces including maxi-
mum operating load of a gate corresponding to 7.11.1.2 Where electric motor-driven lifts are
its class of duty. used, the stem design force shall not be less
than 1.25 times the output thrust of the unit in
7.10.2 Construction the stalled motor condition.
The cross section of the thimble shall have the 7.11.1.3 Force required to activate the sluice
shape of the letter ‘F’ or ‘E’, or of a flange and gate (slide) may be determined as per the
suitable and for attaching to the connecting procedure explained in Annex E.
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7.11.1.4 Recommended nominal diameters of 8.1.1 Surfaces of thimble and stem guides
mild steel and stainless steel stems for manually which would be in contact with the concrete
operated lift mechanisms are given in Annex F. shall not be coated.
7.11.2 Threads 8.1.2 Mild steel stems shall be painted in
accordance with 8.1 above.
The threads of the stem shall be machine cut or
rolled and of the square or acme type. The pitch 9 MANUAL LIFTING DEVICES
of the threads shall be such as to work most 9.1 General
effectively with the lift mechanism used. On
rising stem gates with manual hoists the top of Manual operating mechanism shall be
the stem shall be provided with a stop collar. ungeared or geared operatable by handwheel or
a crank handle. Geared mechanism may be
7.11.3 Coupling either single or dual speed, as necessary. Ball or
Where stems are furnished in more than one roller thrust bearings shall be provided below
piece, the different sections shall be joined the flange on the lift nut in case of ungeared lift
together by solid couplings. The couplings shall mechanism; and above as well as below the
be threaded and keyed or threaded and bolted flange on the lift nut in case of geared lift
and shall be of greater strength than the stem. mechanism so as to take the thrust developed
in opening and closing the gate with a force of
7.12 Stem Guides 135 Newton-metre on the crank or handwheel.
7.12.1 Bracket and floor-mounted stem guides 9.2 Gears
(including both the guide housing and the Gears shall be machine cut to provide smooth
bracket) shall be constructed so that when operation for the lifting mechanism. Shafts
properly spaced they will hold the stem in shall be provided with bush, with sleeve, ball or
alignment and yet allow it enough play to roller bearing of appropriate size. All gears and
permit easy operation. The inside diameter of bearing shall be enclosed in a housing. Suitable
the guide shall not exceed the outside diameter provisions shall be made for lubrication.
of stem +3 mm.
9.3 Lift Mechanism
7.12.2 The guides shall be spaced in accordance
The lift mechanism shall be supplied with a
with the manufacturer’s recommendations for
each stem size. The slenderness ratio l/r shall pedestal, machined and drilled to receive the
gear housing and drilled for bolting to the
not be greater than 200. The guides shall be
operating floor. The height of the pedestal shall
adjustable with regard to the bracket to provide
proper concentric alignment with the stem and be sufficient to provide the horizontal handwheel
in case of ungeared lifts or the horizontal axis of
shall be designed so that alignment will be
the driving shaft for crank in case of geared lifts
maintained after adjustment. The guides shall
be lined with leaded tin bronze and provision at a convenient working height of approximately
900 mm from the base of the pedestal or the
shall be made to hold the lining in place.
operating floor on which the operator has to
Brackets shall be attached to the wall with
sufficient anchor bolts to prevent twisting or stand. The pedestal shall be provided with a
suitable covered window to enable easy cleaning
sagging under load.
and greasing of the stem threads.
8 SURFACE PREPARATION AND 9.3.1 Manual lifting mechanism to be mounted
PAINTING directly on the yoke of self contained gate may be
provided with or without pedestal, as required.
8.1 All surfaces shall be cleaned by commercial
sand blasting or by wire brush and grinding to 9.3.2 The lift mechanism shall be designed in
base metal, be dry and free of grease before such a manner as to permit the gate operating
painting, in conformance with the paint under the operating head specified, with an
manufacturer’s instructions. After cleaning, the effort not more than 70 Newton-metre on lifting
surfaces shall be primed by application of either device after the sluice (that is slide/shutter) is
one shop coat of zinc chromate or coaltar coating unseated from its wedges.
suitable for use in potable water and applied in 9.3.3 Guidance as necessary may be obtained
conformance with paint manufacturer’s from IS 11228 : 1985 while designing the lift
instructions. After painted surfaces are dry, the mechanism of a gate.
