• The wire rope wears down as the time passes, so inspect every
time before work, and replace immediately if at or beyond the
replacement standard.
At the same time, inspect the sheave at the tip of the boom and the
sheave of the hook block. Damaged sheaves accelerate the
damage of the wire ropes.
• Use the wire ropes specified by us.
• Wire rope breakage causing protruding wires may injure your
hands. Always put on leather gloves when handling the wire rope.
• Handling worn and damaged wire may cause injure by wire splinter.
• Do not use any wire rope of which any of the followings apply.
• 10% or more of the wires (except the filler wires) in one twist of the
wire rope are snapped off.
• The wire rope diameter wear is beyond 7% of the nominal
diameter.
• Is kinked.
• Is excessively deformed or corroded.
• Affected by heat or sparks.