ISO 2408:2017 specifies requirements for the manufacture, testing, acceptance, packing, marking and issuing of a certificate of quality of wire ropes. It is applicable to round strand ropes and compacted strand ropes made from wires ropes that are uncoated (bright), zinc-coated or Zn-Al coated. It is not applicable to ropes for - mining purposes, - aircraft control, - aerial ropeways and funiculars, and - lifts.