machined or bearing surfaces and the holes,
both plain and threaded, shall be coated with 9.4 Handwheel/Crank
grease to offer temporary protection to the The maximum handwheel diameter shall be
surfaces until the time of installation. 800 mm and the maximum crank radius shall
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be 400 mm. The crank shall be removable and 0.10 mm thick feeler gauge. If 0.1 mm thick
fitted with a corrosion resistant sleeve type feeler gauge can be inserted between seating
handle. The wheel or crank shall rotate either sealing faces, then wedging devices must be
in horizontal or vertical plane. readjusted or the gate slide or gate frame or both
refinished until insertion is no longer possible.
9.5 Opening Direction
11.3 Smooth Movement Test
The direction of wheel or crank rotation to open
the gate shall be counter clockwise and shall be After completion, all seating and wedging
indicated on the lift mechanism. surfaces shall be cleaned thoroughly of all
foreign materials and final adjustments made.
9.6 Stem Cover The sluice gate shall then be shop operated
from the fully closed to the fully open position
Each rising stem unit shall be provided with a to verify that the assembly is workable.
suitable stem cover. The cover shall be made of
a galvanized pipe. 11.4 Shop Leakage Test by Applying
Unseating Hydraulic Pressure
9.7 Gate Travel Indicator
A shop leakage test by applying the specified
Gate travel indicator shall be provided to maximum unseating hydraulic head shall be
indicate the position of the gate. conducted at the manufacturer’s workshop. The
NOTE — All gates having width of opening equal to or test shall not show leakage in excess of 2.5, 3.5
greater than two times the height of opening shall be and 4.5 litres per minute per metre of seating
provided with two lifting devices connected by a tandem
shaft for simultaneous operation.
perimeter for class 1, class 2 and class 3 sluice
gates respectively. For gates designed for
9.8 Surface Preparation seating head only an equivalent unseating head
shall be used. For this test clamps may be used
All exposed surfaces of the head stock
mechanism shall have protective coating in place of top and bottom wedges ( see 7.8.2 ).
applied in accordance with 8. 11.5 Hydrostatic Test
10 FABRICATION AND WORKMANSHIP 11.5.1 Hydrostatic test shall be carried out on
the gate assembly at manufacturer’s workshop
10.1 All parts of the sluice gate and acessories as given in 11.5.2.
shall be machined accurately on mating and
bearing surfaces. All like parts, except for the 11.5.2 Water pressure of 1.5 times the
seating sealing surfaces, shall be unbalanced specified maximum operating head
interchangeable so that replacement parts can shall be applied to the sluice gates in closed
be furnished at any time and attached in the position for a period of 5 minutes. Under this
field with a minimum of fitting, chipping or test there shall be no leakage through the metal
remachining. All parts shall conform to nor shall any part be permanently deformed.
designed dimensions and shall be free from
defects of material and workmanship. All 12 INSTALLATION
attaching bolt holes shall be drilled accurately
to layout indicated on the drawings. 12.1 General
10.1.1 All castings shall be clean and sound The purchaser should follow the manufacturer’s
without defects that could impair their guidelines about the minimum clearance for
function. installation, storing and handling for the gates
under supply in addition to those covered
10.1.2 The seating faces shall have smooth in 12.2 to 12.5.
machined or hand scraped surface finish. All
surfaces, such as guides-to-frame and frame-to- It shall be the purchaser’s responsibility to
wall thimble shall be machined flat. handle, store and install the wall thimble, gate,
operating mechanism, stem, stem guides and
11 SHOP TESTING accessories in accordance with the manufac-
11.1 All sluice gates shall be subjected to the turer’s drawings and recommendations. Care
tests specified in 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 and 11.5 for shall be taken to avoid warping of the gate
their conformity to the specified requirements. frame and to maintain tolerances between
seating faces. All gates, thimbles, stems and
11.2 Seat Clearance Check operators shall be plumbed, shimmed and
Before final assembly, all seating and wedging aligned accurately.
surfaces shall be cleaned thoroughly of all 12.2 Hole Protection
foreign materials and final adjustments made.
With the gate fully closed, the clearance Tapped holes in thimbles shall be plugged for
between seating faces shall be checked with a protection during concrete pouring and setting.
