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Bridge job minus the cranes: Older structure & creativity conquer lifting obstacles ...................... 8

How a bridge gets built in an area where cranes may not be the best solution.

Heavy offshore lifts .............................................. 14An overview of big sling technology past and present.

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Bridge job minus the cranes:Older structure & creativity conquer lifting obstacles

By Peter Hildebrandt

Cranes and the wire rope they depend on are instrumental on countless construction sites. Lifting of tremendous loads to heights unobtainable in any other way can be done with relatively little effort aside from the forces placed on the crane equipment and wire rope cables designed for such work. But as crane operators will also explain, safe use of equipment, safety for workers on the job and protection of nearby pedestrians, residents or those taking part in area recreational activities is the chief concern before works even starts.

Construction of a new bridge across the Catawba River on U.S. Highway 21 presented challeng-

es which could easily have compromised safety. This route starts at Hunting Is-land on the Coast of South Carolina and runs north to Wytheville, Virginia. The current bridge, two thirds up the length of this highway has served motorist well over the years since it first opened in the 1940s. But a new bridge being built across the Catawba River involved construction in a different environment than the one found during the building of the first bridge.

Canoeists and kayakers now regu-larly paddle the waters just below the bridge while increasing traffic in the area demands that work proceeds quickly and efficiently as possible. The riverbed is full of loose rocks and a solid rock bottom in some parts. An upstream hydroelectric dam raises and lowers water levels periodically, de-pending on the needs of the area elec-tric utility company which owns the dam – or demanding river buffs.

The standard method REA Construc-tors, Inc. considered for building the new bridge involved cranes and barges to carry the cranes operating while down in the actual Catawba River, according to Troy Carter, project manager with REA Constructors, Inc. (now also a part of the Lane Construction Company).

“When you’re in the water with the crane in a barge, the varying depths of the river bottom mean the barge’s bot-tom will be on the rocky bottom due to water displacement at certain points in the river. Adding the weight of the girder means the barge will go down the exact volume of water that the beam weighs. The drillers of the bridge’s foot-ings knew their exact weight when they

were in the barges. But when cranes have the girder on and start to go, there can be a lot of uncertainty.”

Using barges they would have been setting beams down and had situations of uncertainty and constantly trying to catch up. Dry runs were done with large cranes and equipment had to be moved in leap frog fashion with cranes being repositioned multiple times. Places for the beams to be set down had to be worked out.

Using barges most likely would have damaged a lot of barges too. “REA Con-tracting owns about 40 barges,” ex-plains Carter. “But it would have taken about 100 barges to do this job.

We would have had to either buy or rent those extra barges and rental com-panies in this area would charge us to fix them if they get any damage to the bottom of their barges with the rocks puncturing or denting the bottom. They place the barges on a device, rotating them and inspect with a flashlight; it can cost up to $15,000 to fix a barge. We would have had barges all the way

The tower before the work platforms were in place.

Men in the work platform are equipped with radio headsets, which, according to Troy Carter, provides one of the most important tools on the project: communication.


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across the river, basically a ‘barge road’ all the way across.”

The Catawba has a maximum depth of only about four feet here. They deter-mined that they had to come up with a method which did not use barges, one which would improve both the safety and the environmental impact of the project, according to Carter. With an operational bridge already in place, they wondered about systems that could use that – and bypass the use of river cranes.

The initial impetus for setting up the bridgework construction system in such a manner came from Rick Bonson, with Triplett King. Bonson was one of the project managers Troy Carter had once worked with. Bonson had retired, but Carter recalls a photo he had of a project in D.C. in which a similar setup was used.

“It was more of a makeshift thing for a couple of beams which couldn’t be reached,” explains Carter. “It wasn’t as elaborate as what we’ve come up with here, but the concept was there. We looked at how that applied to this proj-ect as a possible solution to our issue of how we were going to place the beams. Then we put it forth into design and de-velopment and we got a local designer, Triple Key, to do the design for us. The decision to go with the framework sys-tem instead of barges on the river was made in October, 2010.

“With the framework setup, there is no time when an unsafe situation pres-ents itself. A crane in a barge on the river involves uncertainty. “With one side on the rocks and the other in the water, something could unfurl itself re-ally quickly. In the method we’re using now, we are bringing the beams across on the existing bridge one at a time.”

When the girders come in, they come from the Charlotte or north side of the river. The truck pulls up to where the girder is needed, a hand-operated trol-ley with four sets of workers in each work bucket comes out over the road, workers hook the beam at each end onto the cables and the whole system effortlessly pulls the girder up from the back of the truck.

Two 30 ton manual hoists are used during the night work which involves the 11 girders in the span, each weigh-ing 60 tons. The method involves shut-ting the existing bridge down to any traffic other than the trucks bringing in the girders; one truck with one girder at a time comes onto the old bridge due to weight limits. The process takes a total of three nights, four girders the first night, four the second night and three the third night over a period of weeks.

The final two spans of the bridge will be erected with the help of a 100 ton

Manitowoc 222 and one lifting frame. At this point there is no involvement with barges, as this final stretch is over solid ground. A 100 ton crane is situ-ated at the upper end of the inclined bank going down to the river.

“This method is controlled,” says Carter. “When you watch it, it’s almost boring. But it’s safer, less expensive; we’re putting beams in place without any cranes on barges in the water.

“On the two cranes we are using, there are monthly inspections. Any time there are any deficiencies in the wire rope, it is replaced according to how many breaks per lay are found in the wire rope cable. Anytime we have a problem with our wire rope we replace it right away.

The girders are being launched from the old bridge but the system itself mounts to the caps of the new bridge. This system cantilevers out over the old bridge; they hoist the girder up from the waiting truck and then workers walk the beam into place. This arrange-ment mounts to the cap and the column - the substructure itself - instead of the conventional erection method using a crane. The new substructure is utilized as its support, eliminating the need for a mobile crane or a crawler crane.

The cable-winch system allows things to be pulled ahead in increments. Rela-tively small winches are used to avoid carrying around big pieces of equip-ment, according to Emilio Valentin, REA Contracting project superinten-dent. Valentin set up a PowerPoint presentation clearly illustrating how this particular system that he largely developed himself, based on the initial ideas of Bonson, would be set up. He used a Google program to design ex-actly how the rigging and framework would look and work.

“They needed to be moving around something that’s fairly heavy with a system that doesn’t really take much weight either,” explains Valentin. “So what we came up with involving this one-half section in theory takes 3,000 pounds of pull to move it forward. You don’t need much to pull it. But we al-ways put a little bit more in there just

in case, so if one come-along fails while you’re pulling, you’re not stuck. Once that frame gets into position, then there is a piece on the bottom that we’ve got to tie up and secure the lift-ing equipment to.”

The frame is designed for the substruc-ture of the bridge, so a lot of the same anchor points used for form work dur-ing the construction phase are used for anchor points on the permanent struc-ture of the bridge. The through-bolts go through the columns, yet a piece remains separate. Tie rods stay above the cap, let-ting the whole thing move ahead.

The actual come-along itself is all chained to the system and they’ve rigged it so that it’s operable with a hand drill, enabling the chains to go up and down and the trollies to be oper-ated too. “Everything is done by hand,” says Carter. “There are no mechanical parts involved in the lifting of these 60-ton, 120,000 pound concrete beams.”

“For the movement of the chains to lift the beams, I adapted a handheld drill so that with the movement they cause, we essentially automated the manual hoist for the lifting and lower-ing of the beams,” adds Valentin. “For the two trollies that travel back and forth at the ends of the beams, this is a motion that must stay in sync. If this system gets out of square the forces on the two towers are incredible. For this reason, we are in constant radio contact with the workers involved in the action of moving the girders into place.”

Nothing as high-tech as lasers are used to keep the beams and the trol-ley system square, instead, landmarks - such as the bridge itself, by looking down - are used. The old bridge is ex-actly parallel to the new bridge. There are also marks on the frame as well as open radio communication from the op-erators on the one tower to the opera-tors on the other tower. A third person also watches and gives suggestions to each of these two towers they’re get-ting behind. With an open radio chan-nel and headset system for all involved with the project, everyone is able to hear comments from everyone involved in the work and act accordingly.

“Though this system is catering pri-marily to this job, this system can be used on other jobs as well when there is limited access and you are over a waterway,” says Valentin. “Other set-ups work things the other way around, launching components such as the con-crete beams, from the ends instead of along the side of the structure as is being done here. This is an especially good setup for working along an exist-ing structure from which you can take parts and equipment, in this case, the

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continued from page 10old bridge that’s already in place.”

Cranes could have done the work had the river bottom environment been more cooperative. “But I like the sys-tem,” adds Valentin. “It’s proven that we can set a girder as fast if not faster than with just regular cranes.”

When the beams come on the frame there are no worries, according to Cart-er. “When it’s hooked off I have not one single concern because that chain fall system has so many protection systems built into it that this system will not let it unravel. There are multiple factors of safety there with the chain system; when the frame has the beam, I’m not con-cerned – that beam’s not coming down.

“We had a pretty stiff challenge fill-

ing in all the material on the banks of the river beside the bridge, doing all the dirt work and closing the whole project in. On each river bank our Triple 2, 100-ton cranes perform what work they can accomplish from their positions. These are used to move the frame ahead. The frame comes apart in three pieces.”

Oz Lifting Products supplied many of the materials including chain hoists. Distributors of their products are in the area, though the products are available across the country. They used two 30-ton gear beam trolleys for the 60-ton beams being installed. “In theory all you needed was one trolley,” adds Valentin. “But be-ing that the trolley runs on the frame girder, the weight needed to be dis-persed; with all the weight on one trolley it would have deformed the equipment.”

The hoists are chain hoists driven by chains moved by hand or with the hand drills. Everything is chain-driven. The small hand drills used were powered with 110 AC. They were plugged into an onsite generator. It was determined that battery-operated drills would have been too much trouble to use. All the drills were doing was spinning the chains; as the drill spins it brings the chain up, simply and safely, akin to the chain hoists which may be seen in a mechanic’s shop.

“If we’d hooked up a chain hoist that

was too small for the job it never would have been able to pick the beam up in the first place and would have slipped like a clutch,” says Valentin.

“The reason I went with off-brand inexpensive wenches was that this al-lowed us to have four winches instead of two or three. We had over-capacity which both increased the life of the winches and in the case of something breaking down we were covered with backup support.

“After we put the first beams in place we worked out the best way to run the system using pulleys run by drills – basically the same concept as the turning of the wheel of a bicycle using a chain. Though a simple, easily-run system these chains, wenches, hooks and hand drills got the job done do-ing a lot of heavy lifting.”

The existing bridge will be dismantled and the remainder of the structure de-molished. Care must be taken due to a gas pipeline which runs parallel to the existing bridge and will be kept in place when the new bridge is completed.

With all of the high tech construction gadgets on sites nowadays, few motor-ists would consider that all eleven 60-ton girders now holding their cars above the Catawba River were easily moved into place with hand-powered pulleys moving strands of chain along with some help from a few handheld drills. WRN

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Heavy offshore liftsBy M.Sc. Pieter KampersWire Rope Consultancy

I am a technical consultant with extensive knowledge of steel wire ropes and cable-laid slings. My experience was gained across the offshore steel wire rope and cable-laid sling construction industry during my employment with United Ropes in the Netherlands. I was representative of the Netherlands for the revision of PM20 in 1987 and member of TC 168 for developing the EN-standards of steel wire ropes and cable-laid slings and grommets.After the liquidation of United Ropes in 1993 I became an independent consultant for steel wire ropes, fibre ropes and heavy lift slings.In this article I will try to give an overview of big sling technology past and present.

