This standard stipulates the classification, size, weight, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules, packaging marks and quality certificates of steel wire ropes. This standard is applicable to various round-strand steel wire ropes and shaped-strand steel wire ropes used in machinery, metallurgy, construction, ship mooring, marine engineering, fishery, forestry, mining, drilling, cableways and cable cars, as well as flat steel wire ropes used for balance in mines.
GB/T 8918-1996 history
2006GB 8918-2006 Steel wire ropes for important purposes