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ANNEX A
( Foreword )
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ANNEX B
( Clause 2.1 )
LIST OF REFERRED INDIAN STANDARDS
IS No. Title IS No. Title
28 : 1985 Specification for phosphor 3444 : 1987 Specification for corrosion
bronze ingots and castings resistant high alloy steel and
( second revision ) nickle base castings for general
210 : 1993 Specification for grey iron applications ( second revision )
castings ( fourth revision )
291 : 1989 Specification for naval brass 6603 : 1972 Specification for stainless steel
rods and sections (suitable for bars and flats
machining and forging) ( second 6911 : 1992 Specification for stainless steel
revision ) plate, sheet and strip ( first
306 : 1983 Specification for tin bronze revision )
ingots and castings ( third 7814 : 1985 Specification for phosphor
revision ) bronze sheet and strip ( first
318 : 1981 Specification for leaded tin revision )
bronze ingots and castings
11228 : 1985 Recommendations for design of
( second revision ) screw hoists
2062 : 1992 Specification for steel for
general structural purposes 11855 : 1986 General requirements for
( fourth revision ) rubber seals for hydraulic gates
ANNEX C
( Clauses 4.2.1 and A-1 (9) )
RISING OR NON-RISING STEM GATES
C-1 Rising stem gates have non-rotating stems submerged it is impossible to regularly clean
and rotating lift-nuts. The lift nut is housed in and lubricate it. Any debris or rubbish jamming
lift mechanism which remains safely above in the threads create wear of the stem and the
gate well water level. operating nut and make the gate very difficult
C-2 Non-rising stem gates have rotating stems to operate. Operating problems with such gates
and non-rotating lift nuts. The lift nut is increase with the gate size.
housed in a pocket provided at the top of slide. C-4 Wherever possible the use of non-rising
C-3 The big disadvantage of the non-rising stem stem gates should be avoided. Such gates
gates is that the threaded operating lift nut and should be used only in those locations where
stem remain in the exposed position in the gate there is limited head room or where the rising
well and hence the threads remain exposed to stem is likely to interfere with some other part
damage and corrosion. Further, since the of the installation over the top of operating
threaded part of the stem remains normally headstocks or lift mechanisms.
ANNEX D
( Clauses 4.2.2 and A-1 (10) )
TYPE OF BOTTOM CLOSURE
D-1 CONVENTIONAL OR FLUSH BOTTOM for only those installations, where there is an
D-1.1 The conventional closure involves two ample vertical clearance between the bottom of
corrosion resistant seating faces mating against the opening, that is, invert of the gate and the
each other, when the gate is fully closed. One invert of the chamber or channel structure.
such face is provided across the bottom of the D-1.2 If the gate with conventional closure is
slide and the other corresponding horizontal installed at a situation, where the bottom of the
face is provided across the bottom of the frame. gate opening is to be at the same elevation as
The bottom edge of the slide has to travel the invert of the chamber or channel structure,
beyond the invert of the gate to cause this type then a recess or a cut-out is formed at the
of closure to be made. Hence gates with invert, where debris, silt and foreign material
conventional bottom closure are recommended may collect. These interfere with the proper
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closing of gate. Gates with flush bottom closure chamber is needed or when the deflection of the
avoid such recess or cut out at the invert and bottom edge of the slide under high seating
hence such gates are recommended for such pressure, in case of wider gate, is likely to
situations where the bottom of the gate create problems of interference between the
opening, as well as the chamber or channel seat facings on the frame and the slide at the
floor are to be at the same elevation or level. time of closing the gate.
In case of flush-bottom closure, the bottom
corrosion resistant seating face is omitted from D-1.4 Flush-Bottom Sluice Gates are installed
the slide as well as the frame. A resilient rubber in the same manner as conventional gates. A
seating face is substituted either along the recess or cut-out is provided in the floor along
bottom of slide or along the bottom of the frame. the width of waterway opening for
If the rubber seating face is provided along the accommodating the bottom member of frame.
bottom of slide, it closes against a machined cast After putting the gate in position, the recess
iron bar fitted at the bottom of frame with its can be filled with asphalt surfacing material or
machined face flush with the gate invert. If the concrete containing saw dust. The recess
rubber seating face is provided along the bottom should be filled level with the floor of the
of frame, top of the rubber seal is kept flush chamber and the invert of the gate.
with gate invert. In this case the slide closes
against the resilient rubber seal in the invert. Purchasers should consult the manufacturer
D-1.3 Gates with flush bottom closure are also regarding the dimensions of the recess or cut
recommended when complete flushing of the out to be provided in the floor.