HEAVY OFFSHORE LIFTSHeavy offshore lifts are

mostly carried out with cable-laid slings. They have proved to be extremely reliable and have built a reputation for safety that has not been compromised. All the world records in lifting have been done using cable-laid slings. Braided slings are also used for large lifts. In this article we will de-scribe the strengths and weaknesses of these different slings and I will dis-cuss a new, alternative method of sling termination which, in my opinion, can replace the older termination methods.

First we must establish what is heavy. In the literature(1) a heavy load is 50 tonnes and higher. But in the Off-shore Industry most standards start with diameters of 100 mm (4”) and as the lifts are well designed and with low speeds a design factor of 3 is allowed. So, for Offshore a “heavy load” would be deemed to start at around 200 tonnes.

Lifting is (must be) done safely. The design of the lifts themselves is a very wide topic as each lift will be different. So this article will concentrate on one of the most important parameters re-quired by the designers – the ultimate strengths according to the construction of the sling, the methods of termina-tion and the various Standards that apply to them.

STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE NOTES

Slings used in the European Offshore Lifting Industry are, in general, manu-factured in compliance with specific sling Standards or Guidance Notes.

Note: Cable-laid slings should com-prise six unit ropes laid as outers over one core unit rope which is 12 but not greater than 25% larger than the nomi-nal diameter of the outer unit ropes. This 25% is too much, it will be better to change this range in 10 till max. 15%.

These specific Standards and Guid-

ance Notes include:1. PM 20 U.K. Health and Safety

Executive [Plant and Machinery Series 20 (Rev) October 1987]For cable-laid slings this Guidance

Note from the Health and Safety Exec-utive(2) describes the following strength calculation (based on actual breaking loads of the individual ropes) :

CSBL = ( 6 x outer + inner ) x 0,85 x 0,75CSBL = Calculated sling breaking

load0,85 = spinning loss0,75 = termination efficiency for

splicing.(1,0 = termination efficiency for

resin socket)

2. EN 13414-3:2003 - Steel wire rope Slings

Part 3: Grommets and cable-laid slings(3).

This EN Standard was developed from the PM 20 Guidance Note.

CSBL = ( 6 x outer ) x 0,90 x 0,80 CSBL = Calculated sling breaking load0,90 = spinning loss0,80 = termination efficiency for

splicing

In general the offshore industry did not adopt or operate in compliance with this Standard. The sling strength calculations as described in PM20 and the EN Standard differ and, in general, the EN Standard has not been accepted by the rest of the world. The lift barg-es of the European offshore contrac-tors are operating globally and need a single international best practice solu-tion. Importantly, the guidance in the Machine Directive you will find that offshore lifting during the construc-tion of an installation is excluded. So the EN-Standard is not accepted by the Offshore Industry.

3. International Marine Contrac-tors Association

IMCA M 179: The Use of Cable Laid Slings and Grommets

August, 2005IMCA M 179(4) was issued to replace

the old PM 20 Guidance Note. The new guidance note had a number of changes that relate to the unit rope lay types and they did not include guidance on the use and efficiency of a resin socket termination.

The industry standard is now based on the IMCA M 179 Guidance Note.

CSBL = ( 6 x outer + inner ) x 0,85 x 0,75

CSBL = Calculated sling breaking load

0,85 = spinning loss0,75 = termination efficiency for

splicing.

4. United States of AmericaThe Americans have their own stan-

dards. For slings they use splicing, me-chanical splicing, sockets and braided slings. Heavy lifting slings are braided slings and/or cable-laid slings produced outside the U.S.

The Sling standards are included in the “Wire rope sling users manual” published by the Wire Rope Technical Board(5) and the American National Standard ASME B30.9 – 2010(6). HAND SPLICED CABLE-LAID SLINGS

Splicing is the oldest and the tradi-tional method for terminating steel wire or fibre rope for use as lifting slings. The hand splice method for terminating cable-laid slings is well known and well accepted in the global Offshore heavy lift industry.

Hand splice terminations have sev-eral disadvantages which include:

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diameter. United Ropes followed this guidance with 14” diameter slings and experienced problems. Three times the cable-laid diameter is too short for the big slings (see photo 1).

Photo 1: 14” slings produced for Saipem

After the first usage of the slings the customer complained about slippage of the splice. Of course it was no slippage but the setting of the splice. The solu-tion to this “problem” is longer tails, at least 6 times! The result of this is in an even longer splice length and the ends are as an open balloon along the body of the sling (see Figure 1.).

Figure 1

The splice length of the sling is pro-portional to the sling diameter. The amount of extra material is excessive. See next table, lay length cable-laid is 6,5 x d-sling and 6 tucks:

For short lengths of slings, with the minimum of 15d between the 2 splices, the increase in weight is almost double of the weight of the sling body.

The distance between the load and the hook of the crane is limited due to the length of the two splices. When the lifting height is restricted there is a re-quirement for another solution – grom-mets for example.

In addition to the excess of steel wire rope, used in a hand splice sling, the splice efficiency is low. Based on the

IMCA M 179 Guidance Note the ef-ficiency is taken as 0,75. However, 20 sling tests with cable-laid slings be-tween 40mm and 126 mm in diameter, carried out in Bochum (Germany) , see (7) , resulted in the conclusion that 0,70 would be a safer figure. It must be re-membered that in many standards and investigations there is a diameter influ-ence on the splice efficiency. The bigger rope diameters give lower values. Only for the big sling diameters it is very dif-ficult and expensive to determine what the efficiency factor is.

2. Core FailuresWithin the guidelines of both PM20

and IMCA M 179 there are 2 splice meth-ods described (Method A and B). Method A is mostly used for vertical splicing and method B for horizontal splicing. Break-ing load tests with both splice methods(8) resulted in prematurely breaks of the core. In 5 of the 6 tests it was between 89 and 95% of the actual breaking load. This was the reason for excluding the core rope when determining the CSBL in the standard EN 13414-3.

3. The Last TuckBoth PM 20 and IMCA M 179 ad-

vise that the length of tails of outer ropes after the last tuck should be at least three times the cable-laid rope


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CABLE-LAID GROMMETSIn the beginning of 1990 United

Ropes (NL) and the company Henschel (Germany) started the production of large diameter and long length grom-mets at Moerdijk (NL). The know-how came from Mr. Otto Henschel. After the liquidation of United Ropes in June 1993 the company at Moerdijk changed name and became U.O.S. Looking back the large grommets were never suc-cessful, in spite of a number of advan-tages, see (7). The main reason for the lack of success was the customers lack of knowledge in handling them. They have a tendency to form into a figure of 8 (or more) which results in the core popping out. See Figure 2.

The “popped” core is usually not eas-ily repairable.

The people on board of the lifting ves-sel know they can lift with a figure of 8 or with a popped out core (the core is not taken into account when calculat-ing the CSBL).

The main reason of not using the big grommets is that you cannot change the length. In many cases these big slings are held in storage and refur-bished for further service life. Due to the fact that a grommet sling cannot be reduced in length it means that some-times you have a long time to wait be-

fore you can use that grommet again.BRAIDED WIRE ROPE SLINGS

Braided slings in various configurations are used in the Offshore Lifting Industry.

For example, 9 part braided slings(9). Multipart wire rope slings start with the braiding together of three individ-ual ropes. The 3 unit ropes are made into 3 slings having each end terminat-ed by a machine splice, forming a soft eye. These 3 slings are then braided together to form a single, braided lift-ing sling. This gives the sling flexibility and non-twisting characteristics. The overall breaking strength has been es-tablished at 70% of the aggregate of the individual actual wire rope strengths.

Break tests on handmade (by indi-vidual producers) sling samples gave a wide range of results and in most cases

they did not achieve the minimum val-ue of 70%. The main reason for this is that most wire rope slings sold today do not have enough material in the sling eyes, especially on load pins with the same diameter as the body of the sling. Please see example drawing Figure 3 which demonstrates where you can see that all the ropes in the sling eye will not have the equal tension when the sling is subject to load.

Figure 3

Various sling makers recognised this problem and developed new and im-proved procedures of fabricating 9 part braided slings. These newly developed slings have increased the number of ropes in the eye and have achieved a higher efficiency by parallel positioning of the unit ropes in the sling eye.

To maintain the parallel ropes in the sling eye in position various steel bands or compounds such as rubberised lash-ings are used.

This upgrading should result in the

Figure 2: Handling of big grommets

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efficiency being increased to around 80%. These values can be obtained with D/d ratio of 1 (for the sling) and 4 (for the individual ropes). A disad-vantage of these slings is their design factor of 5:1 compares unfavourable with the design factor for hand spliced cable-laid slings and grommets of 3:1. Therefore, to achieve the same working load when using braided slings you will need a much larger rated braided sling.ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF TERMINATION CABLE-LAID SLINGS FLEMISH LOCK®

Product history and background in-formation:

MAKLOK was an invention of a now defunct company “Martin Black”, the patent was published in 1977. It was introduced as the MAKLOK system. At that time the Offshore Industry was not ready to accept changes to, or alternatives to, the tried and tested hand spliced terminations that they were familiar with. Also the main rope manufacturing companies at that time (Bridon, United Ropes and Scanrope) were against it and promoted their own cable-laid slings terminated by the tra-ditional hand splice. Bridon took over the Martin Black Company and closed

down their own sling department so they could concentrate on supplying steel wire ropes to the rigging shops in the UK and European region and were then not seen to be in direct competi-tion with them.

Franklin Offshore / Singapore (=FO) technical management team com-menced in 2002 its research and devel-opment project FLEMISH LOCK®. In late 2002 they engaged the expertise and services of Mr. John Dodd/Millfield Enterprises (WIRELOCK) as a consul-tant to further develop the termination system. J. Dodd has a wealth of expe-rience in this field and was one of the team of people who developed the origi-nal MAKLOK system.

FO had the ability to manufacture and carry out cable-laid sling break testing up to 2000 tonnes. At the time PM 20 and IMCA M 179 was issued the break testing of very large cable-laid slings was not possible. Therefore, all ratings were based on calculation.

FO driven by investment and com-mitment has over the years carried out a number of significant upgrades and product enhancements. This includes the development and refinement of the old MAKLOK system and the use of a resin which is more able to cope with

the very high temperatures (up to 150 0C) generated during the exothermic reaction. The resin is called MAK-LOCK resin. MAKLOCK resin is only used in these high volume type termi-nations. It cannot be substituted for Wirelock. Wirelock cannot be used for MAKLOCK resin.

Analysing the results obtained over the years it is noted that the sling break always occurred in the main body of the sling – not at the terminations. This gives a terminal efficiency of 100%. This is really very special and identical to the efficiency of a resin socket. It is a big improvement in comparison to the 0,75 (= 0,70 for bigger diameters) of the hand spliced terminations.

If we look at the actual breaking loads achieved, results showed that the breaks were all 6 – 8 % lower than the aggregate actual breaking loads of the 7 ropes. The FO test results show that the spinning loss of cable-laid slings, rounded up and safe, is actually 0,9 (= 10% loss)!!

The fact is that by having manufac-tured the cable-laid ropes, carried out the terminations and tested the slings till destruction, all of these procedures witnessed by the classification compa-nies, FO has demonstrated that the

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continued from page 18spinning loss is based on test results rather than by calculations as per the IMCA M 179 Guidance Note.

Franklin received TYPE APPROVAL from Lloyd’s in 2005, 2008 and 2011. Franklin has secured Lloyd’s London Product Type approval with 100% effi-ciency rating and 0,85 ( =15% ) spinning loss. Discussions are going on to raise this to 0,9 ( =10% spinning loss) as this is the determined value in the tests.

The termination itself can be called a “Flemish-eye Sleeve secured termination”.

The outer ropes of the cable-laid rope shall be divided into two equal groups. The core rope shall be assigned to one of these groups. Both groups of ropes shall than be re-laid together in oppos-ing directions, see Figure 4.

