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AS 3818.11-2009
[Pending Revision]Timber — Heavy structural products — Visually graded, Part 11: Utility poles
Provides producers and users of timber poles, with or without full-length preservative treatment, intended primarily for use in overhead lines for electrical distribution and telecommunications purposes, with requirements for the visual grading.
Published: 16/12/2009
Pages: 28
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About this publication
PREFACE
1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 APPLICATION
1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.4 DEFINITIONS
1.5 SIZE AND FORM OF UTILITY POLE
1.5.1 General
1.5.2 Size tolerances
1.5.3 Ovality
1.5.4 Straightness
1.6 MEASUREMENT OF KNOTS
1.7 RATINGS FOR END SPLITS AND BARREL CHECKS
1.8 SPECIES BRANDING
1.9 DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE
1.10 REMOVAL OF BUMPS
1.11 COMBINATION OF CHARACTERISTICS
2 UTILITY POLES INTENDED FOR USE WITHOUT FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
2.1 TIMBER SPECIES AND POLE PREPARATION
2.2 GRADE DESCRIPTION
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Grade requirements—Characteristics confined to sapwood
2.2.3 Grade requirements—Characteristics in heartwood
2.3 CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE
3 HARDWOOD UTILITY POLES INTENDED FOR USE AFTER FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
3.1 TIMBER SPECIES AND POLE PREPARATION
3.2 GRADE DESCRIPTION
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Grade requirements—Characteristics (in heartwood or sapwood)
3.3 CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE
4 SOFTWOOD UTILITY POLES INTENDED FOR USE AFTER FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
4.1 TIMBER SPECIES AND POLE PREPARATION
4.2 GRADE DESCRIPTION
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Grade requirements—Characteristics (in heartwood or sapwood)
4.3 CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE
5 REQUIREMENTS FOR FULL-LENGTH PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
5.1 POLES FOR PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
5.2 PRESERVATIVE PENETRATION AND RETENTION
5.2.1 Preservative penetration
5.2.2 Preservative retention
5.3 DETERMINATION OF TREATMENT RESULTS
5.3.1 In individual poles
5.3.2 For process quality monitoring
5.3.3 For purchaser treatment quality checks
5.4 SURFACE CONDITION
5.5 CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE
5.6 IDENTIFICATION
5.6.1 Essential information
5.6.2 Additional information
5.6.3 Disc composition
5.7 NOTES TO CLAUSE 5.6
5.8 TREATMENT RECORDS
APPENDIX A
A1 INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN PURCHASING ORDERS
A2 STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE
APPENDIX B
B1 GENERAL
B2 PRINCIPLE
B3 PREPARATION OF SAMPLE
B4 REAGENTS
B4.1 Ammonia solution
B4.2 Panda reagent
B4.3 Sodium nitrite solution
B4.4 Mixture
B5 PROCEDURE
B6 REPORT
APPENDIX C
C1 SAMPLING RATE
C2 CORE SAMPLE PROCEDURES
C3 PROCEDURES REQUIRED ON THE BASIS OF TEST RESULTS
C3.1 Treater quality monitoring
C3.2 Purchaser treatment quality checks
Cited references in this standard
[Superseded]
Specification for preservative treatment, Part 1: Sawn and round timber
[Pending Revision]
Timber — Heavy structural products — Visually graded, Part 1: General requirements
[Superseded]
Methods for sampling and analysing timber preservatives and preservative-treated timber
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