Components for slings - Safety - EN 1677 for components for slings are: Part 1: Forged steel components, Grade 8 Part 2: Forged steel lifting hooks with latch - Grade 8 Part 3: Forged steel self-locking hooks - Grade 8 Part 4: Links - Grade 8 This Part of EN1677 specifies requirements for forged steel lifting hookswithlatch of grade 8having eyeor clevisandpinupto63tWLL,mainlyforusein
⎯ chain slings according to EN 818-4;
⎯ steel wire rope slings according to EN 13414-1:1999; ⎯ textile slings according to EN 1492-1:2000, EN 1492-2:2000 intended for lifting objects, materials or goods
Working Load Limit (WLL) Maximum mass that a component is authorized to sustain in general lifting service, expressed as a code.
Manufacturing Proof Force (MPF) Force applied to the component during the manufacturing proof test.
Breaking Force (BF)
Maximum force reached during the static tensile test of the component, at which the component fails to retain the load.