Figure 4: Forming a Flemish Eye

No individual ropes shall protrude from the cable-laid in the eye. The po-sitioning of the rope ends and the core rope shall be in accordance with the designer’s Flemish eye termination in-structions. After producing the Flem-ish eye the sleeve area must be cleaned thoroughly from any lubrication and item dried. After locating the sleeve in position the special MAKLOCK resin must be poured in and the desired cur-ing time must be strictly adhered to.

As you can see in the next two pho-tos, with this termination it is possible to produce a long- or a very short sling. The small one can also replace the small grommet.

FRANKLIN Flemish Lock®

The technical benefits of the Flemish Lock® sling include:

Substantial increased sling lifting capacity

Improved rope load distribution due to termination method

Reduce length of rope usedNo awkward rope tailsEase of handlingSling length / ConsistencySimplicity in sling length alteration

WORKING LOAD LIMIT (WLL)The WLL as described in Standards

and Guidance Notes or as advised by Classified Bodies are of course very helpful and a guideline for the user. But it is the user who determines which design factor he will or shall use

and if this factor will be different from the advised one, it is the user who is responsible for this decision.CONCLUSIONS

1. The FRANKLIN Flemish Lock® termination gives 100% termination efficiency.

2. The FRANKLIN Flemish Lock® termination has proved to be a safe ter-mination, even with WLL’s of 3 : 1

3. The FRANKLIN Flemish Lock®

termination needs to be incorporated within the IMCA M 179 Guidance note. The Guidance Note (or Standard) should never be a stumbling block for new technology and developments.LITERATURE

1. Denis St Germain : “Is there a per-fect sling?” Wire Rope News & Sling Technology, June 1994

2. Guidance Note PM20 from the Health and Safety Executive , “Cable laid slings and Grommets”, October 1987

3. EN 13414 – 3: “Grommets and cable-laid slings”, September 2003, last revision 2008.

4. IMCA M 179 : “Guidance on the use of Cable laid Slings and Grom-mets”, August 2005

5. Wire Rope Technical Board: “Wire Rope Sling Users Manual”.

6. American National Standard: “ASME B 30.9 – 2010”.

7. Pieter Kampers, “Research on the Scale Enlargement of Heavy Cable-laid Slings”, United Ropes, June 1990

8. Pieter Kampers, “Influence of the method of splicing on the break-ing load of spliced cable-laid slings”. Wire Rope News & Sling Technology, June 1994

9. Donald I. Pellow: “Slingmax Gator-Max & Gator-laid Slings”, Wire Rope News & Sling Technology, April 2001. WRN

Photo 3FRANKLIN Flemish Lock® Slings produced for JRM (South Korea)

Photo 4FRANKLIN Flemish Lock®

4 x Flemish Lock® slings Produced for Subsea 7 ( 5.000 tonnes test lift).

Photo 2FRANKLIN Flemish Lock®

Slings produced for “Subsea 7” for proof loading a 5.000 tonnes Crane Vessel

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Wire rope cable for buildings, stairs, balconies, parking garages

& other public facilitiesBy Peter Hildebrandt

Wire rope cable can now be found in a growing number of places where it may not have been before. For example, wire rope railings have long existed in the marine industry. This was a relatively simple way to assemble a railing, and shorten construction time.

Now wire rope for such railings on balconies, stair rails, park-ing garages and stadiums is be-

coming an easy way to achieve a sleek, upscale look without a lot of stainless steel rods or balusters.

For drivers entering multi level park-ing garages their first thought may be whether there will be any spots left to park in before they discover all the levels are full all the way to the top. Concerns about safety while driving on the various parking decks might not come immedi-ately to mind. But parking garages now use extensive wire rope cable for railings.

They also have fairly rigorous stan-dards to insure safety should a vehi-cle’s brakes fail in a parking garage or in the event of any other unsuspected mishap involving our cars. For an in-dustrial guardrail, a 21-inch sphere cannot pass through it in order for it to meet the code regulations. Usually the retaining wire cables on these guard rail barriers go to a height of 48 inches.

The typical installation on a parking deck has steel plates on both sides and ca-ble across any opening. The way the code reads is that there has to be a vehicle barri-er in between openings in a parking deck.

The wire rope cable is bolted into the concrete and then anchored to the con-crete itself. The cables used are typi-cally one inch in diameter. They must be able to hold back 6,000 pounds, the weight of an SUV. The wire rope bar-rier has enough flexibility to deflect a vehicle from jumping ramp or passing between columns.

“If cable barriers are not installed properly – especially those in the me-dian of the highways – can actually be more of a hazard than a detriment to crossovers by cars,” says Barry Sutton, owner of First Review, LLC, a Char-lotte, NC consulting service for engi-neers and architects. “A vehicle barrier system is one with the building compo-nents near open sides of a garage door, open ramp or building walls that act as a restraint for vehicles.

Sutton’s firm consults with profes-sionals regarding code compliance is-sues prior to permitting. Sutton has done work in Colorado, Tennessee,

Virginia, Georgia, Texas and now the Carolinas. He no longer has to travel. His business comes to him electronical-ly. “I saw a need to be addressed in the construction industry as a former code official needing a third set of eyes,” ex-plains Sutton.

Vehicle barrier systems for passen-ger cars need to be designed to resist a single load of 6,000 pounds applied horizontally in any direction and the barrier system shall have anchoring or attachments with cabling capable of transmitting this load to the structure. For the design of one system the load shall be assumed to act at a minimum height of 1.6 feet above the floor or ramp surface on an area not to exceed one square foot and is not required to act in tandem with any existing hand-rail or guardrail systems. Traffic rail-ings have a higher impact load due to the height of the vehicles than those for ordinary vehicles or pedestrian traffic.

“As with highway cable barriers, there is probably a standard that the cables must be manufactured in the U.S., mainly due to the testing re-quired,” adds Sutton. “The ASTM (American Standard Testing Materi-als) guidelines are followed.

1st Review, reviews code infractions before permitting in all five trades, building, electrical, plumbing, mechani-cal and fire, such as vehicle barriers and other code infractions. As an ex-ample, sometimes out-of-state construc-tion companies try to get a set of their plans go through, even though the local code requirements are different. “The companies typically let the local code en-forcement officers or officials give them a punch list,” says Sutton. “Architects, however instead of seeing me as a threat, quickly realize that I can help them with their code enforcement issues.”

There are a few states that have it as a standard, regarding parking ga-rage guardrails that they all have a standard test for the inspector to take, according to Sutton. All states usually have a standard test for the inspector to take. In some states wire rope cable guardrail specifications are a standard and in others such as South Carolina,

North Carolina or Virginia it’s a law. The difference is that state officers in certain state have more powers. In North Carolina building inspectors ac-tually have arresting authority.

In North Carolina they can also is-sue a stop-work order to construction operations and condemn a building as well and that is where the arresting power comes in. “But you still have to get a court order to condemn a build-ing,” add Sutton. “But you don’t have to get a court order to stop the work.”

In other applications involving build-ings, such as cables on the roof of a structure in the proximity of an air conditioning unit, issues and require-ments are involved. When the smaller diameter wire rope cable for a life safe-ty line or tie line actually gets connect-ed to the building it has a tie-off point and there is a certain amount of ten-sion that they are looking for in a line in pounds per square foot tension. This is similar to that involved with window washing scaffolding.

In addition another application of wire cable is for post-tension concrete slabs use for flooring systems. It is im-portant that in existing buildings the locations of these post-tension cables are clearly indentified. Usually the post-tension cables are 4 foot on cen-ter spans and if cut accidentally could cause serious bodily harm even though they are embedded in concrete.

A different application for wire rope cables exists for handrails and guard-rails. Guardrails should be no less than


continued from page 2242 inches in height even when tied with handrails. These must be designed to resist a load of only 50 pounds applied in any direction and transfer this load to the structure.

“That means if you push it one way, push it out, push it down and then pull it up, it must resist 50 pounds per lin-eal foot,” says Sutton. “A concentrated load is 200 pounds per handrail. Com-ponents, median rails, intermediate rails and balusters need to be designed to withstand a horizontal applied load of 50 pounds equal to one square foot

including open-ended space between rails are not required to be under stricter codes.”

The wire rope cables used in parking garages are typically a standardized product from the pre-stressed concrete industry. The connecting ends that ac-tually hold the span taut come from the industry involved with reinforced con-crete, according to Bruce Hartin, Trin-ity Sling president.

Trinity Sling in Fort Worth, Texas does a broad variety of different types of products all under the same roof with Allpart Supply, a company deal-

ing with products unrelated to those Trinity Sling Carries. The wire rope used for structures Trinity Sling is involved in is far different than that used for parking garage barriers. It is much thinner and does not involve the strengths and forces used in those for parking garages.

Prior to starting their handrail jobs they will be contacted either by an architectural firm or steel fabrication work firm. All the relevant prints for the building, stadium or whatever the structure is are printed out. Their sales manager, Bobby Allen has a deep back-ground in the concrete industry and is skilled at reading plans. The number of men required for the job, number of ad-justment pieces required and the total footage of wire rope needed after going through the entire project. That can take a full day of Allen’s time.

“There is quite a bit involved just to give a quote on the project,” adds Har-tin. “In the course of estimating we have to come up with the types of ends we’re going to use, types of turnbuckles and how many; all that has to be deter-mined and it all depends on the length of the span. This is on a stainless steel project, typically for high rises, stadi-ums and related projects.”

The parking garage work Trinity Sling does not participate in. That is more of a concrete-type barrier, mean-ing that this was built right into the actual structure itself, according to Hartin. Typically what is used is pre-stressed wire, the same kind of product used inside the concrete itself.

“That typically is what is used – at least locally – for the fall protection bar-rier, for the railings,” says Hartin. “It’s really not something we participate in because they have their own sources for that type of strand and their own tools for putting the stress on it. Those who do the construction on the parking garage itself will also do the rails.”

Parking garages use heavy galva-nized, pre-stressed strand, according to Hartin. “We don’t have the sourcing, products or expertise for that. Typi-cally that would all go through a pre-stressed concrete supplier.

“But if you are going for an aesthetic look, whether in a stadium or high-rise where you are using stainless steel that is typically what we deal with. There you’ll have lots of different choices with terminal connections, takeouts and spans or diameters; there are a lot of things that have to be chosen, including mock-ups so that we can get architec-tural approval and onsite measuring. A lot goes into one of these projects.”

With a stadium and the stainless steel-type barriers, those will typically be sold through people who make the steel frames for the railings. Challeng-


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es come with the height of the railing and the number of strands that have to be installed. The wire rope cables range from 3/16 to 5/16 sized diameters.

There are also challenges with the terminations, meaning how the wire fits through the railing, how does it connect to it, how will the wire rope be kept taut so that it serves its purpose and the ap-pearance of the project, including all ap-provals through the architects.

“When we do our bid we’re doing it off the perfect world on paper and we know exactly how long they’re supposed to be,” says Hartin. “But then when you go out and get ready to start fabricat-ing the job, a lot of times you’re going to have pretty large discrepancies with length. There’s lots of hands-on mea-suring that has to be done; you have to adjust from the drawing. It’s very com-plicated and labor-intensive - especially for the salesperson – to get it right and make sure everything fits before you go out to actually start fabricating.”

One of their most challenging jobs was a football stadium in which the rail-ings were changed considerably. This included the construction of the railing and the spacing of the connecting points of the lengths. Trinity Sling workers hand-measured the entire stadium at the University of North Texas, Denton, before they could start fabricating.

“The wire rope railing systems are a good product line now that we’ve done them a couple of years and dealt with some of the challenges involved with it,” says Hartin. “I’m not as excited with it as I was when we first started as it is a bit of a headache. Having Bobby Allen on staff makes this work possible for us; he is the one person ca-pable of reading the plans. He has 20 years experience in working with rein-forced steel for concrete.”

