IS 726 : 1982

( ?T&/Reaffirmed 1990 )
(fm)
( Reaffirmed 1994 )

Indian Standard

GALVANIZED STEEL BUCKETS FOR

GENERAL USE - SPECIFICATION
( Second Revision )

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INDIAN

STANDARDS

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Indian Standard

GALVANIZEDSTEELBUCKETSFOR
GENERAL USE-SPECIFICATION
( Second Revision )
0 FOREWORD
0.1 This Indian Standard ( Second Revision )
was adopted by the Indian Standards Institution
on 22 February 1982, after the draft finalized by
the Domestic Hardware Sectional Committee had
been approved by the Consumer Products and
Medical Instruments Division Council.
0.2 This standard was first published in 1956 and
subsequently revised in 1964 to exclude the
buckets for fire fighting from this standard
(which were separately covered in IS 2546 : 1974*
to replace fps units by metric units and to
incorporate certain modifications
pertaining to
the quality and the thickness of steel sheets to
be used for the body and bottom of buckets ).

0.3 The standard has been widely usedas a result

of which certain changes became necessary. The
present revision incorporates the modifications
reIating to the specification of material, thickness
of galvanized coating thickness of steel sheet and
the manufacturing details, which shall be helpful
in the effective implementation of this standard_

0.4 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied
with, the final value, observed or calculated,
expressing the result of a test or analysis shall
be rounded off in accordance with IS 2 : 196Ot.
The number of significant places retained in the
rounded off value should be the same as that of
the specified value in this standard.

(first

*Specification
revision ).
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for

for rounding

galvanized

mild

off numerical

steel
values

fire

bucket

( revised).

1 SCOPE
1.1This standard lays down the requirements
for material, dimensions, manufacture, finish and
performance
of galvanized
steel buckets for
general use.
2 CLASSIFICATION

2.1Buckets

shall be of two qualities, namely,

Standard Quality and Utility Quality.
3 SIZES

3.1Buckets shall be of the following sizes:

Standard

quality buckets

Utility quality buckets

200, 225, 250, 275,

300, 325 and 350 mm
175, 200, 225, 250,
275, 300, 325 and
350 mm

3.1.1The size of a bucket

shall be denoted by
its diameter at the top in millimetres.
4 MATERIAL

4.1 Steel Sheets

Steel sheets used for the body, bottom and
bottom ringshall be either cold-rolled ( annealed )
quality conforming
to IS 513 : 1973* or hotrolled quality conforming to IS 1079 : 19737.

4.1.1The thickness

of the steel sheet used for

body, bottom ear, bottom ring and the diameter
of the mild steel rod for the handle before
galvanizing, shall conform to the following:
Part of the
Bucket

Body
Bottom
Bottom rings
Handle diameter
Ear

Thickness
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in mm

Standard
Utility
Quality
Quality
Buckets
Buckets
063
063
100
063
160
063
10 Min
10 Min
2'50mm for sizes up to
250 mm and 315 mm for
sizes 275 mm and above
for both
qualities
of
buckets

*Specification for cold rolled

carbon

steel

sheets

( second revision ).

tSPeeification for hot rolled carbon steel sheet and

strip ( third revision ).

IS 726: 19i2
NOTES
1 - Tolerances
on dimensions of thickness of steel
sheet used for body, bottom and bottom rings s&t11
be as per IS 513 : 1973 or IS 1079 : 1973t whichever is applicable.

2 - Tolerances
on ear
IS 1852 : 19731.

dimensions

shall be as mr

4.2 Mild Steel Rods

Mild steel rods used in the manufacture
of
handle shall conform
to Grade St 32-O of
IS 1977 : 1975s.
4.3 Mild Steel Wire
Mild steel wire used for stiffening the top
shall conform to IS 280 : 19785.

