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BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN13411-2:2001Terminationsforsteelwireropes—Safety—Part2:SplicingofeyesforwireropeslingsTheEuropeanStandardEN13411-2:2001hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS53.020.30;77.140.99NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWLicensedCopy:LondonSouthBankUniversity,LondonSouthBankUniversity,SatMar1806:53:37GMT2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN13411-2:2001ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsCommitteeandcomesintoeffecton15July2001©BSI07-2001ISBN0580376990NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN13411-2:2001.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeMHE/2,Wireropes,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSIStandardsCatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Find”facilityoftheBSIStandardsElectronicCatalogue.ABritishStandarddoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.UsersofBritishStandardsareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleEuropeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to8,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:LondonSouthBankUniversity,LondonSouthBankUniversity,SatMar1806:53:37GMT2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN13411-2May2001ICS53.020.30;77.140.99EnglishversionTerminationsforsteelwireropes-Safety-Part2:SplicingofeyesforwireropeslingsTerminaisonspourcâblesenacier-Sécurité-Partie2:Epissuresdebouclespourélinguesencâbled'acierEndverbindungenfürStahldrahtseile-Sicherheit-Teil2:SpleißenvonSeilschlaufenfürAnschlagseileThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon20April2001.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2001CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN13411-2:2001ELicensedCopy:LondonSouthBankUniversity,LondonSouthBankUniversity,SatMar1806:53:37GMT2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIPage2EN13411-2:2001ContentsPageForeword3Introduction41Scope42Normativereferences43Termsanddefinitions54Hazards55Splicingoperation66Verificationofthesafetyrequirements6AnnexZA(informative)ClausesofthisdocumentwithECDirectives7LicensedCopy:LondonSouthBankUniversity,LondonSouthBankUniversity,SatMar1806:53:37GMT2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIPage3EN13411-2:2001ForewordThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC168Chains,ropes,webbingslingsandaccessories,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyBSI.ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2001,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyNovember2001.ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropeanFreetradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofECDirective(s).FortherelationshipwithECDirectives,seeinformativeannexZAwhichisanintegralpartofthisstandard.TheotherPartsofthisEuropeanStandardare:Part1:ThimblesforsteelwireropeslingsPart3:Ferrulesandferrule-securingPart4:MetalandresinsocketingPart5:U-boltwireropegrippedterminationPart6:AsymmetricwedgesocketPart7:SymmetricwedgesocketThisisthefirsteditionofthispartofthisEuropeanStandard.AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Swe