Bobby Allen, sales manager with Trinity Sling explains that they have quoted the barrier cables on parking garages in the past. But that often goes to the post-tension engineering compa-ny or it can go to concrete subcontrac-tor actually installing the post-tension slabs. If there is post-tension in the slabs a lot of times they will pick up the barrier cables down into the columns.

“We’ve bid this work but have not been successful in getting it,” adds Al-len. “Where we have been successful has been in doing the typical stainless steel cable railing which is actually be-coming more and more popular within parking garage stairwells and any type of pedestrian barrier that may be en-countered on a multilevel facility. Any type of handrail or barrier for pedestri-ans within a parking structure we’ve done in the past.”

Instead of having the fall protection

between the steps or the ramp, Trinity Sling provides the stainless cable and hardware that will run below the hand-rail to keep people from falling below the handrail and the steps. The term used is cable railing, according to Allen.

“Instead of tubing, horizontally or ver-tically cable railing is used. It’s a little bit cheaper alternative and the owners and architects like the aesthetics of it, more an industrial, cleaner look. Over time with a galvanized railing system they’ll have to go back and touch up that galvanized paint. With a cable sys-tem all you have to do is replace it if the cable system fails, rusts or frays. The ongoing maintenance costs are a lot less than a solid steel railing.”

Allen’s background is construction. He came out of the construction supply business, involved with rebar, steel and other supplies. Allen had those contacts within the industry in addition to know-ing how to read drawings. “It really helps to have the experience of knowing how to read structural drawings.

“Though I’ve only been here with Trinity Sling less than two years now, I saw these types of cable rail systems as one avenue with the potential for some opportunity for growth. We jumped in, bid some jobs and were successful.

“Our work on the University of North Texas football stadium, several office



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continued from page 26buildings in the Dallas Metroplex and some five to eight residential jobs has shown us that these types of railing systems are becoming popular in up-scale residential markets. It’s a sleek, clean look for balconies, decks and rail-ings. Stainless steel cable has been used in the marine industry for years; it’s now been adapted over to residen-tial and commercial uses.”

Challenges from Allen’s point of view include figuring out what type of hardware’s going to work for the situa-tion. The architect has a vision in their head often not translated to the draw-ings exactly, according to Allen. A lot of times what is seen are open specs where they may make a suggestion for a type of hardware but a manufacturer of the actual part number may not be specified on the drawing.

What Trinity Sling has done in the past is to have a mockup of a small sample of a railing built onto which they place an assortment of hardware before giving it to the steel erector, to show the architect and the owner to give them an idea of what it will look like when it’s installed on the job.

“We tell them to pick one and we will go with that. But an end piece can vary in price 40-50% depending on the piece of hardware chosen. You have to know going in whether this is going to be a

barebones job where they’re just trying to get the look or do they really want something that’s a little more func-tional, easy to install and looks better before you quote it. You can get upside down pretty quick.

“That’s why I’ve found it’s always better to sit down with the installer or the architect and say ‘here are your chooses, tell me which way you want to go and I’ll give you a price. Probably eighty percent of the time they choose the higher end because they like the look better. I try to get all the obstacles out of the way, everything chosen, or-dered from the manufacturer so we’re ready to start fabbing the cable and stay ahead of the game a little bit.”

Part of the challenge, according to Al-len, is that there is always a variance in the measurements off the drawing and what is in fact completed and in con-crete on the job. Allen will go out and field measure and make several sam-ples and actually install them before they run a whole job just to make sure they have their measurements right. He feels it’s important to put it up, let them see it and have somebody on the jobsite sign off on it, saying this is what they want and to go ahead and make 800 or them or whatever the amount is.

“Once the handrails have been built and installed on the job, then we’ll put several cables on in different places just

to let them see and then have someone sign off on it and tell us to go,” explains Allen. “For the stadium job we ended up doing some 2,400 individual cable assemblies for it. But there was a lot of repetition within the shop to get it out.”

Allen finds the more difficult jobs are those where something such as stairs are already designed and installed and then they are called in to put the cable in. They then have to work around the parameters on the job. It’s easier to de-sign stairs around a particular piece of hardware that you know you want to use instead of designing the stairs first and finding a piece of hardware that will work on it. Three sixteenths to quarter-inch cable is typical on these projects with a one by nineteen stain-less construction. Now they’re moving to a type 316; it used to be all type 304.

“The type 316 cable has a little more resistance to chemicals, wind, rain and salt,” adds Allen. “In three or four year galvanized will rust and that rust will run down the railing. It’s better for them in the long term to hear the truth about these things up front; galvanized will cost them more money in the end.”

For those interested in the sleek new look stainless steel wire rope cable rail-ing components can add to a project. This is a great time to study the railing instead of the view beyond – at least for the moment. WRN


Loss preventionsaves lives and property!

Dennis St. Germain Sr.

I have been involved in the rigging industry as a sling fabricator for more than fifty years. My experience with rigging accidents over that period of time gave me a unique insight into the cause of a vast majority of them.

The main reason for rigging ac-cidents is the inappropriate use of slings and fittings by the

workers charged with rigging lifts. Very few accidents occur because the slings and fittings are defective as manufactured.

In 1993 I presented much of this infor-mation at a convention of the Associated Wire Rope Fabricators in San Diego, CA. During ensuing years I have written ar-ticles for Wire Rope News and other in-dustry magazines covering many of the same points. Today, accidents are still occurring at an unacceptable rate with bodily injuries, death, and property damage at an all time high. As a mem-ber of the SIGNAL Insurance claims committee I have the opportunity to review claims presented by plaintiffs’ attorneys. Lawsuits for product liability revolve around failure to warn, failure to train and defective products. In real-ity the cause is nearly always faulty and inept rigging practices.

The key to loss prevention is a fo-cused program from the rigging gear fabricator to the end user that includes warnings and training programs. It should be the responsibility of the em-ployer to be certain their riggers are properly trained, and that training may be provided from multiple sources. It is the responsibility of the employer to be certain the gear provided is suit-able for the task at hand.

A key ingredient is focused loss pre-vention which provides an in-depth review of all product liability loss expo-sure and couples that review with a de-tailed report including specific loss con-trol recommendations. Everyone from manufacturer to distributor to the end user should have a focused loss control program. There is a very high correla-tion between product loss control and the reduction in severity and frequency of accidents. In particular the cost of attaching warning tags to products and providing instruction sheets is often significantly less expensive than the accidents such efforts will prevent or

reduce in terms of severity. Therefore, effective loss control will ultimately have a further impact on total products liability costs, because as losses are re-duced so are insurance premiums.

As children we received verbal warn-ings: Don’t play in the street; look both ways before crossing; don’t stay out late; don’t go with strangers. As we grew older we received written warnings; STOP! DO NOT PASS! NO TRESPASSING! Today warnings are required, specific and necessary and must conform to standards. They must be clear, concise and consistent. Verbal warnings are not enough although part of every presentation.

In today’s litigious society the warn-ing must be attached to every sling product you sell. A good warning tag will aid in accident prevention and help provide a defense if an incident occurs. Warnings must be included in catalogs, advertising and all oral and written in-formation presented by your sales force. The end user is charged with maintain-ing warning and capacity tags attached to sling products and it is their respon-sibility to take the slings out of service if the tags are missing or illegible. Dis-tributors in the chain of commerce are charged with passing along any warn-ing and instruction sheets provided by the manufacturer. The manufacturer should be sure this happens and ob-tain documentation acknowledging the warning and instruction sheet were re-ceived by the distributer and passed on to the customer.

Product tags must be permanent in nature and not easily removed or oblit-

erated. A warning is a message that explains that improper care, use, in-spection or lack of training will result in injury or death. The largest area of product liability litigation today focus-es on lack of warning or lack of train-ing and it must be emphasized how im-portant training is for ultimate job site safety. Look for professional rigging training programs on the web. There is zero excuse for riggers to be working in the field without benefit of training.

Any material prepared for the pur-pose of informing the customer con-cerning product features is filled with possible risks in terms of liability expo-sures that should be avoided. Often, the first contact with a customer is through a web site, printed flyer or catalog. All of this information should be carefully examined to make sure it has not cre-ated an expectation for the consumer beyond what is intended. Moreover it must not suggest the product’s use is totally free of hazard.

When a web site or more than one type of literature like a catalog de-scription, a packed instruction sheet, a product tag or warning is involved all must be compared to be sure they do not contradict in any way. The product tag may be abbreviated but will repeat essential information and not contra-dict nor create confusion in comparison to other literature or web site informa-tion. If a nylon sling is tagged with a temperature limit of 180 degrees F. then it is unacceptable to show a tem-perature limit of 194 degrees F. in oth-er company brochures even though 180 degrees F. is lower.

Besides eliminating inconsistencies, review for the use of the word “safety” as in safety latch and other applica-tions. To use “completely safe” is worse yet but either expression invites a chal-lenge when injury has resulted from the product’s use. Overhead lifting is an act which requires conscious ef-fort and careful attention and is not as “safe” as sitting on a sofa. Avoid the use


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When referring to the maximum rated capacity or working load, avoid the expression “safe working load.” Use design factor rather than safety factor. If literature discusses a design factor of five be sure to include a statement that specifies the values are for new products and that dynamic loading and prolonged use will reduce the design factor. Do not assume the end user is aware of this.

Sales personnel should be completely familiar with the product literature and should not exaggerate product ca-pability in their verbal presentations. Unorthodox or unsafe use of the prod-ucts must be discouraged and use of the proper tool for the job stressed. All of these efforts are most important in avoiding liability for violation of war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding product use and suitability.

Any advertisement should be clear and accurately describe the product. If photographs or drawings are employed to show product being used, only ap-proved procedures should be depicted. People improperly positioned in a lift-

ing scene or personnel on construction sites without hardhats, eye protection or life belts are examples of evidence that could be used to support a plain-tiff’s case.

Evaluate advertising copy to see if it could mislead a customer to expecting more from the product than it can de-liver. Be very sure that values, ratings and standards quoted are accurate and applications appropriate. A simple, clear illustration is the one that will survive scrutiny, unwarranted criti-cism and better advertise your product. An unambiguous photograph or illus-tration is less likely to provide evidence of legal negligence.

When products are fabricated or as-sembled in one company and sold to distributors who resell to the ultimate user, liability is incurred at every level. The first company may contract with another to provide certain products for resale and introduce one more level in the chain of distribution. In such cases, a new concern develops. Make sure each company in the supply chain has the same regard for product safety manage-ment as the original manufacturer.

If you are a distributor you must be certain the source fabricator complies with all the standards and accepted

manufacturing processes common to the industry. It is suggested that visits be conducted to observe product being fabricated and tested before you mar-ket them to end users. Make sure there is a quality program and manufactur-ing procedures in place. If a visit to the manufacturer identifies issues that could lead to a defective product then have the process refined or refuse to re-sell the products.

Once you ship a product to a distribu-tor, loss of control may result since you do not meet the end user who is most apt to be the plaintiff if a product-relat-ed injury occurs. Product could mean the sling sold as well as any product literature, tags or accessory parts. Does the whole package reach the consumer? Your method of packaging and your written understanding with the distributor should specify how the product is to be sold and essential tags, warnings, and instruction sheets must be kept intact and passed on to the end user. Distributors must be trained to understand the product, its use and foreseeable misuse. Make sure the end users have received professional rig-ging training and have knowledge of correct practices.

It is especially important that riggers

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in the field are trained to inspect rig-ging gear and remove from service any-thing that does not meet the specified criteria for continued use.

Tags are used by sling manufactur-ers for identification purposes and contain pictographs of various sling hitches and rated capacities. Tags may also describe the type of material and any chemical or temperature restric-tions. A safety sign or warning is used whenever it is necessary to clearly ad-vise persons of hazards that may not be obvious but could cause harm to the product user. Both are brief in message content. Tags provide minimum essen-tial information while safety signs in-voke actions to be taken or something to be avoided.

