# ISO 4309:2004 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 4309:2004, item title is Cranes — Wire ropes — Care, maintenance, installation, examination and discard; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 4309:2010; withdrawn / published date is 2004-07-30, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 4309:2004 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Cranes — Wire ropes — Care, maintenance, installation, examination and discard _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 4309:2010 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2004-07-30 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 35095,IS,,ISO 4309:2004,"Cranes — Wire ropes — Care, maintenance, installation, examination and discard","Appareils de levage à charge suspendue — Câbles — Entretien, maintenance, installation, examen et dépose",2004-07-30,3,['53.020.30'],ISO/TC 96/SC 3,9599,[10175],[43597],"['en','fr']",40,"
ISO 4309:2004 details guidelines for the care, installation, maintenance and examination of wire rope in service on a crane, and enumerates the discard criteria to be applied to promote the safe use of the crane.
ISO 4309:2004 is applicable to the following types of crane, as defined in ISO 4306-1:
cable and portal cable cranes;
cantilever cranes (pillar jib, wall or walking);