ISO 5480:2020 Ships and marine technology — Guardrails for cargo ships

ISO 5480:2020 Ships and marine technology — Guardrails for cargo ships. 1 Scope This document specifies dimensions, materials, quality of manufacture and finish for guardrails and stanchions fitted on exposed freeboard and superstructure decks of cargo ships to prevent personnel falling overboard or to lower decks. It is not applicable to guardrails fitted near compasses. 2 Normative references The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. ISO 65, Carbon steel tubes suitable for screwing in accordance with ISO 7-1 ISO 887, Plain washers for metric bolts, screws and nuts for general purposes — General plan ISO 898-1, Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel — Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes — Coarse thread and fine pitch thread ISO 1461, Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles — Specfications and test methods 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses: — ISO Online browsing platform: available at httpJfwwJsoorg/bp — I EC Elect roped ia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/ 5 Design, construction and installation 5.1 Principal dimensions 5.1.1 The height of the toprails shall be at least 1 000 mm. This dimension shall be measured from the top of the toprail to the deck at a point vertically below the inner edge of the toprail, or, if the deck has a waterway, to the top of the deck plank or covering next to the waterway (see Figure.1 and Figure 2). 5.1.2 The opening below the lowest course of rails shall be of 230 mm maximum, measured from the underside of the rail to the deck or flat bar side plate where fitted (see Eigurei. and Figure 2). 5.1.3 The opening between the upper courses shall he of 380 mm maximum (see Figure 1). 5.1.4 The maximum distance between stanchions shall be 1 500 mm Isee Figure 4 a)]. 5.2 Stanchions Stanchions for guardrails shall be made of steel flat bars of 60 mm x 15 mm, or of flat bars having a section modulus (see ISO 80000-4) at least equal...