There are two main considerations regarding the design of a tag: (1) it must provide room for all required information, (2) it must be of durable construction. All slings must have the manufacturer’s identification on the tag itself or stamped onto a sleeve, thimble or hardware. It is suggested the type of hitch be depicted by graphic symbols next to the rated capacity for that type of hitch. If the tag is removed or illegible the sling must be taken out of service. It is the sole responsibility of

CAUTION in other literature dealing with the same product.

To protect your organization from uninsured and underinsured suppliers and subcontractors, certificates of insur-ance should be obtained. The supplier or subcontractor should agree to maintain product liability insurance with lim-its at least equal to yours, and provide you with certificates of insurance. You should be named as an additional in-sured on the suppliers or subcontractors general and/or liability policy.

Signal Insurance offers a great many free resources for sling fabricators on their website www.signalins.net. In-cluded are instruction sheets for eight sling products and warning tags with the backing of a Human Factors Ex-pert. Also, the Signal Safety Manual representing the most complete guide book of its type for the industry. When you become a Signal policy holder you will also have an audit of your fabricat-ing practices enhancing your quality program.

Loss prevention starts with the rig-ging manufacturer and continues through good lift planning and trained riggers using the correct products for the job at hand. Let’s all work together to make sure accidents STOP! WRN

the sling user to maintain the legibility of the tag.

ANSI (American National Standard Institute) Standard Z535.3-6 covering product safety signs and labels deals with the wording, graphics, colors re-quired, and terminology for the degree of hazard. It describes how product safety signs and labels should be for-matted and has evolved over a number of years using the combined efforts of government and industry experts from many different disciplines.

Whenever it is considered necessary to place a safety sign on a product it is strongly recommended the design be coordinated with other materials used to describe the product or instruct the user. If a safety sign is attached to a single leg wire rope sling with hand tucked splices which advises it can be unlaid if allowed to rotate, then prod-uct literature should say the same thing. An instruction sheet should also be packed with the sling outlining the consequences of improper use. The warning attached to the sling will be an abbreviated version of the instruc-tion sheet but will not contradict the detailed information used elsewhere. If a DANGER signal word is used, it can-not be referred to as a WARNING or


Here’s the story of the author’s 12-year war with the IRS.Who do you think will win?

Taking on the IRSHow I caught the IRS cheating on

my income tax returnBy Michael J. Major

You may have read recent reports that the IRS has taken on a kind-er, more reasonable stance. In

fact, I’ve written one of those reports. Bureaucracy with a human face? Was it true? Well, my article was based on interviews with tax experts who re-ceive their information both from feed-back with clients and working directly with IRS personnel on behalf of their clients. So, of course, their responses were true. As far as they went. But then again the question was not raised as to what might happen to these ex-perts and their clients if they indicated that their might be not only a few re-maining “bad apples,” but that the en-tire barrel was rotten to the core.

In any event, this is a different kind of story, my personal odyssey through the IRS labyrinth. As background, my conflict with the IRS has grown out of a deeper battle with government, which I need to briefly describe here, very briefly.

I’ve adopted six multiracial children. My ex-spouse declared domestic vio-lence. It never happened. The divorce courts are the only ones in which a man is considered guilty until proven inno-cent, and never gets a chance to prove his innocence. The first judge issues a de facto conviction on the woman’s per-jury, which then is upheld by every suc-ceeding judge, which, in my case, has included dozens through every conceiv-able special interest, city, state, and federal courts, their respective appeals and supreme courts, and count less so-called oversight bodies and other gov-ernment officials. Why? Upstanding fathers who happen to be divorced is where the money’s at. So-called “child support” is a multibillion dollar racket which makes Enron look like Monopoly and the Mafia men of honor.

Enter the IRS in the form of an IRS auditor phoning me regarding my 1999 tax return. When I asked him why I was so chosen, my heart was sinking for I was afraid he would say something along the lines of “random audit.” But, no, he said I had wrongfully declared

my oldest son as an exemption. It so happened that when my ex kidnapped the kids in 1995, this son, the oldest, at 14, was old enough to see through her and walk away. He lived with me through 1999, in January of which he turned 18. I still was his main support, but he worked a few odd jobs, and filed his own tax return, declaring himself. I did not claim him. My ex claimed him. And not only had he never lived with her, he had not even spent a night at her place since the 1995 split.

So, there you have it, folks. An 18-year old who files his own return and claims himself. A father who provides most of his son’s support, but didn’t claim him. And the mother who pro-vided not a penny of his support, who wrongfully claimed him and was never audited, while the father, yours truly, has been targeted for IRS per secution to this day. Why? You’ve heard of Nix-on trying to destroy his opponents by sicing the IRS on them. That was mere politics. This is about something really important, at least to the government, and that’s money. Not that I’ve ever had more than enough to barely get by. But rather what I represent, the model middle-class citizen who happens to be a divorced father. The government not only covered up but also was actively complicit in her fraud for it represented big money for state agencies such as Division of Child Support (DCS) and Child Protective Services (CPS) misno-mers if there ever was one.

It was this crime of the IRS cheating on my income tax which was the legal foundation of all of that followed, the corruption of countless judges, lawyers, government agencies and personnel.

To return to the chronology and some specifics, what actually happened was far worse than what I indicated in the single incident I gave above to demon-strate the unassailable clarity of the auditor cheating on my tax return. For, in our initial conversation, he not only stated I had claimed my oldest son, when I had not, but I had also claimed

two of my other sons, which I had, though lawfully, for they lived with me the entire year.

The auditor never acknowledge this fact. Instead, I was to later learn from his notes, he wrote that I claimed my other children who lived with their mother, whom I had not claimed.

(As a result of the divorce, there was considerable movement of some of the kids, for various reasons, from one household to another.)

In his original communication, he had asked me to send him my justi-fication for my business expense^. I promptly wrote him stating I had moved, lost the records, but would re-construct them, started the process, asked how he wanted me to proceed, and stated “I will fully cooperate with your audit.” I later found out that when he asked for those justifications, he had already completed his audit, and that he destroyed that letter, plus any of my other communications that got in the way of his a priori case. (An IRS agent destroying records is completely against the law). His notes would later reveal that I was “totally uncoopera-tive” with the audit, again, already completed before he contacted me.

At the time I was relieved not to get a response, for it saved me what would have been an onerous task of recon-struction, and, by that time, I was suf-ficiently convinced of his bad faith to apply for the IRS Offer-in-Compromise (QIC) program. This allows the IRS to collect at least something from a tax-payer it has deemed “un-collectable” and helps the citizen get back on his feet so he can start paying taxes again. I had always paid my taxes until 1999 when the auditor raised these bogus is-sues.

The day the auditor received, regis-tered mail, my QIC papers, he phoned, furious, accusing me of trying to sab-otage his audit. I asked him, “Isn’t it true that the auditor should be free to conduct any and all the audits he wants, without interference and they

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He agreed, but reluctantlyMeanwhile, I had been told that since

my record was clean I should have no trouble having my QIC offer accepted. The QIC specialist, in fact, then ap-proved of my offer of $1000, having determined the “reasonable collection potential” was $900. However, I no-ticed she had changed the dates on my application from 1995 (the first year of the state’s incursion into my life) to only two years, thus meaning my QIC offer would have done me no good for I was applying for the 1999 audit. She professed surprise that there had been an audit, though she found it instan-taneously on her computer - the audit having been completed 10 months be-fore. She asked me to send my 2000 re-turn (which she already had) and said she had to talk to the auditor.

She then came back accusing me of fraud because I “refused to document” my business expenses. She then, in less than two weeks, skyrocketed my “col-lection potential” from $900 to about $102,000. She did this by multiplying the six years of audits she threatened to achieve this sum of $102,000 - ar-rived at by multiplying the auditor’s

sum due for 1999 by six. Thus this woman, who had no authorization to conduct an audit had, through, their tete-a-tete (via phone and written ex-changes as revealed in the IRS notes) completed six audits through a simple act of multiplication.

The woman set up a collection schedule to collect this amount over 48 months, taking half of her estima-tion of my gross income, which, with the addition of the second audit (for 2000) which came shortly, meant that the children living with me and myself would be driven into penury, homeless-ness, starvation and death. Institution-al murder. This IRS has never denied this collection schedule (sent to me) or implied it meant anything other than I have just written.

I took the case to the IRS appeals court, a joke, as was the office of the taxpayer advocate, a division of the IRS, but supposedly independent.

About two years after the first audit, when I took the case to U.S. Tax Court, the IRS lawyer apparently felt it was untenable to try to maintain that I had claimed the extra exemptions when my return showed I so clearly had not. So he came up with a story. He acknowl-edged that I had not claimed the extra

exemptions, but said the IRS had inad-vertently granted them to me in good faith, and the auditor “On audit” had discovered the discrepancy and then just did his job and made the necessary adjustments, also in good faith.

One of the many problems with this story is that now clearly stated in the auditor’s own notes (which he had not been bright enough to destroy), he stat-ed he had reviewed BEFORE this au-dit the returns of my ex-spouse, myself, and my oldest son, stating that all three of us had claimed the son. I wrote the IRS Disclosure Office asking, pursuant the Freedom Of Information Act, if the auditor had audited my ex-spouse. The answer was “negative.” In other words, here was still additional proof that the legal ground for the IRS’s entire case has been the condoning of one citizen cheating on her income tax in order to persecute an innocent citizen who did not so cheat.

The trial court proceedings were, not surprisingly, rampant with illegality. I will here highlight just one high point in low comedy. The IRS lawyer was so easily intimidated that, through his own stupidity, he put himself in a trap of his own making. On my 1999 form,


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under marital status I put an X in the box naming head of household, and, un-der exemptions below, an X for myself. Under dependents, I listed all six of my kids, for they all were my dependents and dependent upon me financially in one way or another. HOWEVER, under the exemptions on the right hand of the page, I listed only two of them plus my-self, for a total of three. The deductions were based on that number.

The lawyer, in an illustration of why the first word most people think of when they hear the word lawyer is “joke,” placed an X on the left hand side of all the kids, an X very similar I had made above in claiming myself. Thus, it would appear to the observer that I had claimed an exemption for all of the kids.

I maneuvered, or, more accurately, the lawyer maneuvered him self into the position that this forgery became evident, and I reported it to the judge.

The lawyer’s response, as revealed in the transcript: “There are markings on Exhibit 2-J that Petitioner contends he did not make on these returns, which, you know, I BELIEVE RESPONDENT MADE DURING THE EXAMINA-TION OF PETITIONER’S RETURN.” (emphasis added).

Thus the lawyer fobbed off his forg-ery on the auditor, which the stamping of the documents shows that only the lawyer could have made, and so con-fessed to an IRS felony in open court to demonstrate IRS “good faith.”

This, as well as many similar crimes, was covered up by this judge, several subsequent judges, including those of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, plus countless oversight bodies and government of-ficials. For instance, the Washington State Bar Association covered up the misconduct of the IRS lawyer, and when I, subsequently, filed one griev-ance after another against all of the bar’s lawyers covering them up, the bar took the matter to the Washington State Supreme Court, who overturned their own rules and forbad me to file any more grievances against the bar lawyers, giving them carte blanche to cover up what they had always done, against the crimes of the several Spo-kane lawyers whom I filed grievances, as well as sued in multiple state and federal courts.

As for the IRS, what did they get? As they say, or, at least, as I say, liv-ing poor is the best revenge. I’ve some-how managed, despite my full time

job as a pro se lawyer, for which, I, of course, don’t get paid, to eke out a living, enough to take care of my fam-ily and enjoy modest comforts. What I don’t have, they can’t take away. I can honestly say that, had the federal and state governments left me alone, they would have gotten much more money from me allowing me to pay what would have been my normal taxes, as I have always done.

I’ve narrowly avoided jail many times, but only because I am quicker to intimidate my enemies through their own crimes before they manage to put me away on some bogus charge. They are running scared.

