Lifting slings are one of the most commonly used forms of lifting equipment and an essential method for the effective and secure completion of lifts. Like several other forms of lifting equipment, lifting slings may be used for growing capability, and providing added support for larger loads.
What Are The Different Kinds of Lifting Sling?
“Yes, there are different kinds of lifting slings. They include Duplex Webbing Slings, EWL Round Slings, Endless Flat Slings, Ultralift with Dyneema Slings, and Suhbo Roundslings. Each type has specific features and is used for various lifting applications, such as in mountain climbing, boating, towing vehicles, air ambulance and mountain rescue, tree surgery, pipe laying, construction, moving machinery, telecommunications, renewable energy, shipping, and aerospace”
- Duplex Webbing Slings
- EWL Round Slings
- Endless Flat Slings
- Ultralift with Dyneema Slings
- Suhbo Roundslings
How Does Each Lifting Sling Work, How Are They Used & What Are The Differences Between Them?
Duplex Webbing Slings
Our duplex slings are made from high-grade double thickness webbing. They are finished with becket eyes and strengthened during the lifting to protect the eye from injury. They offer lightness and suppleness, thus eliminating the risk of sling or load injury. Duplex webbing slings can easily be modified to lift difficult shapes or a host of different shaped objects. They have a high level of flexibility and are simple to put around materials you intended to lift. Duplex slings can be used in many various configurations for lifting.
The Best Duplex Webbing Slings UK
Some of the best duplex webbing slings can be found on our site. They are made from polyester and have reinforced eyes. They are manufactured to BSEN standards and have a 7:1 safety factor. The slings on our site are colour coded and are available for a 1-tonne load to a 40-tonne load.
EWL Round Slings
An EWL round sling is a versatile, convenient, and cost-effective way to lift a variety of cargo. EWL Polyester round slings are made from a continuous loop of polyester yarn and are covered with resilient polyester that is colour-coded by it’s lifting capacity.
The Best EWL Round Slings
Endless Flat Slings
Endless lifting slings are among the most efficient on the market. They can be continuously rotated to have an endless number of contact points from which to raise the load. Endless lifting slings and straps can be used with chokers, basket hitches and vertical hitches.
The Best Endless Flat Slings
Simplex Endless Flat Slings |
Duplex Endless Flat Slings |
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Ultralift With Dyneema Slings
Some of our ultralift round slings are made of Dyneema, which is the strongest fibre in the world. Over the last decade, Ultralift Round Slings have become an important lifting tool for specialized and heavy lifting operations. In more demanding areas, the material has demonstrated to be a perfect replacement for steel wire ropes and chains.
Ultralift with Dyneema Slings Available
Suhbo Roundslings
Round Slings are endless yarn strings, lined with a knit tubular jacket. Our range of round slings can lift between 1 and 30 tonnes anywhere, so obviously, the round sling is a better choice if you have to lift a load greater than 6 tonnes. All load-bearing polyester yarns in the round slings are fitted with a protective polyester sleeve, ensuring product longevity and protection when heavy loads are lifted.
The Best Subho Round Slings
Powertex Multi Roundslings |
Anti-cutting Round Sling |
Gold Roundsling (Anti Flame) |
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Suprime Round Slings |
Suprime Transparent Round Sling |
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What Can Lifting Slings Be Used For?
Lifting slings are used for a variety of applications. Both professionally and occupationally. Here are a few examples of how our lifting slings can be used.
Mountain Climbing
Webbing slings and lifting slings are often used by mountain climbers, they are also recommended by the British Mountaineering Council. By placing the slings around rocks or trees or to thread holes, climbers can secure themselves while ascending. Should a longer link be needed, then a longer webbing sling can be used.
Boating
Lifting slings are often used for lifting boats out of the water safely. This is often a requirement if you need to store your boat out of the water or docking it. Special slings are available if this is what you are looking to do.
Towing A Vehicle
Webbing slings are ideal for towing vehicles, lorries, diggers, boats, caravans, horseboxes and trailers. These are suitable when used as vehicle recovery straps where de-bogging is required, i.e. vehicles stuck in mud, snow, dykes, sand, etc.
Air Ambulance & Mountain Rescue
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Lifting slings are often used in the recovery of individuals, when individuals are injured in remote places they are often rescued by helicopter, lifting slings and winches ensure the injured persons can be lifted safely from the ground up to the helicopter.
Tree Surgeons
Tree surgeons often use webbing slings, lifting slings, hooks and winches to perform their duties. Slings are used to keep the tree climber safe as well as being utilised for the capture, lowering, lifting and dragging of logs and branches for removal after they have been cut down.
Pipe Laying
As some pipes are heavy they require machine lifting rather than manual lifting, 9 times out of 10 pipes will be lifted with lifting slings and drop placed into position in the trench dug out to host them.
Construction Industry
The construction industry relies heavily on lifting slings to hoist up wooden beams, walls on prefabricated buildings, building materials and off loading supply vehicles. When attached to cranes lifting slings can be used to lift materials up to higher stories. They can also be attached to fork lifts as well as pulley systems for maneuvering much needed tools and equipment.
Moving Machinery
Lifting slings are often needed to lift and move bulky and heavy machinery on and off transport vehicles and also inside of warehouses, factories for manufacturers.
Telecommunications Industry
Lifting slings are required to install pylons, telegraph poles & more.
Renewable & Green Energy Industry
Lifting slings can be used to lift solar panels on to buildings, they are also used to deliver and lift up the huge wind turbines you see scattered around the countryside.
Shipping
Lifting slings can be used around shipping containers, they can be attached to cranes and lifted on and off cargo ships, cargo trains and container lorries.
Aerospace
Slings and lifting slings are often used in the Aerospace industry for lifting parts onto aircrafts, lifting entire airplanes and during the shipment of aerospace parts and machinery.
SpaceX recently used lifting slings to get the crew capsure out of the ocean off the coast of Florida and onto the spaceX recovery ship for astronauts Bob and Doug who flew took off to the international space station from American soil in 2020. Slings were used to hoist and stabilize the crewed capsule onto the boat so the astronauts could get out safely.
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There are hundreds if not thousands of applications for slings, not just lifting, but they can be used around the home and in working environments too. Thousands of businesses use lifting slings around the world and with the UK now expanding their market base in far away countries, lifting sling applications will be needed more than ever before. If you aren’t sure what lifting slings you need for your project or business then you can talk to our team. We love helping people find the lifting equipment they need, we can give you more information about our slings by email or telephone or you can take a look at the rest of our highly informative blog posts by clicking here. You can also purchase our lifting equipment online. Contact us today. We look forward to your order.
