When it comes to slings, there are two notable types: round slings and webbing slings. For a beginner, these may seem interchangeable. However, there are significant differences between the two. The most common ones are in terms of weight capacity and flexibility...
Spreader bars and lifting beams are both classified as industrial lifting devices under ASME B30.20, but they work in fundamentally different ways.
From construction and shipping to mining and manufacturing, you need rigging equipment everywhere. Without it, you cannot build airplanes or move large shipments from one place to another. Rigging equipment comprises of simple objects like spreader bars and shackles to complex ones like cranes and robotic arms.
Most spreader bars typically have two lifting lugs going up to transfer the load to the crane and two lugs going down to connect to the object being lifted. The mechanical design of a spreader bar allows you to stabilize and support a load properly during an overhead lift. Holloway Houston has always made it a point to provide its customers with the best spreader bar solutions through our MorBar product series.