BRITISH STANDARD BS EN

699:1995

Fibre ropes for general

service —
Polypropylene

The European Standard EN 699:1995 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS:59.080.50
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Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted to Technical

Committee TCI/68, Industrial textiles, upon which the following bodies were
represented:

Anglo-Scottish Fish Producers’ Organization Limited

British Apparel and Textile Confederation
British Marine Equipment Council
British Paediatric Association
British Polyolefin Textiles Association
Camping and Caravanning Club Limited
Camping and Outdoor Leisure Association
Confederation of British Wool Textiles Limited
Consumer Policy Committee of BSI
Department of Trade and Industry
Federation of Wire Rope Manufacturers of Great Britain
Home Office
Institute of Trading Standards Administration
Institution of Fire Engineers
Made-up Textiles Association
National Federation of Master Steeplejacks and Lightning Conductor
Engineers
Oldham and Rochdale Textile Employers’ Association
Road Haulage Association Limited
SATRA Footwear Technology Centre
Scottish Office (Agriculture and Fisheries Department)
Textile Finishers’ Association

The following body was also represented in the drafting of the standard
through a subcommittee and working group:

Association of Load Restraint Equipment Manufacturers

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Sector Board
for Materials and Chemicals,
was published under the
authority of the Standards
Board and comes into effect on
15 November 1995 Amendments issued since publication

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The following BSI references

relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference TCI/68
Draft for comment 92/40337 DC

ISBN 0 580 24647 7

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Contents

Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
National foreword ii
Foreword 2
Text of EN 699 3
List of references Inside back cover

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National foreword

This British Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee TCI/68 and is
the English language version of EN 699:1995 Fibre ropes for general service —
Polypropylene, published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).
This British Standard partly supersedes BS 4928:1985 which is withdrawn.

Cross-references
Publication referred to Corresponding British Standard
EN 701:1995 BS EN 701:1995 Fibre ropes for general service —
General specification
EN 919:1995 BS EN 919:1995 Fibre ropes for general service —
Determination of certain physical and mechanical
properties
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the EN title page, pages 2 to 6, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
the inside front cover.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 699
NORME EUROPÉENNEE
August 1995
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 59.080.50

Descriptors: Textiles, cordages, polypropylene, designation, specifications, linear density, breaking load, marking

English version

Fibre ropes for general service — Polypropylene

Cordages en fibres pour usage divers — Faserseile für allgemeine Verwendung —

Polypropylène Polypropylen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1995-07-02. CEN members

are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any
CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French,
German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

CEN
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Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels

© All rights of reproduction and communication in any form and by any means reserved in all countries to
CEN and its members.
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Foreword Contents
This European Standard has been prepared by Page
Technical Committee CEN/TC 248, Textiles and Foreword 2
textile products, of which the secretariat is held by
1 Scope 3
BSI.
2 Normative references 3
This European Standard shall be given the status of
a National Standard, either by publication of an 3 Definitions 3
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by 4 Designation 3
February 1996, and conflicting national standards 5 Construction 3
shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 1996.
6 Marking 3
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal
Regulations, the following countries are bound to Figure 1 — Shape of a 3-strand hawser-laid
rope (type A) 3
implement this European Standard: Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Figure 2 — Shape of a 4-strand shroud-laid
Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, rope (type B) 4
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Figure 3 — Shape of an 8-strand plaited rope 5
Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Table 1 — 3-strand hawser-laid
This standard is based on IS0 1346 — Ropes — polypropylene ropes (type A) 4
Polypropylene — Specification. Table 2 — 4-strand shroud-laid polypropylene
ropes (type B) 4
Table 3 — 8-strand plaited polypropylene
ropes (type L) 5

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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements
for 3-strand hawser-laid and 4-strand shroud-laid
ropes and 8-strand plaited ropes for general service
made of polypropylene and gives rules for their
designation.
2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or
undated references, provisions from other
publications. These normative references are cited
at the appropriate places in the text and the
publications are listed hereafter. For dated
references, subsequent amendments to or revisions
of any of these publications apply to this European
Standard only when incorporated in it by
amendment or revision. For undated references the
latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
EN 701:1995, Fibre ropes for general service —
General specification.
EN 919, Fibre ropes for general service —
Determination of certain physical and mechanical
properties.
ISO 1968, Ropes and cordage — Vocabulary.
5 Construction
Polypropylene ropes produced to this European
Standard shall be made in one of the following
constructions:
— type A: 3-strand hawser-laid rope
(see Figure 1);
— type B: 4-strand shroud-laid rope
(see Figure 2);
— type L: 8-strand plaited rope (see Figure 3).
Linear density and minimum breaking force shall
conform to Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3 (see also
Table 1 and Table 2 of EN 701:1995).
Construction, manufacture, lay, labelling,
packaging, invoicing and delivery lengths, shall
conform to EN 701.
6 Marking
The marking shall be carried out in accordance with
clause 7 of EN 701:1995.

