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6 LAUNCHING AND EMBARKATION APPLIANCES

6.1 LAUNCHING AND EMBARKATION APPLIANCES
6.1.1 LAUNCHING AND RECOVERY APPLIANCES
EVALUATION AND TEST REPORT
6.1.1.1
Submitted drawings, reports and documents
6.1.1.2
Quality assurance
6.1.1.3
Visual inspection
6.1.1.4
Static proof load test
6.1.1.5
Operational load test
6.1.1.6
Turning in test
6.1.1.7
Winch brake test
6.1.1.8
Rescue boat launching appliance recovery speed test
6.1.1.9
Hand operation test
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6.1.1 LAUNCHING AND RECOVERY APPLIANCES

EVALUATION AND TEST REPORT
Manufacturer
System type
Serial number
Maximum Working Load
Maximum Turning Moment
Winch type
Serial number
Date
Place
Name and signature of surveyor
Approval Organization
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Manufacturer:___________________________________ Date:_________________________ Time:___________________
Launching & Recovery Appliances
Model:_________________________________________ Surveyor:______________________________________________
Lot/Serial Number:_______________________________ Organization:___________________________________________
6.1.1.1
Submitted drawings, reports and documents

Submitted drawings and documents
Drawing No.
Revision No. & date
Status
Title of drawing
Submitted reports and documents

Report/Document No.
Revision No. & Date
Title of report / document

Maintenance Manual Operations Manual -
Status
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6.1.1.2
Quality Assurance
Regulations: MSC.81(70) 2/1.1 and 1.2
Quality Assurance
Except where all appliances of a particular type are required by chapter III of the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, or the
International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, to be inspected, representatives of Standard Used: - __________________________________________________________
the Administration should make random inspection of manufacturers to ensure that
the quality of life-saving appliances and the materials used comply with the
Quality Assurance Procedure: _______________________________________________
specification of the approved prototype life-saving appliance.
Manufacturers should be required to institute a quality control procedure to ensure
that life-saving appliances are produced to the same standard as the prototype lifesaving appliance approved by the Administration and to keep records of any
production tests carried out in accordance with the Administrations instructions.
Quality Assurance Manual: - ________________________________________________
Description of System.
Quality Assurance System acceptable Yes/No

Comments/Observations
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6.1.1.3
Visual inspection
Test Procedure
Confirm that installation has been manufactured to

approved drawings.
Visually inspect the appliance. Conduct
measurements and verify clearances as required.
Regulations: LSA Code 6.1; III, 16.2

Acceptance Criteria
Significant Test Data
Amount of maintenance should be restricted to a minimum.
Passed/ Failed
Parts which require maintenance should be easily accessible and easily

maintained.
Passed/ Failed
Effectiveness under icing conditions
Passed/ Failed
The launching mechanism should be so arranged that it may be

actuated by one person from a position within the survival craft or
rescue boat
Passed/ Failed
Manual brakes should be so arranged that the brake is always applied,

unless the operator or a mechanism activated by the operator holds the
brake control in the off position.
Type:
Remote control
Limit switches
Type:
Where davit arms are recovered by power, safety devices should be
fitted which will automatically cut off the power before the davit arms
reach the stops in order to prevent over-stressing the falls or davits,
unless the motor is designed to prevent such over-stressing.
Provisions for hanging off pendants
Passed/ Failed
There should be provisions for hanging-off the lifeboat to free the
release gear for maintenance
Passed/ Failed
Structural members and all blocks, falls, padeyes, links, fastenings and
all other fittings used in connection with launching equipment should
be designed with not less than a minimum factor of safety on the basis
of the maximum working load assigned and the ultimate strength of the
material used for construction. A minimum factor of safety of 4.5
should be applied to all davit and winch structural members, and a
minimum factor of safety of 6 should be applied to falls, suspension
chains, links and blocks.
Comments/Observations
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6.1.1.4
Static proof load test

Test Procedure
Regulations: LSA Code 6.1.1.5 - 6.1.1.6; MSC.81(70) 1 /8.1.1

Acceptance Criteria
For lifeboats other than free-fall lifeboats, davits

and launching appliances, except the winch
brakes, should be subjected to a static proof load
of 2.2 times their maximum working load.
The launching appliance and its attachments other than winch

brakes should be of sufficient strength to withstand a static proof
load on test of not less than 2.2 times the maximum working load.
With the load at the full outboard position, the

load should be swung through an arc of
approximately 100 to each side of vertical in the
intended fore and aft plane.
There should be no evidence of significant deformation or other

damage as a result of this test.

