Cable Laid Sling Splice

2 cable laid slings 2 1 construction cable laid slings are formed from wire rope constructed of six unit ropes laid as outers over one core unit rope with a termination at each end usually in the form of a spliced eye as illustrated in and.

Cable laid sling splice.

Used in steel warehouses metalworking shops and construction sites a wire rope or mesh sling from grainger grips tightly around loads without stretching and has vertical load limits up to 9 8 tons. Grommets either have a wire rope body or a body made up of six strands which are laid helically around a strand core. Either a hand splice or a mechanical splice then forms an endless sling body. How to order hand splice eye slings.

Ask a kennedy wire rope sling co inc. Figure 1 figure 1 cable laid rope construction figure 2 figure 2 figure 2 cable laid sling. Strand laid hand spliced cable laid hand spliced and the most common mechanical spliced. For a single leg hand spliced sling with loop on each end with rated capacity of 1 8 tons vertical 12 ft.

Design factor is 5 1 for the sling wll in tons of 2000 lbs. Kennedy wire rope fabricates grommets configurations. Fit for any rugged environment these low cost slings handle temperatures ranging from 60 to 400 f and abrasive loads that tend to cut web slings. The minimum circumference of the sling is 96 times the grommet s body diameter.

Flexibility is the outstanding characteristic of this type of sling. The eye loops on our sling cable are created with a flemish splice which is a mechanical splice where the rope cable is separated into two parts one part has three strands the other part has the remaining three strands plus the core then re laid back in the opposite direction to form the loop. This makes a very flexible sling for special applications. Grommets are and endless wire rope slings.

Hand spliced slings should not be used in lifts where the sling may rotate and cause the wire rope to unlay. The eye is the flemish type with a pressed on sleeve. One 1 2 diameter type hs 1 1 12 ft. Rated load for cable laid wire rope single and two leg slings mechanical splice only based on design factor 5 and rated loads expressed in tons 2 000 lb single leg.

This extra flexibility is obtained by the use of special multi wire galvanized wire ropes. 60 45 30 60 30 7x7x7. Professional for assistance in choosing the appropriate grommet and for your wire rope sling inspection needs by. The calculated sling breaking load csbl of a cable laid sling is equal to the sum of the minimum breaking loads of the individual outer and core rope unit ropes multiplied by a spinning loss coefficient of 0 85 and a splice loss of 0 75 according to imca m179.