This document specifies the terms and definitions of general-purpose wire rope slings, ordering content, technical requirements, inspection methods, inspection rules, packaging, quality certificates, transportation and storage. This document applies to single-limb slings and multi-limb assembled slings, as well as slings made of single-layer fiber strands or steel core wire ropes with a diameter of not more than 150 mm in the wire rope product standards (hereinafter referred to as "slings").