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bors, etc. which showed he had lived with me every year, except one, when he was about five, before I was able to rescue him from a demented and vio-lent mother. Most recently, my young-est son, who lived with me all last year, and whom I claimed, the IRS demand-ed I pay about $250 writing that I had made a compu tation error and not pre-sented the proper form to claim him. I showed that the math error was the IRS’s and turned in the required form. A few weeks later I received another notice stating that since I had not re-sponded I was owed the same amount, plus interest. I sent the material still again. A few days later I received an-other notice (each of these three from IRS offices in different parts of the country) stating it had received my first response and was still investigat-ing it. A few days later I received still another notice demanding payment on my 1999 and 2000 returns, threatening fines, levies, and seizures, despite the fact that the 10-year statute of limita-tions has passed. So it goes. Pathetic. The only way to defeat a bureaucratic monstrosity such as the IRS is to wear it down. Which is not as easy as it might sound.

The IRS may go down with not a bang, but a whimper. But I’m deter-mined to do better than that. Now that the litigation has about played itself out, I’m finally ready to move from the defense to the offense. So that, looking at the larger picture, of which the IRA saga is but an episode, I am writing a book titled “THE LEGALIZED EVIL OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS, one fa-ther’s fight to protect his children from government violence.”

As an exercise in full disclosure, I’ve sent out proposals of variations of this book to literally hundreds of book pub-lishers and agents - all rejected. Why? The reason is that, though when a case is in the public spotlight, the courts may work, though certainly not per-fectly, more or less as expected, when an indi vidual citizen is up against abu-sive authority, whether corporate or governmental, the situation is entirely different. Here the citizen faces an un-impregnable monolith. If he gets a law-yer that lawyer will team up with the opposing lawyer and, in collusion with the judge, deny the citizen all access to his rights under the law.

My book proposals have been re-jected because the topic is toxic While everyone is willing to admit occasional misconduct of judges and lawyers, and, in rare cases, they may be even disci-plined, this represents something else

entirely. A threat to our nation more serious than outside terrorist groups who, however appalling their acts, are able to attack only the surface of our nation. But this conspiracy erodes the legal foundation of what our country is all about.

No one wants to admit that the ju-diciary, in this essential far-reaching aspect, with the collusion of the other two branches of government, is utterly corrupt.

That’s why I am self-publishing this book, in what will be multiple volumes. As I’ve continually told my enemies,

once this issue reaches the point of critical mass it will conflagrate in the media and spread throughout the na-tion like wildfire to become the scandal of the century.

How realistic is this goal? All I will say here is that when I’ve informed my enemies of this, time and time again they’ve panicked and entangled them-selves in contradictions that result in self-incriminations. So they believe I mean what I say and have the resolve to bring it about. This gives me some satisfaction, and energizes me to con-tinue to fight the good fight. WRN


Finished steel imports decline in June, but up 22 percent in first half 2012Import market share in 2012 at 24 percent

Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,593,000 net tons (NT) of steel in June, including 2,098,000 NT of finished steel (down 15 and 13% each, respectively, from May final data). Year-to-date (YTD) finished imports are up 22% vs. the same period in 2011. Annualized total and finished steel imports in 2012 would be 34.8 and 27.0 million NT, respectively, up 22 and 24%, each, respectively vs. 2011. Finished steel import market share in June was 23% and is 24% YTD.

A key finished steel product with a significant import increase in June 2012 compared to May is tin plate (up 20%). Major products with significant YTD import increases vs. the same pe-riod last year include reinforcing bar (up 55%), plates – cut lengths (up 51%), oil country goods (up 40%), sheets and strip – all other metallic coatings (up 38%) and sheets and strip galvanized hot dipped (up 38%).

In June, the largest volumes of fin-ished steel imports from offshore were from South Korea (293,000 NT, down 14%), China (174,000 NT, up 1%), Ja-pan (131,000 NT, down 30%), Germany (121,000 NT, no change) and Turkey (88,000 NT, down 33%). For the first 6 months of 2012, the largest offshore suppliers were South Korea (1,866,000 NT, up 24%), Japan (982,000 NT, up 30%), Turkey (905,000 NT, up 100%), China (785,000 NT, up 40%) and Ger-many (635,000 NT, up 31%).

AISI welcomes invitation to Canada to join trans-pacific partnership talks

AISI President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson issued the following statement regarding the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) announce-ment that Canada has been invited to join the TPP negotiations.

“Today’s (May 29) announcement that Canada has been invited to partic-ipate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations is the perfect follow-up to yesterday’s invitation to Mexico to join the TPP talks,” AISI President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson said. “As we noted yesterday, North American steel producers have many shared concerns

with respect to trade issues in the Asia-Pacific region, including in particular the trade-distorting behavior of Asian state-owned and state-supported enter-prises. AISI has actively supported the requests of both Canada and Mexico to join the TPP negotiations. Having all three NAFTA countries participating in these talks should enhance the in-ternational competitiveness of NAFTA steel producers and North America’s manufacturing supply chain.”

Doe awards $7.1 million to American Iron and Steel Institute for research on breakthrough technologies

An American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) project proposal to be conducted in collaboration with the University of Utah has been selected by the Depart-ment of Energy’s Innovative Manu-facturing Initiative for a $7.1 million award, Thomas J. Gibson, AISI presi-dent and CEO, announced.

“Our collaborative research with the

Department of Energy (DOE) goes back more than 20 years and is an important factor in why the steel industry in the United States has the lowest energy in-tensity in the world,” Gibson said. “We thank DOE for this award and look forward to working with our partners at DOE, the University of Utah, Berry Metal Company and our member com-panies to keep U.S. manufacturers at the forefront of advances in steelmak-ing technology.”

The project seeks to develop a new ironmaking process based on the direct gaseous reduction of fine iron concen-trates, iron being a primary ingredient in making steel. The new process aims to reduce the energy needed to make iron while reducing environmental emissions, especially carbon dioxide, by up to 50%.

The total project budget is $8.9M over three years from the date of the award, with 80% cost sharing to be pro-vided by DOE and the balance ($1.8M) by AISI members.



“This research builds on three years of lab testing at the University of Utah and takes advantage of our country’s abundant natural gas reserves. The ability to use natural gas now and hy-drogen in the future in this process of-fers great potential,” Gibson said.

The project was one of 13 selected out of more than 1400 letters of intent, 1200 concept papers, and over 250 full applications that DOE evaluated as part of this funding opportunity. DOE described the projects selected as vehi-cles “to advance transformational tech-nologies and materials that can help American manufacturers dramatically increase the energy efficiency of their operations and reduce costs.”

AISI has a long history of investing in the development of advanced technolo-gies by focusing on process modeling and control and new process develop-ment all toward improving energy effi-ciency, reducing carbon emissions and heightening the domestic steel indus-try’s competitiveness. Together, the steel industry and DOE have invested over $70 million dollars of industry and government funds on collaborative re-search programs.

“While our industry’s energy and CO2 reduction achievements (27% and 33% respectively) since 1990 are sig-nificant, we must continue to invest in high-risk, high reward research to meet the challenges posed by our inter-national competition and by competing materials,” Gibson said.

AISI welcomes invitation to Mexico to join trans-pacific partnership talksUrges for Canada to be included in negotiations

AISI President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson issued the following statement regarding the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) announce-ment to extend an invitation to Mexico to join the TPP negotiations.

“AISI welcomes the announcement today (June 18) that Mexico has been invited to join the Trans-Pacific Part-nership negotiations,” AISI President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson said. “North American steel producers share a number of common external trade interests -- especially our shared con-cerns about trade-distorting behavior by state-owned enterprises in Asia. These are critical issues in the TPP negotiations that will affect the com-petitiveness of our sector for decades to come. Accordingly, AISI has actively supported the requests from the gov-ernments of both Mexico and Canada

to join the TPP negotiations. We are pleased that Mexico has been given the green light and we hope that Canada will also be invited to join the negotia-tions very soon. Having both countries’ participation in these important trade negotiations will strengthen the al-ready close relationship we have with our neighbors and will enhance the North American steel industry’s inter-national competitiveness.”

American Iron and Steel Institute releases 2011 annual statistical reportTrends show US and NAFTA steel industry recovery underway but imports pose a threat

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the primary source of statisti-cal information on the North American steel industry, announced the release of its 2011 Annual Statistical Report (ASR). The 2011 ASR shows that the U.S. and NAFTA steel markets contin-ued a slow and modest recovery in 2011 versus 2010. It also reveals that, while U.S. and NAFTA steel production and shipments both increased in 2011, they remained below pre-recession levels and import gains exceeded those of U.S. and NAFTA producers.

The most comprehensive reference of its kind for the American steel indus-try, the AISI report provides statistical data for the United States steel indus-try plus a variety of selected statistical data on the Canadian, Mexican and world steel industries. The ASR is pre-ceded by an executive summary that highlights recent and historical trends in the North American Steel Industry. The summary is comprised of 10 pages of charts and graphs on steel produc-tion, shipments, imports, demand and operating efficiency. Recent steel mar-ket trends in the U.S. and NAFTA re-gion are illustrated.

The ASR has proven to be an indis-pensable reference tool for the indus-try, media, academia, steel analysts and others who are interested in track-ing steel industry trends.

The most popular charts, in terms of inquiries received by the Institute, in-clude Selected Statistical Highlights on shipments, apparent supply, imports, employment and raw steel data over a 10-year period; Selected Financial High-lights on income and cash flow data; shipments by products and markets over a 10-year period; raw steel production (state distribution and capability utiliza-tion); and imports and exports data.

AISI’s 2011 Annual Statistical Re-port is available by e-mail or hard copy.

To purchase it online ($500 for a hard copy or $450 for an electronic version) visit www.steelfacts.org. To order it over the phone, call 412-860-5342.

AISI issues statement regarding U.S. Treasury’s decision to delay naming China a currency manipulator

AISI President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s announcement that it would not label China as a currency manipulator.

“AISI is disappointed that U.S. Trea-sury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has once again side-stepped his obliga-tion to address China’s currency ma-nipulation,” AISI president and CEO Thomas J. Gibson stated. “While we are encouraged that the Administra-tion recognized that China greatly undervalues its currency, it has again missed an opportunity to use all of the tools available to it to address the massive damage that China’s severely undervalued currency is causing to our nation’s manufacturing sector. Given the priority of job creation and our still fragile recovery, our government must take all necessary steps to ensure that American companies and workers are competing on a level playing field.”

New International Trade Crossing is product of innovative joint agreement between The United States and Canada

The American Iron and Steel Insti-tute (AISI) lauded an innovative agree-ment made between the United States and Canada to build a new bridge be-tween Detroit and Windsor, called the New International Trade Crossing, a development that the North American steel industry and its major customers groups, including automakers, have aggressively advocated for over the past five years.

The new bridge will provide an alter-nate route for an intensely busy com-mercial transportation corridor, which carries one-fourth of the goods traded between the U.S. and Canada each year.

“This is a tremendously positive de-velopment and a breakthrough to de-velop significant new infrastructure to support essential cross-border trade,” AISI President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson, said. “This historic agreement will streamline and improve automo-tive and other cross-border supply chains in each country, which require a seamless flow of goods in order to meet just-in-time delivery schedules. It will


alleviate congestion at the US/Canada border, and ensure that supplies reach American manufacturers in a timely and efficient manner.”

“With this agreement we are embark-ing on an important new level of joint cooperation between the U.S. and Can-ada. We commend Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper for establishing this pro-ductive new partnership,” Gibson said “Our North American steel industry, as well as the two governments, auto mak-ers and other industries, have insisted for years that another crossing is re-quired at Windsor-Detroit to eliminate long lineups of trucks leading up to the bridge and causing costly delays. We are particularly pleased that the project will require that all steel and other construc-tion materials must be of either U.S. or Canadian origin, a provision that will ensure the bridge is constructed from quality materials while supporting high-value U.S. and Canadian jobs. The New International Trade Crossing will great-ly enhance industry competitiveness and facilitate intra-NAFTA trade.”

