Document No: 723590-1
Revision: D
Issue Date: 2023-Jan-30
Page 11 of 45
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The user must ensure that the equipment complies with local rules and regulations.
2.4 Environmental Hazards
► Consider and prepare for the effects of climate: heat/cold/ice/wind.
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Sandblasting and acid wash procedures may introduce special concerns. They may adversely
affect the immediate health of an operator and may pose serious risks to the hoist and other
equipment being used.
2.5 Wire Rope Warnings
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Use protective gloves to handle the steel wire ropes.
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Use only Spider
®
approved steel wire rope.
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Steel wires ropes must be replaced under any of the following conditions:
Six randomly distributed broken wires in one rope lay or three broken wires in one strand
in one rope lay, where a rope lay is the length along the rope in which one strand makes a
complete revolution around the rope.
Significant corrosion;
Damage due to heat or electric arc;
Reduction of the nominal diameter by more than 5%;
Kinking (see
below), bird-caging (see
below), crushing (see
below) or any other
distortion of the wire rope structure.
Figure: 2.5.1
