Questions we get asked
About this range
- 01Swaged or hand-spliced?
- A swaged sling has its eye secured with a pressed ferrule, which gives a compact, consistent termination. A hand-spliced eye has no ferrule to snag and is easier to inspect by eye, but it is rated lower for the same rope.
- 02Do the parts come with test certificates?
- Yes. Each consignment ships with the manufacturer's test certificate. If your site needs more — third-party certification or witnessed proof testing — say so on the RFQ and we will confirm what we can arrange.
Category
Wire Rope Slings
Swaged (ferrule-secured) and hand-spliced soft eye wire rope slings, and endless wire rope slings.
Size range
Every size above is a part number you can quote from. Open any listing for its full table.
Delivery
Wire Rope Slings across the Gulf
Ex-stock from Dubai, delivered within 3 working days in the UAE.
Rigging hardware is bought on its working load limit and its certificate, and both travel with the part: every shackle, hook, chain and sling ships from Dubai with the manufacturer's test certificate, so the receiving inspection checks a document against a stamp rather than a claim. Hardware and fittings go by air or courier in cartons; wire rope, chain, hoists and anchors are heavy enough that sea freight is usually the sensible answer.
Beyond the Gulf
- CIS & Caucasus
- Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan
- East Africa
- Kenya, Djibouti, Madagascar
From the blog
Written about this range
Lifting & rigging
Sling angle chart: how the angle changes the load in each leg
Two sling legs do not each carry half the load unless they hang straight down. At 45° from vertical each leg carries 71% of the load; at 60° each carries all of it. Here is the chart, the one-line formula behind it, and how rating tables for multi-leg slings build it in.
6 min read
Lifting & rigging
Ferrule-secured eye vs Flemish eye vs hand splice: wire rope terminations compared
Every way of making an eye in wire rope keeps a different share of the rope’s strength. Sockets keep all of it; ferrule-secured and Flemish eyes about 90% or better; a hand splice less, and less again as the rope gets bigger. Here is the efficiency table, how each eye is made, and where each one belongs.
4 min read
Lifting & rigging
Wire rope construction explained: 6x19 vs 6x36 vs 6x37, and IWRC vs fibre core
A wire rope designation such as 6x36WS-IWRC 1770 B sZ tells you almost everything about how the rope will behave. The surprise is how little the construction changes its strength: at 12 mm, the common six-strand ropes break within about 12% of each other. What changes is flexibility, abrasion resistance and crush resistance.
7 min read