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AS 1666.1-2009
[Current]Wire-rope slings, Part 1: Product specification
Specifies requirements for wire-rope slings, including grommets and wire-rope sling assemblies, for general conditions of use. Wire rope slings consist of steel-wire rope and often include end terminations, such as ferrule-secured eyes, poured sockets or swage fittings. Appendices include guidance on information that should be supplied with enquiries and orders, and conditions for application of test forces.
Published: 02/04/2009
Pages: 28
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Materials
4.1 Components
4.2 Wire rope
4.3 End fittings
4.3.1 Ferrules
4.3.2 Poured sockets
4.3.3 Swage fittings
4.3.4 Other end fittings
5 Design and manufacture
5.1 General
5.2 Strength of components
5.3 Dimensions
5.3.1 Tolerance on effective lengths
5.3.2 Joints
5.3.3 Internal length of soft eyes
5.3.4 Length of wire-rope leg
5.3.5 Effective length of endless slings
5.4 Thimbles
5.5 Seizing
5.6 Serving
5.7 Terminations
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Ferrule-secured eyes
5.7.3 Flemish eyes
5.7.4 Hand-spliced eyes
5.7.5 Poured sockets
5.7.6 Swage fittings
5.8 Grommets
5.9 Double-part sling legs
5.10 Sling assemblies
5.10.1 Single-leg slings
5.10.2 Two-leg slings
5.10.3 Three-leg slings
5.10.4 Four-leg slings
5.10.5 Overcrowding
5.10.6 Links
6 Working load limit (WLL)
6.1 Single-leg sling
6.2 Multi-leg slings
7 Mechanical properties
7.1 Permanent distortion
7.2 Strength
7.3 Performance of terminations
8 Marking
8.1 General
8.2 Poured sockets
9 Type testing of mechanical properties
10 Proof test
10.1 Proof loading
10.2 Requirements
10.3 Test certificate
Appendix A
Appendix B
B1 Single-leg slings and sling legs
B2 Multi-leg slings
Appendix C
Appendix D
D1 Scope
D2 Statistical sampling
D3 Product certification
D4 Supplier’s quality management system
D5 Other means of assessment
Appendix E
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
BS 463-2
Specification for sockets for wire ropes, Part 2: Metric units
BS 463-1
Specification for sockets for wire ropes, Part 1: Inch units
[Withdrawn]
Sockets for wire ropes for general purposes - Part 3: Special requirements for sockets produced by casting
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