This International Standard gives guidelines and establishes requirements for inspection, maintenance, repair and remanufacture of items of hoisting and drilling equipment manufactured according to API Spec 8A [3], ISO 13535, or ISO 14693 used in drilling and production operations, in order to maintain the serviceability of this equipment.
NOTE For the purposes of this International Standard, API RP 8C is equivalent to ISO 13535.
Items of hoisting and drilling equipment covered by this International Standard are:
. crown block sheaves and bearings;
. travelling blocks and hook blocks;
. block to hook adapters;
. connectors and link adapters;
. drilling hooks;
. tubing hooks and sucker rod hooks;
. elevator links;
. casing elevators, tubing elevators, drill pipe elevators and drill collar elevators;
. sucker rod elevators;
. rotary swivel bail adapters;
. rotary swivels;
. power swivels;
. power subs;
. dead line tie down/wireline anchors;
. drill string motion compensators;
. kelly spinners;
. riser running tool components;
. wellhead running tool components;
. safety clamps (whether or not used as hoisting equipment);
. rotary tables;
. rotary bushings;
. high-pressure mud and cement hose;
. BOP handling systems
. slush pumps;
. draw works;
. casing, tubing, drill-pipe and drill-collar spiders that are designed to be installed on or above the master bushing or rotary table;
. casing, tubing, drill-pipe and drill-collar spiders that are designed to be installed inside, or partly inside, the master busing or rotary table;
. rotary slips designed for use in standard rotary bowls with a 33,333 cm per m (4 in per ft) API taper;
. manual spiders that use API rotary slips not capable of use as elevators, that are installed on or above the master bushing/rotary table;
. manual spiders that use rotary slips not having a taper of 33,333 cm per m (4 in per ft) not capable of use as elevators, that are installed on or above the master bushing/rotary table;
. rotary slips not having a taper of 33,333 cm per m (4 in per ft) for use in manual spiders;
. spring, pneumatic or hydraulic spiders with integral slips not capable of use as elevators, that are installed on or above the master bushing/rotary table;
. spring, pneumatic or hydraulic spiders with integral slips not capable of use as elevators, that are installed in or partly in the rotary table;
. manual tong.