A-A-52540 Fittings, Wire RopeThis CID covers swaging-type sleeves and ferrules and a ferrule connector. The sleeves and ferrules are for wire rope. The fittings are intended for use in rigging of wire rope for the installation of the submarine pipelines and tanker mooring systems and for other applications where eyes or ferrules are required on the ends of wire rope. The sleeves and ferrules are intended to be cold-swaged onto wire rope with a swaging machine of 4448 kiloNewton (kN) force (500 ton (short (st) force) and equipped with the proper dies.

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A-A-52540

7.1.1 Government documents. Copies of OSHA are available from the Department of Labor, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC 20201.

7.1.2 Non-Government publications. Copies of AISI Steel Products Manual are available from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), 1000 16th Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

7.2 Ordering data. Acquisition documents must specify the following:

a. Title, number, and date of this CID.

b. Issue of DODISS to be cited in the solicitation.

c. Type and size of fittings required (see 2).

d. PIN, and quantity of fittings required.

e. Applicable level of preservation, packaging, packing and marking.

f. Market acceptability requirement must appear in the solicitation.

7.3 PIN. The PINs to be used for fittings acquired to this CID are created as follows:

AA 52540 � X

AA = Designates a CID

52540 = CID number

X = Type.

1 = Type I

2 = Type II

3 = Type III

7.4 Cross-reference data. Fittings, Wire Rope conforming to this CID are interchangeable/substitutable with Fittings, Wire Rope conforming to MIL-F-52553B(ME).

7.5 Subject term (keyword) listing.

Connector, ferrule

Ferrule, connector

Ferrule, swage type

Ferrule, wire rope

Sleeve, swage type