| Job Title |
Wire-rope-sling Maker |
| Job Description |
Fabricates Wire Rope Slings From Cut Lengths Of Wire Rope:
Cuts Wire Rope To Specified Length, Using Hand Shears Or
Abrasive Cutting Wheel. Marks Rope At Specified Points, Using
Chalk, And Seizes At Marks To Facilitate Forming Sling. Forms
Loop And Makes Splice, Using Either Of Following Methods: (1) On
Mechanical Splice, Splits Rope By Separating Three Adjacent
Strands To Seizing, Leaving Other Three Strands And Core Intact.
Bends Sets Of Strands Into Desired Size Loop Crossing Over With
One Set. Lays Strand Sections Alternately Back Into Rope Grooves
Until Sections Are Laid Into Throat. Cuts Out Core And Attaches
Metal Sleeve To Base Of Loop. Presses Sleeve Onto Rope, Using
Mechanical Or Hydraulic Press: (2) On Hand Splice, Forms Loop At
End Of Rope To Seizing. Places Loop In Splicing Vise Or Places
Thimble In Loop, When Required. Interweaves Or Tucks Loose End
Of Strands Into Body Strands, Using Marlinespike. Cuts
Protruding Ends And Hammers Down Splice, Using Block Of Wood And
Mallet. Wraps Wire Over Splice, When Required. Attaches
Fittings, Such As Hooks, Shackles, Turnbuckles, And Sockets, To
Slings According To Customer's Order. May Apply Some Fittings By
Swaging Or Filling With Molten Zinc.
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