Steel wire rope slings

Steel wire rope slings are the most common type of rigging equipment.

Steel wire rope slings are used for lifting operations of various kinds wherever crane equipment is in operation: construction and installation companies and warehouses, industrial facilities, river and sea ports, cargo yards. Slings come fitted with different types of hooks, most commonly regular or safety-latch hooks.

Each product is a length of steel wire rope, the ends of which are terminated using different methods:

• using a thimble and special wire rope clips;
• forming a loop with compression by a metal sleeve;
• forming a loop with end splicing and securing it with a wedge or screw clamp.

Slings made of steel wire rope are strong and reliable, have sufficient load capacity, are resistant to dynamic loads, and are simple to maintain. They have a safety factor of 1:6 and can operate across a wide temperature range. For safety reasons, steel wire rope slings are subject to systematic inspection and rejection in accordance with applicable standards.