R 408.12005 Definitions; P to U.

Rule 2005. (1) "Preformed" means to permanently shape wires and strands before fabrication into wire rope. (2) "Pulpit" means an operator compartment located at a fixed position remote from the crane or monorail equipment. (3) "Safety factor" means the ratio of the breaking strength of a material to the maximum designed stress. (4) "Seizing" means to bind the end of a wire rope with a soft annealed iron wire. (5) "Side pull" means to pull a load with a hoist, chain, or cable other than vertically. (6) "Single-leg gantry crane" means a crane similar to an underhung crane, except that the bridge for carrying the trolley is rigidly supported on one end by a vertical leg mounted on an end truck. (7) "Swaged socket" means a fitting into which wire rope is inserted and attached by cold forming. (8) "Underhung crane" means a crane with a traveling bridge which is suspended under its runway track system. A hoist trolley may be underhung or top running. CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND TESTING