rim

5 SHAPE AND DIMENSION

5.1 The shape and leading dimensions of the
buckets shall be as given in Fig. 1 to 4 and
Table 1.
6 MANUFACTURE
6.1 Standard Quality Buckets
The body shall be in two halves which shall be
joined together either by butt welding, or seam
welding, or by riveting or by a lock joint as
shown in Fig. 2A. The width of the seam lock
shall be not less than 12 mm for all sizes of
buckets except for 200 mm and 225 mm sizes
for which the width of the seam shall be not less
than 8 mm. The bottom shall be dished and
shall be joined to the body either by lap welding
or by a lock joint as shown in Fig. 3. The top
rim of the body shall be uniformly.beaded
with
wire ( see Fig. 1 >. The ears shall be fitted to
the top of the rim at the longitudinal joint of
the body by means of at least three tinmen flat
head rivets with the flat head on the inside. The
ears shall be drilled or punched to receive the
handle. The ends of the handle shall be bent up
as shown in Fig. 1. The ends of the bottom ring

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at least with two rivets and with a lap of at least
25 mm. The bottom ring shall be joined to the
body by welding ( see Fig. 3 ) which shall be
done only at two diametrically
opposite seams.
The bottom end of the bottom ring shall be
straight and not folded.

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IS 726 : 1982
6.2 Utility Quality Buckets
The manufacture of utility quality buckets shall
conform to the requirements specified under 6.1
except that:
a) the two halves of the body shall be joined
together by lapping, the length of overlap
shall be not less than 12 mm for all sizes
of buckets except 175mm, 200-mm and
225mm sizes for which the length of
overlap shall be not less than 10 mm and
riveted together by means of No. 6 tinmen
flat head rivets ( see IS 866 : 1957$ ) (with
the flat head on the inside) with a
maximum pitch of 25 mm ( see Fig. 2B);

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IS 726 : 1982

b) the bottom shall be dished and shall be

joined by a lock joint as shown in Fig. 3:
c) the bottom ring shall be joined with the
body either by welding or by means of
two to four No. 6 tinmen flat head rivets
equally spaced apart and with the flat head
on the inside; and

d) the end of the bottom ring shall be folded

inside and the width of the inside fold
shall be not less than 6 mm.
6.3 8T417

6.3 General
All welds shall be free from porosity, blow holes
and brittleness. The locking shall cover at least
70 percent of the width of the lock joint and the
seam shall be close-rolled
and finished smooth.
The parts of the joint shall be well-pressed and
shall be free from gaps. The beading shall be
fully formed without gap.

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( vii3 5.1 )
Table 1 Essential Dimensions and Nominal Capacities of
Galvanized Steel Buckets for General Use
( Clause 5.1 )
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175
200
225
250
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300
325
350

mm
175 f
200 *
275 f
250 &
275 &
300 f
325 &
350 f

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5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5

mm
150& 5
175f 5
200 f 5
225 Z!Z5
250 f 5
275 f 5
300 f 5
325 f 5

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125 f 5
135 f 5
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170 It 5
190 f 5
210*5
230 -+ 5
250 + 5

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55 f 3
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63 & 3
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Capacity

Ear
Width

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35 *
35 f
35 *
35 -f
40 &
40 *
40 f
40 f

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3
3
3
3
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shall be calculated

when the bucket is full up to the brim.

7 FINISH
7.1 All parts
smooth

of the bucket
shall be
and sharp edges rounded off.

finished

7.2 The

buckets
after fabrication
shall be hotdip galvanized.
The coating
of zinc on any
portion shall be not less than 003 g/cm2 ( single
surface ). The galvanized
coating
shall be free
from blisters, grittiness,
stains and bare spots, in
accordance
with Appendix
A of IS 2629 : 1966*.

7.2.1 The
galvanizing
shall
withstand
immersions
of one-minute
duration
when
in accordance
with IS 2633 : 1972i.

four
tested

7.3 The mating

of the bottom
ring with body
and bottom shall be such that recess are avoided
as far as possible.

8 PERFORMANCE

TEST

8.1 Buckets
shall be leak-proof.
The recommended
methods
for testing
the buckets
for
leakage are given in 8.1.1 and 8.1.2.

*Recommended
practice
for hot-dip galvanizing of
iron and steel.
tMethods of testing uniformity
of coating
on zinc
coated articles (first revision ).

8.1.1 The bucket shall be filled with water to the

brim and kept for 15 minutes.

