- It is mandatory to comply with the conditions of use, sizing, and maintenance of steel wire ropes used in construction works, as stipulated by the current national technical standards.
- Traction steel wire ropes must not have splices or broken strands that could compromise their safety.
- Steel wire ropes must have a breaking load of at least five times the maximum working load they are subjected to and a tensile strength of at least 160 kgf/mm² (one hundred sixty kilograms-force per square millimeter).
- Steel wire ropes must meet the minimum requirements contained in current national technical standards and allow for their traceability.
- Steel wire and synthetic fibre ropes must be secured using devices that prevent slipping and wear.
- Synthetic fibre or steel wire ropes used in Personal Fall Protection Systems (PFPS) and those used for supporting suspended chairs must be exclusive to each type of application.
- Steel wire and synthetic fibre ropes must be replaced when conditions compromising their integrity due to use are observed.
- Synthetic fibre ropes used in PFPS as vertical lifelines must be compatible with the fall arrester to be used.
- Synthetic fibre ropes must undergo testing conducted by the manufacturer, in accordance with current national technical standards.
- The manufacturer’s manual must include recommendations for inspection, use, elongation, maintenance, and storage of synthetic fibre ropes.
- Synthetic fibre ropes must have a minimum breaking load of 22 kN (twenty-two kilonewtons) without terminals and can be made of three covers or cover and core, with the use of polypropylene being prohibited for their manufacture.
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