Wirelock Warnings and Application Instructions: Warning
Wirelock Warnings and Application Instructions: Warning
WIRELOCK®
WARNINGS AND APPLICATION STEP 2 - MEASURE AND
INSTRUCTIONS SEIZE
The rope ends to be
WARNING socketed should be of
• Incorrect use of WIRELOCK® can result in an unsafe sufficient length so that the
termination which may lead to serious injury, death, or end of the unlaid wires (from
property damage.
the strands) will be at the
• Do not use WIRELOCK® with stainless steel rope in salt top of the socket basket.
water environment applications.
Seizing should be placed at
• Use only soft annealed iron wire for seizing.
a distance from the end
• Do not use any other wire (copper, brass, stainless, equal to the length of the
etc.) for seizing.
basket of the socket.
• Never use an assembly until the WIRELOCK® has
gelled and cured.
• Remove any non-metallic coating from the broomed STEP 3 - BROOMING
area. 1. Unlay the individual strands and fully broom out the
• Non Crosby sockets with large grooves need to have wires of the wire rope and IWRC as far as the seizing.
those grooves filled before use with WIRELOCK®.
The wires should be separated but not straightened.
• Read, understand, and follow these instructions and 2. Cut out any fiber core.
those on product containers before using WIRELOCK®
3. Unlay the individual wires from each strand, including
the IWRC, completely, down to the seizing.
The following simplified, step-by-step instructions should 4. Remove any plastic material from broomed area.
be used only as a guide for experienced, trained users.
For full information, consult our document WIRELOCK®
TECHNICAL DATA MANUAL, API (AMERICAN
PETROLEUM INSTITUTE) RECOMMENDED
PRACTICE 9B, ISO standards, WIRE ROPE
MANUFACTURERS CATALOGS, and WIRE ROPE
SLING USERS MANUAL, THIRD EDITION.
Rev. 1
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