ASME B30.26-2004 Rigging Hardware - Safety Standard for Cableways, Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Hooks, Jacks, and Slings

An American National Standard. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Date of Issuance: May 20, 2005. 38p. Volume B30.26 includes provisions that apply to the construction, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance of detachable rigging hardware used for lifting purposes in conjunction with equipment described in other volumes of the B30 Standard. This hardware includes shackles, links, rings, swivels, turnbuckles, eyebolts, hoist rings, wire rope clips, wedge sockets, and rigging blocks. Use of the same hardware for purposes other than lifting is excluded from the provisions of this Volume.