90.60 Close of review Dec 2, 2023
CEN
CEN/TC 168 Chains, ropes, webbing, slings and accessories - Safety
European Norm
21.060.70 Clamps and staples | 53.020.30 Accessories for lifting equipment
Published
This European Standard specifies the minimum requirements, for asymmetrical wedge socket terminations for stranded steel wire ropes.
Examples of the construction and sizes of two separate designs of asymmetric wedge sockets are given in informative annexes A and B.
The informative annex C gives recommendations for safe use and inspection.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to asymmetric wedge sockets for terminations for steel wire ropes, when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
This standard applies to terminations of steel wire ropes with asymmetrical wedge sockets which are manufactured after the date of its publication.
This standard does not cover rope fatigue.
Legislation related to this standard
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
Harmonized/Supporting
PUBLISHED
EN 13411-6:2004+A1:2008
90.60
Close of review
Dec 2, 2023
