Wire rope slings sling angle and influence on capacity.
Wire specification wire rope sling capacity chart.
Most lifts use one of three basic hitches.
Three adjacent strands to one.
Vertical choker basket approx.
The rated capacity for each type and size of sling is given in the specification tables in this catalog and show ratings for slings used in vertical choker and basket hitches.
The center of the rope and eye.
Wire rope sling capacities.
Quality continuum quality continuum wire rope end fittings wire rope end fittings shackles shackles sling saver fittings sling.
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Strength steel wire rope breaking minimum safe load weight.
Length tolerances single part wire rope slings standard length tolerance is plus or minus two rope diameters or plus or minus 0 5 of the sling length whichever is greater.
Refer table 2 10 is 2762.
Single part body mechanical splice slings have a higher rated capacity than hand spliced slings.
See page 91 for reduced choker capacity when using these hook sizes.
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Multi strand ropes only 1570 tensile designation is specified and the size range is restricted to 8mm to 40 mm the cores can be both fibre and steel.
Rated capacities basket hitch based on d d ratio of 25.
Multiple leg slings show the rated capacity when the angle between any leg and the horizontal is 600 45 and 30.
How wire rope slings are used hitches how wire rope slings are configured to lift a load is called a hitch.
Single leg slings capacity tons multiple leg slings capacity tons rope dia.
Vertical eye and eye hitch if one eye of the sling is attached to the lifting hook and the other eye is attached to the load this is called a vertical eye and eye or straight hitch.
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All capacities in tons of 2000 lbs.
Loop size 2 legs 3 legs 4 legs 60 45 30 60 45 30 60 45 30 6 x 19 xip iwrc 1 4 0 65 0 48 1 3 2 x 4 1 1 0 92 0 65 1 7 1 4 0 97 2 2 1 8.
Rated capacity working load limit for wire rope slingsas the angle of the sling leg decreases from 60 to 45 to 30 as shown in the capacity chart the rated capacity of the sling decreases.
Sling angles of less than 30 should not be used.
Single part body mechanically spliced wire rope slings flemish eye splice in the standard flemish eye mechanical splice wire rope is separated into two parts.