The bucket shall
not show any sign of leakage during this period.
8.1.2 A water tank of suitable size and full of
water shall be used for conducting the test. The
dry empty bucket with its top facing upwards
shall be pressed down the water vertically takmg
care that the top is at least 6 mm above the
water level. It shall be observed whether any
water gets into the bucket from the bottom or
sides of the bucket.
If any water enters the
bucket, it shall be considered to have failed in
the test. The bucket shall be withdrawn, reversed
( with top downwards ) and again pressed down
the water vertically without agitating the water.
Should any air bubble be seen escaping through
the water, the bucket shall be deemed to leak
and, therefore, shall be considered to have failed
in the test.

9 SCALE OF SAMPLING
FOR CONFORMITY

AND CRITERION

9.1 Lot

In any consignment,
all the buckets of same
quality, same size and from the same batch of
manufacture shall be grouped together to constitute a lot.
9.2 Sample Size
The number of buckets to be selected from a lot
shall depend on the size of the lot and shall be
in accordance
with col 1 and 2 of Table 2.
These buckets shall be selected at randon from
at least 10 percent of the packages subject to a
minimum of three, equal number of buckets
being selected from each such package.
If the
number of packages is less than three, all the
packages shall be selected.
9.2.1 For Shape and Dimension,
Defects,

Finish and Leakage

Manufacturing

All

the buckets selected

as in 9.2 shall be
inspected for shape and dimensions ( see 5 ),
manufacturing
defects ( see 6 ), finish ( see 7 )
and for leakage ( see 8 ). Any bucket which fails
to satisfy the requirements of any one or more
of the characteristics
shall be considered
as
defective bucket. The lot shall be considered as
conforming to these requirements, if the number
of defective buckets does not exceed the permissible number of defective buckets given in co1 3
of Table 2.

9.2.2 For Galvanization Test

From

the lot conforming

under 9.2.1,

a sub-

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sample in accordance with co1 4 of Table 2 shall

be drawn and tested for galvanization.
The lot
shall be considered
as conforming
to the
galvanizing requirements,
if no bucket fails in
. .

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Permissible No. of
Defective Buckets
(3)
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0

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13
20
20
32
32
50
50
80
80
125
125

1
1
1

Sample Size

in the Lot
(1)
25 il;h
UP to
25
26 &
50
51 to
B
26
51

to

150
50

150
151 B 300
151 to 300
301 ir
500
301 to 500
501 ?r 1 000
501 to 1000
1001 B 3000
1 001 to 3 000
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3
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3

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3
5
5
7
7

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5
5

10 MARKING
10.1 Each bucket shall be embossed

on its side
the manufacturers
name or trade mark,
size, quality of bucket and any other marking
that may be required by the purchaser. Embossing shall be sufficiently deep so that the marking
remains quite legible after galvanizing.
with

10.1.1 The

buckets
the Standard Mark.

may also be marked

with

Note-The
use of the Standard Mark is governed by the
provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986
and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder.
The
Standard
Mark on products
covered by an Indian
Standard conveys the assurance
that they have been
produced
to comply with the requirements
of that
standard under a well defined system of inspection
testing and quality control
which is devised an;
supervised
by BIS and operated
by the producer.
Standard
marked
products
are also continuously
checked by BIS for conformity
to that standard as a
further safeguard.
Details of conditions under which
a licence for the use of the Standard Mark may be
granted
to manufacturers
or producers
may be
obtained from the Bureau of Indian Standards.

11 PACKING
11.1 Unless otherwise specified, buckets shall be
packed in bundles of six in the case of 325-mm
and 350-mm sizes and in bundles of 12 in the
case of all other sizes.

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10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

10

60

11

65

12

70

13

80

14

90

15

100

IS 21 : 1975

IS 3502 : 1981

IS 3748 : 1978

IS 4368 : 1968

IS 4497 : 1972

IS 4430 : 1979

,. IS 4431 : 1978

IS 4432 : 1968

IS 226 : 1975

IS 279 : 1981

IS 432
( YPT 1 ) : 1982

IS 432
(WT2):1982

IS 1029 : 1970

IS 1148 : 1982

IS 1149 : 1982

.
IS 1239
( wrl 1) : 1979

IS 1977 : 1975

IS 1990 : 1975

IS 2830 : 1975

: 1975

IS 5517 : 1978

IS 5518 : 1979

IS 5522 : 1978

IS 7283 : 1974

IS 2831 : 1975

IS 5489

IS 2879 : 1975