# ISO 4308-1:2003 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 4308-1:2003, item title is Cranes and lifting appliances — Selection of wire ropes — Part 1: General; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/PWI 4308-1 | ISO 16625:2013; withdrawn / published date is 2003-05-09, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 4308-1:2003 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Cranes and lifting appliances — Selection of wire ropes — Part 1: General _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/PWI 4308-1 | ISO 16625:2013 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2003-05-09 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 37643,IS,,ISO 4308-1:2003,Cranes and lifting appliances — Selection of wire ropes — Part 1: General,Grues et appareils de levage — Choix des câbles — Partie 1: Généralités,2003-05-09,3,['53.020.30'],ISO/TC 96/SC 3,9599,[10172],"[46337,57301]","['en','fr']",22,"

ISO 4308-1:2003 specifies two methods for the selection of wire rope to be used on lifting appliances as designated in ISO 4306-1, one based on the value of the rope selection factor C and the other based on the value of the coefficient of utilization Zp ISO 4308-1:2003 establishes the minimum requirements for acceptable strength and performance levels of wire ropes with respect to the design, application a ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).