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Slingmax® Heavy-Lift Wire Rope Slings

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Quick Reference Chart of the Most Popular Slingmax® Heavy-Lift Wire Rope Slings

Parts of wire rope in body D/d Body* D/d Eye* Termination of each Eye Minimum Length Features
Tri-Flex® sling 3 5/1 1.5/1 1 Ferrule 6′ for 7/8″ component wire* Good replacement for single-strand wire rope slings
Gator-Laid® sling 9 5/1 1/1 3 Ferrules 6′ for 3/4″ component wire* 80% efficiency; parallel-laid eyes
Gator-Flex® grommet 9 5/1 N/A Hand tuck 4′ for 1/4″ component wire* Endless
*Ratio based on finished body diameter *Ratio based on finished body diameter *Minimum length increases as component wire size increases

Inspection of Slingmax® Wire Rope Slings

  1. Follow general criteria in ASME/ANSI B30.9 Chapter 9-2 “Wire Rope Slings – Selection, Use, and Maintenance”
  2. Retirement criteria: For Gator-family™ and Tri-Flex® slings of less than 9 parts, 20 broken wires per lay length means that the sling should be removed from service. For slings of 9 parts or more, 40 broken wires per lay length means that the sling should be removed from service.

Advantages: flexibility, low D/d ratios, fabrication to tight tolerance
Meets conditions specified by the Wire Rope Technical Board Sling Manual

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