Tagged with 'Shackles'

Most Commonly Used Lifting Shackles In The Rigging Industry

worker securing wire rope with bow shackle on steel plate
Discover essential information about different types of lifting shackles, their designs, applications, and material selection. We'll review loop, straight, threaded pin, nut-and-bolt, cotter pin, quick-release, and offset shackles, along with crucial safety practices, regular inspections, and best-use scenarios to ensure operational safety, efficiency, and reliability in all rigging and lifting operations.

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Lifting the Maid of the Mist

Two Maid of The Mist boats on a crane
The Niagara Falls attraction the Maid of the Mist was welcomed to its new home on Thursday, October 31st 2013. The two tour boats, weighing approximately 125 tons each, needed to be lifted onto the new concrete slab that was built on the American side of the Niagara River for storage during the winter months.

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Southern Tier TwinPath Lift

Twinpath slings used for bridge lift
This 40,000 pound Twin-Path sling lift for this bridge was with in the Southern Tier of New York. There were three decks weighing 40,000 pounds each. Each of the three decks were 10' wide by 22' long and had to be lifted, rotated and lowered into place to build this bridge. This was completed in only three hours.

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Rotor Lift Ergonomic Improvement

Rotor held up with TwinPath slings
An Electric Power Producer needed to update the Rigging for their 80 ton Rotor. Hanes Supply conducted an on-site review with Engineering and Rigging Superintendents resulting in the following recommendations. Wire Rope Slings to be replaced with TwinPath High Performance Slings.

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Working with IMCO's MG-Kreteâ„¢ Concrete Solution

Men on jobsite mixing MG-Krete
Hanes Supply is a major distributor of IMCO's MG-KRETEâ„¢ Concrete Patching line. We are very pleased to carry MG-KRETE Concrete Repair Compounds. IMCO's MG-KRETE is considered the perfect patch that bonds tenaciously to concrete, is simple to use, has a quick set time and is considerably economical.

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