Van Beest invests in the future and drives first pile for new building

Van Beest is pleased to announce that the company has achieved a sig-nificant milestone in its expansion with the first pile of the new production hall being driven into the ground on Thurs-day afternoon, 28 June, in the presence of Van Beest staff and guests.

The steady growth of the internation-al position of Van Beest, which current-ly has subsidiaries in four countries, gave cause to adapt the housing of our

headquarters and production facility in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands.

Van Beest has ambitious plans for the future. Quality and reliability are key values in the Van Beest organiza-tion. In order to provide customers with the best service and delivery reliability it is necessary to expand our facilities.

We will realize this by: • expansion with a new production

hall of 2.500 m2

• expansion of the distribution cen-tre with 2.500 m2

• renovation and expansion of the of-fice with a second floor of 500 m2

(see attached artist impression)

The entire project is expected to be complete by the summer of 2013.

Van Beest manufacturers high qual-ity lifting products such as shackles and hooks, under the registered trade names GREEN PIN® and EXCEL®.

Van Beest currently has branches in The Netherlands, Germany, France and USA, and stock holding distributors in more than 80 countries worldwide.

Konecranes acquires Ameratronic Industries, Inc.

Konecranes, a global leader in the manufacturing and servicing of over-

head cranes and lifting equipment, an-nounces the acquisition of Ameratronic Industries, Inc., of Portage, Indiana, effective June 21, 2012.

In June 2012, Konecranes acquired the assets of Ameratronic Industries, a Northwest Indiana firm that has been providing crane and hoist ser-vice to process duty customers in the area for 17 years. The owners will be retiring. The business operations and five skilled employees will be incorpo-rated into Konecranes’ nearby existing branch, located at 1255 Erie Court #B, Crown Point, IN, 46307.

“We’re very excited about this acqui-sition,” said Bernie D’Ambrosi, vice president and director, Region Ameri-cas Service, “and we look forward to continuing the high standard of ser-vice that Ameratronic Industries has established.”

For more information regarding the crane and hoist services that Kone-cranes provides, please visit www.konecranesamericas.com/service/.

Yale Cordage helps make history at Niagara FallsCustom rope manufacturer plays a part in renowned high wire artist Nik Wallenda’s historic attempt

Yale Cordage, a Saco-based custom and specialty rope manufacturer that designs application-specific ropes, an-nounced that its Ultrex rope was used in setting up high wire world-record holder Nik Wallenda’s historic attempt to be the first person in the world to walk directly over the Niagara Falls. ABC televised the attempt on Friday, June 15, during a live 3-hour special.

Yale Cordage’s Ultrex rope was pur-chased as a component of the hoist-ing and securing process for a special 2-inch cable weighing nearly 7 tons –– across which Nik Wallenda succeeded walking a total of 1800 feet, starting from Goat Island in the United States and finishing in Queen Victoria Park, Canada. Hanes Supply, Inc., a contrac-tor and industrial supplier, purchased the rope on behalf of O’Connell Elec-tric, a full service electrical contractor, who installed the special cable. Once the cable was safely in place, the Ul-trex rope was removed and the Yale Cordage team was able to observe the spectacle.

Ultrex was selected due to its weight-to-strength ratio, being light enough to fly across the gorge with a helicopter, while still carrying the 75,000-pound break strength needed to hoist Mr. Wallenda’s special cable. “Steel prod-



est in WS&TDA membership remains strong, with 115 member companies.

Supporting Wynn is a strong cabinet of officers including Immediate Past President, Michael Gelskey, Sr., Lift-It Mfg. Co.; Vice President, Ralph Abato, Kinedyne Corp.; and Secretary/Trea-surer, Jeff Iden, Cargo Equipment Corp.

Jim Bailey, Filtec Precise; Scott Fleming, Unirope; Karl Heinz Keise-witt, Doleco; Greg Pilgrim, Murdock Webbing; Steve Schroeder, Wear-Flex Slings; and Loren Stolin, Secu-rity Chain, Co. are also serving on the 2012-2013 Board.

WS&TDA will hold its fall meeting at The Marquette Hotel, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 16-18, 2012.

WS&TDA includes manufacturers and suppliers of synthetic web slings and tie downs, polyester round slings, synthetic webbing, fibers, thread and related companies.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers announces student challenge winners

The Society of Manufacturing Engi-neers (SME) announces the winners of the “Dream It! Do It! Student Chal-lenge” at the Mfg4 – Manufacturing 4 the Future event.

The Mfg4 student challenge is a middle and high school manufacturing competition. Teams comprised of three to six students and a teacher work with local manufacturers and become famil-iar with the products made and pro-cesses used. Student teams could se-lect from two competition areas: “Lean and Green” in which student groups analyzed a process or manufacturing work cell and presented process im-provements or “Reverse Engineering” in which the student groups were re-sponsible for design and re-imagining an existing product.

The challenge, held during the recent Mfg4 event in Hartford, CT, was spon-


Past-President, Michael Gelskey (right) con-gratulates incoming president, Tom Wynn.

ucts with comparable strength to Ul-trex would be far too heavy to transport via helicopter,” said William Putnam, vice president, Yale Cordage.

About Yale Cordage Saco, Maine-based Yale Cordage is

a custom and specialty rope manufac-turer that designs application-specific ropes: winchlines, stringing lines and blocklines for utilities; fiber optic pull-ing lines for telephone construction; bull ropes and climbing lines for arbor-ists; safety lanyards and lifting slings for industrial applications; ropes for marine applications — from hawsers for mooring commercial tankers to hal-yards for sailing dinghies.

Yale also designs and manufactures custom and specialty rope for specialty applications such as oceanographic ar-rays and faired electromechanical ca-bles. For more information, please visit www.yalecordage.com.

I&I Sling, Inc. and Slingmax® Rigging Solutions ownership change

The Board of Directors of I&I Sling, Inc. and Slingmax® Rigging Solutions announce a change of ownership and management responsibility. Scott St. Germain assumed the position of CEO and Dennis A. St. Germain becomes COO of both corporations. The two ex-ecutives have purchased the stock of the former CEO, G.F. Dennis St. Ger-main who becomes Chairman Emeri-tus. Rob Capone remains as the CFO of both corporations and Jeff Susman maintains his position as the Presi-dent of Slingmax® Rigging Solutions. I&I Sling Inc. has been in business since 1963 with plants in six states and Slingmax® Rigging Solutions since 1986 with 36 dealers worldwide. The companies pioneered the development of high performance Gator-Laid® wire rope and Twin-Path® synthetic slings for use in heavy lifts.

New workshop advances knowledge in design for manufacturing and design for assembly

The Society of Manufacturing Engi-neers (SME) will offer a new two-day instructor-led workshop on Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assem-bly. The course will provide fundamental knowledge and hands-on practice that can be tailored to fit the special needs of new product and process development, or to focus on applications for existing de-signs and manufacturing environment.

The course will be held October 4-5 at the Embassy Suites, Glendale, CA. Virtual attendance will be available via live web-streaming.

“The Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly Workshop is one of SME’s most popular courses,” says Steve Sternicki, manager of instruc-tor-led training for SME. “This is the first time SME is offering a virtual at-tendance option, and we’re excited to make this training available to manu-facturers across North America via live web streaming. SME continues to explore new ways to bring affordable and efficient instructor-led training so-lutions to the manufacturing industry.”

The course will be led by Dan Bauer, an American Society of Mechanical Engineers certified senior GD&T pro-fessional with a Master of Science in Industrial Operations. His expertise stems from supporting more than 80 different product design and manufac-turing launch programs in the past 18 years in North America, Europe and Asia. He currently serves as president and principal with Integrated Training Resources.

The program is intended for all levels of design, including program manag-ers, quality managers, design-respon-sible engineers, and other design and manufacturing engineering personnel.

Design for metal forming and design for surface treatment are two of the six modules offered on day one of the work-shop. Day two promises four additional modules, with units such as design for machining and tolerance design for Six Sigma. Each module ends with an interactive exercise for attendees to implement their knowledge and under-standing of the course’s components.

The cost for SME members is $1,075 and for nonmembers is $1,275. Regis-trants will have access to the recorded program for 60 days after the course ends to review topics or train other per-sonnel in their organization.

For more information on the work-shop, visit sme.org/dfmworkshop or call 800-733-4763.

WS&TDA Elects New Board

The Web Sling & Tie Down Associa-tion (WS&TDA) proudly introduces its newly elected president and board of directors for 2012-2013.

Tom Wynn, of Peerless Chain Compa-ny, was elected to serve as President of the Association. Wynn’s term as presi-dent comes on the heels of a successful Annual Meeting with record attendance in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Inter-


continued from previous pagesored by industry leader Sandvik Coro-mant, USA, the Society of Manufactur-ing Engineers Education Foundation (SME-EF), and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT).

The competition drew entries from sev-eral states including Vermont, New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

River Valley Technical Center, from Springfield, VT, was the first place win-ner of a $1,000 award for the reverse engineering and refurbishment of an 1860 Pratt and Whitney engine lathe. The project included the complete dis-assembly and re-manufacture of more than 100 parts. The fully restored lathe will become part of the 150th anniver-sary Civil War exhibit at the Ameri-can Precision Museum in Windsor, VT starting in July, 2012.

Second place, with a prize of $750, went to New Vision-Cecor at Orange-Ulster BOCES technical school from Ulster Country, NY for their work on facility design. This project involved a plant layout to make material flow in the least wasteful way regarding prod-uct and employee travel distances.

Third place, with a prize of $500, went to Windham Regional Career Center in Hinsdale, NH for their work in rational-izing flow across a production floor.

Sandvik Coromant’s John Jacob-sen, Kevin Mayer and JoAnn Mitchell joined judges from the SME member-ship and local industry to examine the entries.

Annual meeting between the WRTB and the EWRIS

The annual meeting between the Wire Rope Technical Board (WRTB) and the European Federation of Steel Wire Rope Industries (EWRIS) was held in Hamburg, Germany on April 24th and 25th. The delegations meet yearly to discuss national and interna-tional standards, the harmonization of these standards, and the effect of ex-isting and in-process standards on the wire rope producers and the industry in general.

The group also provides wire rope information and guidance to United States and European representa-tives on various national and ISO committees.

Representing the United States and the Wire Rope Technical Board were Kim Konyar - Chairman - Wirerope Works, Inc.; Dennis Fetter - WireCo WorldGroup; and Dave Sleightholm - Bridon American Corporation. Repre-senting EWRIS were Pierre-Francois

Baron - Trefileurope - France; Robert Traxl - Teufelberger - Austria; and meeting host Michael Gehring - Diepa - Germany. Also present were Dr. Anne Jourdain - Secretary General - EWRIS and special guest Steve Cawthorn - Bridon UK.

Alps Wire Rope Corporation moves corporate headquarters

Alps Wire Rope Corporation is proud to announce the grand opening of our new corporate headquarters location in Saint Charles, Illinois. The Mayor of Saint Charles will administer the offi-cial ribbon cutting celebration on July 27, 2012.

The new IL location began opera-tions on June 4th. Months of planning,

and one brutal weekend of moving prior to the 4th , resulted in the move of 14 machines, including the Green-erd 1500 ton capacity press, one of 8 swaging presses, which swages up to three inch, or 76mm wire ropes. In ad-dition, Alps moved over 30 truckloads

of inventory equaling over 1,055 tons of wire rope. This amazing undertaking was planned and organized by our Alps very own Claude Willis.