3 Definitions
For the purposes of this standard, the definitions
given in ISO 1968 apply.

4 Designation
Fibre ropes shall be designated by:
— the words “fibre rope”;
— the number of this European Standard;
— the construction or type of rope (see clause 5);
— the reference number of the rope;
Figure 1 — Shape of a 3-strand hawser-laid
— the material from which the rope is made.
rope (type A)
NOTE The material from which the rope is made may be
indicated either its full name “polpropylene”, or by means of its
abbreviation “PP”.
Example:
Designation of an 8-strand plaited rope with a linear
density of 1 630 ktex corresponding to the reference
number 60 made of polypropylene:
Fibre rope EN 699 – L – 60 – polypropylene

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Table 1 — 3-strand hawser-laid

polypropylene ropes (type A)
Reference Linear densitybc Minimum
numbera breaking
nominal tolerance force
ktex daN

4 8 275
6 17 ± 10 % 590
8 30 1 040
10 45 1 530
12 65 ±8% 2 170
14 90 2 990
16 115 3 700
18 148 4 720 Figure 2 — Shape of a 4-strand shroud-laid
20 180 5 690 rope (type B)
22 220 6 820
Table 2 — 4-strand shroud-laid
24 260 7 970 polypropylene ropes (type B)
26 305 9 220 Reference Linear densitybc Minimum
28 355 10 500 numbera breaking
nominal tolerance force
30 405 12 000 ktex daN
32 460 13 200 10 40 1 380
36 585 16 600 12 58 ±8% 1 950
40 720 ±5% 20 100 14 81 2 690
44 880 24 100 16 103 3 330
48 1 040 28 000 18 133 4 250
52 1 220 32 400 20 162 5 120
56 1 420 37 100 22 198 6 140
24 234 7 170
60 1 630 42 400
26 274 8 300
64 1 850 48 000
28 319 9 440
72 2 340 60 300
30 364 10 800
80 2 900 74 100
32 414 11 900
88 3 510 88 900 36 526 14 900
96 4 170 105 000 40 648 ±5% 18 100
a
The reference number corresponds to the approximate 44 792 21 700
diameter in millimetres.
b
The linear density (in kilotex) corresponds to the net mass
48 936 25 200
per length (in grams per metre) or to the mass of rope per 52 1 100 29 200
length (in kilograms per thousand metres).
c
The linear density is measured under tensile loading for
56 1 280 33 400
measurement Fc as given in EN 919. 60 1 470 38 200
64 1 670 43 200
72 2 110 54 200
80 2 610 66 700
88 3 160 80 100
96 3 750 94 500
a
The reference number corresponds to the approximate
diameter in millimetres.
b
The linear density (in kilotex) corresponds to the net mass
per length (in grams per metre) or to the mass of rope per
length (in kilograms per thousand metres).
c
The linear density is measured under tensile loading for
measurement Fc as given in EN 919.

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Figure 3 — Shape of an 8-strand plaited rope

Table 3 — 8-strand plaited polypropylene
ropes (type L)
Reference Linear densityab Minimum
numbera breaking
nominal tolerance force
ktex daN

16 115 3 700
20 180 5 690
24 260 7 970
28 355 10 500
32 460 13 200
36 585 16 600
40 720 20 100
44 880 24 100
48 1 040 28 000
52 1 220 32 400
56 1 420 37 100
60 1 630 ±5% 42 400
64 1 850 48 000
72 2 340 60 300
80 2 900 74 100
88 3 510 88 900
96 4 170 105 000
104 4 900 120 000
112 5 700 139 000
120 6 500 160 000
128 7 400 180 000
136 8 400 203 000
144 9 400 226 000
160 11 500 277 000
a The linear density (in kilotex) corresponds to the net mass
per length (in grams per metre) or to the mass of rope per
length (in kilograms per thousand metres).
b The linear density is measured under tensile loading for
measurement Fc as given in EN 919.

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List of references

See national foreword.

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