MWL
Test load (2.2 x MWL):
The test should be done first in the upright

position, followed by tests simulating a
shipboard condition of list of 200 both inboard
and outboard.
.......................... kN
.......................... kN
There should be no evidence of significant deformation

or other damage
Passed/Failed
upright
Passed/ Failed
200 inboard list
Passed/ Failed
200 outboard list
Passed/ Failed
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6.1.1.5
Operational load test

Test Procedure
For lifeboats other than free-fall lifeboats, a mass

equal to 1.1 times the maximum working load
should be suspended from the lifting points with
the launching appliance in the upright position.
The load should be moved from the full inboard to
the full outboard position using the means of
operation that is used on the ship.
The test should be repeated with the launching
appliance positioned to simulate a combined 200
inboard list and 100 trim.
All the tests should be repeated with a mass equal
to that of a fully equipped lifeboat, without
persons, or the lightest survival craft intended for
the use with the davit to ensure the satisfactory
functioning of the davit under very light load
conditions.
Note:
Notwithstanding the 10trim and 20 list
requirements, lifeboat launching appliances for oil
tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers with a
final angle of heel greater than 200 should be
capable of operating at the final angle of heel on
the lower side of the ship, taking into
consideration the final damaged waterline of the
ship.
Regulations: LSA Code 6.1.1.1 - 6.1.1.3; MSC.81(70) 1 /8.1.2

Acceptance Criteria
The appliance should successfully lower the load under all of the
conditions, and there should be no evidence of significant deformation
or other damage as a result of the tests.

weight of the lightest
the lifeboat / rescue boat ** intended for use:
LWL.
MWL
Each launching appliance together with all its lowering and recovery
gear should be so arranged that the fully equipped survival craft or
rescue boat it serves can be safely lowered against a trim of up to 100
and a list of up to 200 either way:
When boarded, as required by regulation III/23 or III/33, by its full
complement of persons;
........................... kN
:
Test load (1.1 x MWL)
.......................... kN
:
............................ kN
clear of davit horn ?**
Passed/ Failed
Does the appliance successfully lower the load under these

conditions without evidence of significant deformation or
damage?
Passed/Failed
Without persons in the survival craft or rescue boat.
A launching appliance should not depend on any means other than

gravity or stored mechanical power which is independent of the ship's
power supplies to launch the survival craft or rescue boat it serves in
the fully loaded and equipped condition and also in the light condition.
upright (1,1x MWL)
Passed/Failed
200 inboard list +10trim (1.1xMWL)
Passed/Failed
200 inboard list +10trim (LWL)
Passed/Failed
Stored power
Passed/Failed
Start pressure:
k Pa
Min. pressure:
k Pa
Pressure drop after one movement:
k Pa
Time from inboard to outboard:
** if applicable
sec
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6.1.1.6
Turning in test
Regulations: LSA Code 6.1.1.3; MSC.81(70) 1 /8.1.3
Test Procedure
Acceptance Criteria
With the appliance in the full upright position

the maximum design hoisting load should be
moved from the full outboard to the full inboard
position using the means of operation that is
used on the ship.
The appliance should successfully move the maximum designed

hoisting load from the outboard to the inboard position without
causing permanent deformation or other damage.

maximum designed
hoisting load :
........................ kN
Does the launching appliance successfully move the load

from outboard to inboard?
Passed/ Failed
Does the launching appliance show any evidence of
significant deformation or other damage as a result of
this test?
Passed/ Failed
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6.1.1.7
Winch brake test

Test Procedure
Winch drums should be wound to the maximum

number of turns permitted and a static test load
of 1.5 times the maximum working load should
be applied and held by the brake. This load
should then be lowered for at least one complete
revolution of the barrel shaft. A test load of 1.1
times the maximum working load should then
be lowered at maximum lowering speed through
a distance of at least 3 m and stopped by
applying the hand brake sharply.

Acceptance Criteria
weight of the lightest the lifeboat / rescue boat *
The test load should drop no more than 1 m when the brake is
applied (except that the stopping distance may be exceeded if an
exposed brake is wetted).
MWL
............................ kN
............................ kN
Test 1:
Static test load (1.5 x MWL):
............................ kN
Does the brake test hold the test load (1.5x MWL)?
pass/fail
This test should be repeated a number of times.
MWM:
Drum diam.
Wire diam.
Number of turns
Max. lowering speed
If the winch design incorporates an exposed

brake, one of these tests should be carried out
with the brake wetted.
The various tests should achieve a cumulative
lowering distance of at least 150 m.
Operation of the winch with a load of a mass
equal to that of a fully equipped lifeboat,
without persons, or the lightest survival craft
intended for use with the winch should also be
demonstrated.
The launching appliance should successfully lower a mass equal to

that of a fully equipped lifeboat, without persons, or the lightest
craft (or rescue boat) intended for use with the winch.
Inspection of the stripped winch should reveal no significant
damage or undue wear.
Following completion of these test (and 6.1.1.8,

