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.