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TC 111

Round steel link chains, chain slings, components and accessories

• Secretariat: JISC
• Secretary: Mr. Hirotsugu Gunji
• Chairperson: Mr. Derrick Bailes (United Kingdom) until end 2012
• Creation date: 1963

• Work programme
  (drafts and new work items of TC 111)

• Business plan (TC)
• Working area on ISOTC

Scope:

Standardization in the field of:

• round steel link chains (excluding anchor chains and those used in mining);
• sling hooks;
• shackles, eyebolts, terminal links, joining links and terminal fittings for slings and other accessories.

To deal with the following aspects of the above- mentioned items: terminology, material, dimensions and tolerances, basic design criteria, proof testing, working load, destructive and non-destructive tests relating to required mechanical properties, inspection, certification and marking.

Excluded:

• anchor chains covered by ISO / TC 8;
• mining chains covered by ISO / TC 82.

Total number of published ISO standards related to the TC and its SCs:	20
Participating countries:	13
Observing countries:	22

ISO committees in liaison:

TC 17, TC 82, TC 96, TC 101, TC 104, TC 105, TC 110/SC 4, TC 188

Organizations in liaison:

EC, EWRIS, ILO

Subcommittees/Working Groups:

Subcommittee/Working Group	Title
TC 111/SC 1	Chains and chain slings
TC 111/SC 3	Components and accessories

Meeting calendar

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

Month		Location
201003080000000000000March 2010	8	Kolkata (India)	*	TC 111 & SCs