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The second clip must be placed immediately against the thimble. Take care that the correct tightening of
the clip does not damage the outer wires of the wire rope (figure 2). Tighten the nuts firmly but not yet
to the specified torque.

Figure 2 LIFTING SLING FITTINGS

The following clips should be placed on the wire rope between the first and second clip in such a way that
they are separated by at least 1½ times the clip-width with a maximum of 3 times the clip-width, according
to figure 3.

Figure 3 FOR WIRE ROPE

Apply light tension on the rope and tighten all nuts evenly, alternating until reaching the specified torque.
After assembly and before the rope is taken into service, the nuts must be tightened further to the
prescribed torque. After the load has been applied to the assembly for the first time, the torque value must
be checked and corrected if necessary. Re-tightening of the nuts must be done at 10.000 cycles (heavy
usage), 20.000 cycles (moderate usage) or 50.000 cycles (light usage). If cycles are unknown, a competent
person could fix a time period, e.g. every 3 months, 6 months, annually. 3 .1
The torque values and the minimum number of clips to be applied for a particular rope size are given in
the following tables.

diameter diameter min. no length of rope torque torque
wire wire of clips to turn back value value
rope rope required
inch mm mm Nm Ft.Lbs
1 3 - 4 2 85 6.1 4.5
/8
3 5 2 95 10.2 7.5
/16
1 6 - 7 2 120 20.3 15
/4
5 8 3 133 40.7 30
/16
3 9 - 10 3 165 61 45
/8
7 11 3 178 88 65
/16
1 12 - 13 3 292 88 65
/2
9 14 - 15 3 305 129 95
/16
5 16 3 305 129 95
/8
3 18 - 20 4 460 176 130
/4
7 22 4 480 305 225
/8
1 24 - 26 5 660 305 225
1 28 - 30 6 860 305 225
1 /8
1 32 - 34 7 1120 488 360
1 /4
3 36 7 1120 488 360
1 /8
1 38 - 40 8 1370 488 360
1 /2
5 41 - 42 8 1470 583 430
1 /8
3 44 - 46 8 1550 800 590
1 /4
2 48 - 52 8 1800 1017 750
1 56 - 58 8 1850 1017 750
2 /4
1 62 - 65 9 2130 1017 750
2 /2
3 68 - 72 10 2540 1017 750
2 /4
3 75 - 78 10 2690 1627 1200
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Table 1, Green Pin wire rope clips generally to EN 13411-5 Type B, required number and torque value
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