6.1.1.9), the winch should be stripped for
inspection.
kNm
mm
Mm
m/s
Test 2
Dynamic Test load (1,1 x MWL):
Kn
brake test carried out after > 3m with max lowering
speed
Stop within 1 meter?
Passed/Failed
* delete as appropriate
continued
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6.1.1.7
Winch brake test (continued)

Test Procedure

Acceptance Criteria

1st stop > 3m
2nd stop:
m
3rd stop:
m
4th stop:
m
5th stop:
m
Total lowering distance > 150 m Passed/ Failed
Test 3 ( if applicable)
Winch design incorporates an exposed brake? Yes / No
Wet stopping distance
m
Passed/ Failed
Test 4
Test load (LWL)
kN
Lowering test with LWL satisfactory?
Passed/ Failed
Does the inspection of the stripped winch reveal any
significant damage or undue wear?
Passed/ Failed
Remarks:
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6.1.1.8
Rescue boat launching appliance recovery speed test
Test Procedure
Acceptance Criteria
It should be demonstrated that a winch intended

for use with a rescue boat is capable of
recovering the rescue boat with the number of
persons for which it is to be approved and its
equipment or an equivalent mass at a rate of not
less than 0.3 m/s.
Each rescue boat launching appliance should be fitted with a

powered winch motor capable of raising the rescue boat from the
water with its full rescue boat complement of persons and
equipment at a rate of not less than 0.3 m/s.
6.1.1.9
Hand operation test

Test Procedure
The hand operation of the winch should be

demonstrated.
If the winch is designed for quick recovery by
hand with no load, this should be demonstrated
with a load of 1.5 times the mass of the empty
lifting arrangements.

Hoisting load:
measured recovering speed of the boat :
m/s

Acceptance Criteria
An efficient hand gear should be provided for recovery of each
survival craft and rescue boat. Hand gear handles or wheels should
not be rotated by moving parts of the winch when the survival craft
or rescue boat is being lowered or when it is being hoisted by
power.

Hoisting load:
Test 1:
Test load (1 x hoisting load): winch can be operated
satisfactorily by hand?
Passed/ Failed
Arrangement provided for protection against moving
parts and rotating handles?
Passed/ Failed
Type:
Test 2:
Only for quick recovery
Test load (1.5 x weight of empty lifting arrangement):
kN
Is quick recovery satisfactory?
Passed/ Failed
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Model:_________________________________________ Surveyor:________
Lot/Serial Number:_______________________________ Organization:_____

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DE 43/18/Add.

6 LAUNCHING AND EMBARKATION APPLIANCES

Submitted drawings, reports and documents

Static proof load test

Operational load test

Winch brake test

Rescue boat launching appliance recovery speed test

Hand operation test

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6.1.1 LAUNCHING AND RECOVERY APPLIANCES

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Submitted drawings, reports and documents

Revision No. & date

Submitted reports and documents

Revision No. & Date

Title of report / document

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Regulations: MSC.81(70) 2/1.1 and 1.2

Quality Assurance Manual: - ________________________________________________

Quality Assurance System acceptable Yes/No

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Confirm that installation has been manufactured to

Regulations: LSA Code 6.1; III, 16.2

Significant Test Data

Amount of maintenance should be restricted to a minimum.

Parts which require maintenance should be easily accessible and easily

Effectiveness under icing conditions

The launching mechanism should be so arranged that it may be

Manual brakes should be so arranged that the brake is always applied,

Provisions for hanging off pendants

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Static proof load test

Regulations: LSA Code 6.1.1.5 - 6.1.1.6; MSC.81(70) 1 /8.1.1

For lifeboats other than free-fall lifeboats, davits

The launching appliance and its attachments other than winch

With the load at the full outboard position, the

There should be no evidence of significant deformation or other

Significant Test Data

Test load (2.2 x MWL):

The test should be done first in the upright

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There should be no evidence of significant deformation

200 inboard list

200 outboard list

Operational load test

For lifeboats other than free-fall lifeboats, a mass

Regulations: LSA Code 6.1.1.1 - 6.1.1.3; MSC.81(70) 1 /8.1.2

Significant Test Data

Test load (1.1 x MWL)

clear of davit horn ?**

Does the appliance successfully lower the load under these

Without persons in the survival craft or rescue boat.

A launching appliance should not depend on any means other than

upright (1,1x MWL)

200 inboard list +10trim (1.1xMWL)

200 inboard list +10trim (LWL)

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Regulations: LSA Code 6.1.1.3; MSC.81(70) 1 /8.1.3

With the appliance in the full upright position

Lot/Serial Number:___________________________ Organization:_