1 Scope

This document covers shank hooks made of steel forgings or steel castings, including stainless steel, with shanks machined for a thread/nut suspension of the hook.

Plate hooks, which are those, assembled of one or several parallel parts of rolled steel plates, are not covered by this document.

The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use and reasonably foreseeable misuse are identified in Annex N. Clauses 4 to 6 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate the risks of exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue, brittle fracture) considering temperature limits of material.

The hazards covered by this document are identified in Annex N. This document is applicable to hooks installed in cranes manufactured after the date of approval of this European Standard by CEN and serves as a reference base for product standards of particular crane types.

This part of EN 13001 deals only with the limit state method in accordance with EN 13001‑1:2015.