ANNEX E
( Clause 7.11.1.3 )
FORCE REQUIRED TO ACTIVATE SLUICE GATE
E-1 The maximum force required to activate a
H = Head of water at gate centre line, in
sluice gate occurs during the unseating and metres;
raising the weight of the slide. In the closing, or
normally the downward motion of the gate, the P1 = Weight of slide, in Newtons; and
weight of the stem and slide acts in the P2 = Weight of stem, in Newtons.
direction of motion and reduces the force
required. The friction factor ‘f’ between the slide and the
seats may be taken as 0.35. The weight of the
E-2 The force required to activate the slide is,
stem and slide should be obtained from the
in part empirically determined. The weight of
manufacturer of the gate. It has not been
the slide and stem, the head of water on the
general practice to reduce the weight of the
gate at the centre line of the opening, and the
slide or stem because of the buoyant effect of
friction of the slide against the seats and
the water. The force required to overcome the
wedges are required to calculate the force to
frictional effect of the wedges is accounted for
open the gate. These factors are normally
by empirically assigning one half the weight of
presented in the following manner:
the slide. The force, thus determined, is
F = 10 000 × f × A × H + 1.5 × P1 + P2 Eq. (1) associated with 200 Newtons effort on the
activator. Once released from the wedges the
where force in Newtons becomes:
F = Total maximum force required to F = 10 000 × f × A × H + P1 + P2 Eq. (2)
open slide, in Newtons;
The force determined by Eq. 2 will be less than
f = Friction factor of slide against seat;
the unseating force and is the force required for
A = Area of gate opening, in square metres; sustained effort on the activator.
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ANNEX F
( Clause 7.11.1.4 )
basis of Euler’s Column Formula ( see 7.11.1 ) Sl Width × Height
and assuming maximum slenderness ratio of No. Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
200 ( see 7.12.2 ), are given in Table 4.
11. 750 × 500 30 30 30
F-2 Threads on the stem are assumed to be 12. 750 × 600 30 30 30
single start square threads with picthes 13. 750 × 750 35 35 35
considered as under: 14. 750 × 900 40 40 40
15. 750 × 1 100 40 40 40
Stem Dia Pitch 16. 900 × 600 30 30 35
mm mm 17. 900 × 900 40 40 40
18. 900 × 1 200 45 45 45
30 to 45 6 19. 1 000 × 750 35 35 40
50 to 75 10 20. 1 000 × 1 000 40 40 45
80 to 90 12 21. 1 000 × 1 200 45 45 45
22. 1 000 × 1 500 50 50 50
F-3 Stem diameters as mentioned in Table 4 23. 1 100 × 900 40 40 45
are checked for interference-free travel of stem 24. 1 100 × 1 100 40 40 45
coupling, if any, between the stem guides. 25. 1 100 × 1 500 50 50 50
26. 1 200 × 900 40 40 45
F-4 Diameters stated in Table 4 are 27. 1 200 × 1 200 45 45 45
recommended for guidance. The diameter of 28. 1 200 × 1 500 50 50 50
stem to be finally decided for a particular gate 29. 1 200 × 1 800 55 55 55
should be checked for being safe in critical 30. 1 400 × 1 000 40 40 45
buckling as per 7.11.1 for the output of the 31. 1 400 × 1 400 45 45 50
32. 1 400 × 1 800 55 55 55
operating/lift mechanism (operating headstock)
33. 1 500 × 1 000 40 40 45
to be adopted by the manufacturer. 34. 1 500 × 1 200 45 45 50
Table 4 Recommended Nominal 35. 1 500 × 1 500 50 50 55
Diameters of Mild Steel or Stainless Steel 36. 1 500 × 1 800 55 55 60
37. 1 500 × 2 000 60 60 65
Stems for Various Classes of Gates
38. 1 600 × 1 200 45 45 50
Gate Size in mm Stem Diameters, in mm for 39. 1 600 × 1 600 50 50 55
Gates of 40. 1 600 × 2 000 60 60 70
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