Flat Woven Webbing Sling EN 1492-1

Flat woven webbing sling: flexible sling consisting of a sewn webbing component, with or without fittings, for attaching loads to the hook of a crane or other lifting machines.

Multi-layer sling: flat woven webbing sling, the sewn webbing components or components of which consiste of two or more layers of identical webbings superimposed in the lengthwise directions.

Multi-leg sling assembly: flat woven webbing sling assembly, consisting of two, three or four identical flat woven webbing slings attached to a master link.

Soft eye: terminal eye of a sewn webbing components so formed as to allow reeving, the attachment of removable fittings or connection to the hook of a crane, other lifting machine or lifting accessory.

Nominal length: specifiied length of the sling, inclusive of fittings, from bearing point to bearing point.

Effective working length (EWL): actual finished length of the flat woven webbing sling, inclusive of fittings, from bearing point to bearing point.

Working load limit(WLL): maximum mass which the sewn webbing component of a flat webbing sling is designed to sustatin in straight pull and which a sling or sling assembly is authorized to sustain in general lifting service.

Flat woven webbing sling EN 1492-1