ASME B30.26:2004 pdf download.Rigging Hardware-Safety Standard for Cableways, Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Hooks, Jacks, and Slings.
Volume B30.26 includes provisions that apply to the construction, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance of detachable rigging hardware used for lifting purposes in conjunction with equipment described in other volumes of the B30 Standard. This hardware includes shackles, links, rings, swivels, turnbuckles, eyebolts, hoist rings, wire rope clips, wedge sockets, and rigging blocks. Use of the same hardware for purposes other than lifting is excluded from the provisions of this Volume.
SECTION 26-0.2: DEFINITIONS
abnormal operating conditions: environmental conditions that are unfavorable, harmful, or detrimental to or for the operation of a piece of detachable hardware, such as excessively high or low ambient temperatures; exposure to weather; corrosive fumes; dust laden or moisture laden atmospheres; and hazardous locations.
angle of loading: the acute angle between horizontal and the leg of the rigging, often referred to as the horizontal angle.
bow, shackle: the curved portion of the shackle body opposite the pin, often referred to as the bail, the body, the dee, or the bowl (see Fig. 3).
dead end: the section of wire rope that is not tensioned under load (see Figs. 10 and 11).
th’sign factor: ratio between nominal or minimum breaking strength and rated load of the rigging hardware.
designated person: a person who is selected or assigned by the employer or employer’s representative as being competent to perform specific duties.
ears, shackle: portion of the shackle body which supports the shackle pin (see Fig. 3).
hardware service:
normal: service that involves use of loads at or below the rated load.
severe: service that involves normal service coupled with abnormal rigging or operating conditions.
special: service that involves operation, other than normal or severe, which is approved by a qualified person.
hit cli, choker: a method of rigging a sling in which the sling is passed around the load, then through one loop eye, end fitting, or other device with the other loop eye or end fitting attached to the lifting device.
in-line loading: condition where the load is applied through the centerline of the rigging hardware at the intended bearing points.
jaw: a U-shaped load bearing connection, designed for use with a removable pin (see Fig. 5).
line pull: the tension load in a rope entering a rigging block (see Fig. 17).
live end: the section of wire rope that is tensioned under load. (see Figs. 10 and 11).
manufacturer: The entity responsible for the physical production of an item.
pin, shackle: a steel bolt made to span the two shackle ears (see Fig. 3).
primari/ load fitting: the fitting on a rigging block that carries the highest applied load during use (see Fig. 17).
proof load: the specific load applied in performance of the proof tests.
proof test: a nondestructive load test made to a specific multiple of the rated load of the rigging hardware. qualified person: a person who, by possession of a recognized degree in an applicable field or certificate of professional standing, or who, by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated the ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter and work.ASME B30.26 pdf download.