Wire Rope Ring Sling

A wire rope ring sling is a rigging device in the shape of a closed loop.

There are traditional manufacturing methods: joining the rope ends using a more complex and reliable method, or a simpler and cheaper but less reliable method. A new technology for continuous braiding of a circular rope has appeared relatively recently.

The sling is made of steel wire rope with various methods of joining the ends:

• mutual interweaving of strands using heat-shrink tubing;
• embedding into a metal or aluminum ferrule under pressure (crimping).

The result is a sling ring with no visible joints. Such products have a higher load capacity with a smaller rope thickness. The absence of connecting elements makes using the rigging more convenient.

Ring slings are specialized devices; their application is limited to a narrow list of loads that are moved vertically or horizontally using a choker hitch.