Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 71 of 53 8 CABLE CLIP S CLAM PI NG WIR E RO PES Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 023 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 4 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Apr il 05 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Apr il 08 2016 1 0 SAF E P R ACT ICE S 11 C ABL E C LI P S The re is on l y one ri g ht w a y to i nstall ca bl e c li ps t o g e t a max im um ef fic ienc y out of a pre p a re d loop or thi mbl e e y e ter m ination other wise the t e rmina ti on c a n be s e ve r e l y re du c e d in c a pa c it y Most c a ble c li ps ha ve tw o se c ti ons a sa ddle pa rt a nd a U sh a pe d pa rt You ne e d the rig ht si z e o f c li p for the w ir e rope di a mete r You a lso nee d to know t he number of c li ps re quir e d the a mount of r op e to t urn b a c k fr om t he thi mbl e a nd the tor que n e e de d to t i g hten the nuts R e fere n c e sample of c ab le c li p inst all ati on tab le be low At lea st t hre e c li ps shoul d be use d in m a king a n y pre pa r e d loop or thi mbl e e y e te rmina ti on fo r wire rope e spe c iall y for ove rhe a d li ftin g All t hre e c li ps m ust be inst a ll e d with t he sa ddle pa rt on the live e nd of the r ope This allows the li ve e nd to re st i n the sa d dle a nd to not be c rush e d b y the U sha pe d p a rt of the c li p The U g oe s on t he d e a d e nd of the r ope wh e r e c rus hing will not af f e c t t he br e a kin g stre n g th of the hoist li ne 1 2 CLA M P S C lamps a re ve rs a ti le tools that se rve to t e mpora rily hold wor k s e c ur e l y in pl a c e The y a r e use d for man y a ppli c a ti ons i nc ludi ng c a rpe ntr y wood w orking fu rniture makin g we ldi ng c onst ruc ti on a nd meta l w orking C lamp st y l e s inc lude C c lamps ba r c lam ps pi pe c lamps a nd ha nd sc re ws W e a r sa fe t y g lass e s or a fa c e shi e ld whe r e ther e is a possi bil it y of e y e inj ur y S e lec t t he prop e r c lamp s t y le a nd si z e b y matc hin g the w ork h oldi ng re quire ments of the job wit h the f oll owing c l a mp fe a tur e s S tre ng th and we i g ht Ope ning le n g th of r e a c h Thr oa t depth de pth o f r e a c h Ea se of a djust ment C lamping surf a c e m a ter i a l used a nd si z e