Alps Wire Rope Corporation contin-ues to maintain all of its four warehous-es, strategically located throughout the United States (Ohio, California, Flori-da, and IL). In addition, we maintain other distribution locations, dedicated to specific product support functions, which are located in CT, MD, TN, OK, TX, CA, and CO. These 12 locations of-fer support to our distributors, and the Elevator, Oil & Gas, Construction, and Equipment Manufacturers who pur-chase our rope throughout the country.The additional office and warehouse space of over 40,000 square feet, in the new IL facility, allows for greater efficiency and logistical support for

our entire distribution network, while allowing for continued future growth. We are very excited about our new facility, our existing facilities, our good quality products, and our excellent people. The reason for it all is to better serve our customers.

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Van Beest is now full LEEA member

Van Beest has recently been audited by LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engi-neers Association) and has been grant-ed full membership.

LEEA is the leading representative body for all those involved in the lifting industry worldwide.

They are a respected and authori-tative representative body for their members, who work in every aspect of the industry; design, manufacture, re-furbishment and repair, and also the hire, maintenance and use of lifting equipment. LEEA has over 520 mem-bers worldwide. In addition to provid-ing members with training and expert technical advice, the association works closely with organizations such as the Health and Safety Executive in the preparation of regulations and British, European and International standards.

Van Beest is not only a member of LEEA, but also of several other orga-nizations which promote the common interests in our industry. These organi-zations spread (technical) information via publications, internet and meet-ings. They also represent their mem-bers in various international standard committees.

Students earn manufac-turing scholarships

Ten students seeking careers in manufacturing each earned $1,500 to-ward their trade school or community college education from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Associa-tion, Intl. (FMA). FMA’s Outside Pro-cessors Council (OPC) will sponsor a $2,000 scholarship for one university-bound student.

This year Nuts, Bolts & Thingama-jigs (NBT) and OPC awarded manufac-turing scholarships totaling $17,000. The 2012 winners are:

• Jay Brinegar, Bloomfield, IN.• Hunter Curfman, Toppenish, WA.• Pace Funsch, Fallon, NV.• Saul Garcia, Long Beach, CA.• Trevor Graff, Boardman, OR.• Justin Keith, Poplar Bluff, MO.• Andrew Klos, Jr., Allenton, MI.• Colton Laughlin, Ferndale, WA.• Nicholas Maben, Grayland, WA.• Tyler McClish, Kokomo, IN.• Colt Petersen, Hinckley, UT“We are pleased to award scholar-

ships to these 11 deserving young people and are happy to assist them in reaching their academic goals,” said Edward Youdell, president of Nuts,

Bolts & Thingamajigs. “These students recognize that skilled manufacturing careers can be rewarding financially and fulfilling personally and will help them be more competitive in the cur-rent job market.”

“The most difficult U.S. jobs to fill to-day are those in the skilled trades and engineering,” added Youdell. “With majors in machine tool and CNC tech-nology, structural and pipe welding, sheet metal fabrication, engineering, and precision manufacturing technol-ogy, these students will be prepared for the skilled labor openings that Ameri-can manufacturers must fill.”

To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants were required to be full-time students meeting a specified minimum GPA, and enrolled in an engineering or manufacturing-related course of study, or a trade or technical program lead-ing to a career in manufacturing. Stu-dents were responsible for submitting academic records and an engineering or manufacturing-related program de-scription with each application.

In addition to the scholarship, each winner also received from NBT’s indus-try partner SolidWorks Corporation a copy of its Student Design Kit CAD


continued from previous pagesoftware package. The Student Design Kit is an easy-to-learn, Windows-based 3D CAD application that gives stu-dents the ability to create “real-life” 3D designs they can easily manipulate.

Since 1990, FMA’s Foundation has awarded scholarships annually to stu-dents in courses of study that will lead to careers in manufacturing. For more information visit www.nutsandbolts-foundation.org/Scholarships.About SolidWorks Corporation.

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Eu-ronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) com-pany, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams in-tuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the compa-ny’s Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000.

About FMABased in Rockford, Ill., FMA is a

professional organization with nearly 2,500 members working together to improve the metal processing, form-ing, and fabricating industry. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and fabricating equipment manufac-turers together through technology councils, educational programs, net-working events, and the FABTECH® tradeshow. FMA also has two technol-ogy affiliates, the Tube & Pipe Associa-tion, Intl. (TPA), which focuses on the unique needs of companies engaged in tube and pipe producing and fabricat-ing; and Green Manufacturer Network, a professional organization of individ-ual members dedicated to working to-ward environmentally-friendly manu-facturing.

Bridon factory to produce world’s largest and most complex offshore, mining and crane ropes

Bridon International has invested £30m in a factory that will produce multi-strand ropes in gross package weights of up to 650 tons - making them by far the largest and most com-plex in the world, according to a com-pany release.

The facility will produce ropes of unmatched strength, safety and du-rability, and present a unique offer to customers looking to operate more challenging environments.

The Bridon Neptune Quay site,

which is located on Newcastle’s Tyne-side, will be fully operational by the end of 2012. Bridon has already re-ceived production inquiries from a number of major multinational op-erators, and is planning a production schedule that will cater to the highest possible levels of demand.

Key to the site’s unrivalled capacity is its unique closer machine, which is used to draw together thousands of wire strands into a single rope. Bri-don’s closer is the first of its kind ca-pable of making a 600 ton rope in a single pass, enabling the production of longer and higher capacity ropes in a single piece and avoiding the need for multiple passes.

Bridon Neptune Quay’s closer also boasts 24 bobbins (15 and 38 ton ca-pacity), giving it the ability to make far more complex ropes than had ever previously been possible with such weights. Up until now, closers capable of producing very large ropes have typi-cally had no more than eight bobbins.

Bridon Neptune Quay’s offer is not limited to the scale and complexity of the ropes it will produce. The site’s deep-water portside location will allow Bridon to use innovative loading solu-tions to reduce delivery timescales and order lead times for customers.

Jon Templeman, CEO of the Bridon Group, commented:

“The ropes produced at this state of the art facility will expand the bound-aries of the possibility for customers across the sector. Bridon Neptune Quay has been built to help us solve our customers’ most significant techno-logical challenges.

“This factory, which is the most ad-vanced of its kind ever built, is a cru-cial part of Bridon’s work to become the global technology leader in wire and rope solutions for offshore, mining and crane applications”

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who on a recent visit to the site con-firmed a grant from the govern-ment’s Regional Growth Fund for the project, said:

“Bridon is a global technology leader in the manufacturing of steel and wire rope, and this state-of-the-art facility can be a valuable asset in strength-ening the local and regional economy. We’ll be proud to see the facility fur-thering the region’s reputation as a global manufacturing base.”

For additional information please contact Daniel Dolan at the Bridon Press Office on 0207-249-7769 0777-137-4925 or on [email protected].

WireCo WorldGroup completes Royal Lankhorst Euronete acquisition

WireCo WorldGroup Inc. (WireCo), global leader in producing and marketing of wire rope, electromechanical cable and a major producer of wire products announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Koninklijke (Royal) Lankhorst Euronete Group B.V. (“Lankhorst/Euronete”).

Lankhorst/Euronete holds a leading position in international markets for synthetic ropes, industrial yarns, net-ting, yachting products and recycled plastic products. In particular, its mar-ket position supporting the maritime, fishing and offshore markets provides a strategic fit with existing WireCo product lines. Following the purchase of Phillystran in 2009 and Oliveira in 2010, this acquisition completes the ex-ecution of WireCo’s strategy to estab-lish itself as a major market presence in the global synthetics marketplace.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, Lankhorst/Euronete employs over 1,300 people worldwide and operates manufacturing facilities in Portugal, Brazil and the Netherlands. Under the leadership of Jose Gramaxo, Lank-horst/Euronete has focused on building key businesses through innovation and targeted marketing efforts. As a com-bined organization, WireCo will now have industry leading capabilities in the engineering, design, and produc-tion of steel wire ropes and synthetic ropes. More information on Lankhorst/Euronete can be found at www.lank-horsteuronete.com.

WireCo CEO Ira Glazer commented, “We invested in this acquisition for two key reasons: it places WireCo as a mar-ket leader in synthetic ropes matching our position in value-added steel wire ropes and it provides WireCo with the most advanced products and techni-cal expertise globally in synthetics. In addition, this acquisition continues to diversify our business mix by product, geography and end market. We are ex-cited about the possibilities this combi-nation of talent and products can de-liver to the market.”

Glazer also announced that Gramaxo will join the executive team of WireCo WorldGroup as Senior Vice President of Global Synthetics with responsibil-ity for marketing and operations of WireCo’s global synthetics businesses including Phillystran and Oliveira. Gramaxo stated, “By joining forces with WireCo, we have formed a dynam-

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ic combination of products and techni-cal expertise that will provide market synergies for all the premium brands offered by the company. We are excited to join a world class organization like WireCo at this time and believe that we can create many opportunities by working together.”

Other recent WireCo acquisitions in-clude Drumet in 2011, CASAR in 2007 and Aceros Camesa in 2005.

Glazer believes all WireCo employ-ees will benefit from the acquisition, adding “We have a track record of in-vesting in what we buy. We will incor-porate Lankhorst/Euronete into our global operations, which will create opportunities for all our employees to grow, including our new Lankhorst/Eu-ronete colleagues.”

WireCo is owned by investment funds managed by Paine and Partners, LLC, a private equity firm with offices in New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

Bishop Lifting Products acquired

July 18, 2012—AEA Investors, one of the oldest private equity groups in the U.S., has formed SB Holdings to com-bine Singer Equities with the acquisi-tion of Bishop Lifting Products. Both

groups provide high value added prod-ucts used in the industrial distribution market sector.

Bishop Lifting Products, operating through eight locations, is engaged in the business of fabricating and distrib-uting wire rope and synthetic slings, wire rope, rigging hardware and other lifting products and providing engi-neering, consulting, maintenance, re-pair, inspection, testing, certification, tracking, and steel fabrication services to the industrial marketplace, focusing on the energy sector.

Singer Equities, an AEA portfolio company, and its subsidiaries and af-filiates are engaged in the business of distributing industrial rubber prod-ucts including industrial, metal, and hydraulic hose and fittings, conveyor belting, gaskets, and other industrial products. Through its twenty two lo-cations they also offer a full array of value added services which include fabrication, conveyor belt installation, gasket cutting, kitting, testing, track-ing, and certification.

“Bringing these two groups together under one umbrella made sense when considering common customer types, economies of scale, and cross selling op-portunities. Jeff Bishop will continue

as president of Bishop Lifting Products and Don Fritzinger remains president of Singer Equities, with both groups continuing as independent entities ex-ecuting on their respective strategies in their industries and taking advantage of the consolidation opportunities that are so prevalent in both spaces”, said Otis Dufrene, CEO of SB Holdings and a forty plus year veteran of the industry.

For more information, please contact Jeff Bishop at 713-674-2266, Don Fritz-inger at 717-808-9425, or Otis Dufrene at 443-831-6357.

Berard Transportation and Emmert International Win SC&RA Hauling Job of the Year Awards The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has announced the three winners of the Hauling Job of the Year Awards. The awards went to Berard Transportation, Inc., Loreauville, LA, and Emmert International, Clackamas, OR, in both the Hauling over 160,000 Pounds (net) category and the Hauling under 160,000 Pounds (net) category. Moving


continued from previous pagejobs feature specialized equipment such as self-propelled transported dollies and crawler assemblies. Hauling jobs involve regular licensed tractors and trailers, moving predominantly via public roadways. Moving Job: Berard Moves World Largest Flood Sector Gates

Berard Transportation provided transportation and rigging services to move the world’s largest flood sec-tor gates from the fabricator’s yard in Houston to the final operating posi-tion in waters south of New Orleans, LA. Each of the two 690-ton floodgates measured 130 feet long by 120 feet wide by 32 feet high.

They were a major feature of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $1 bil-lion project to provide protection from a 100-year storm. Ultimately, the vari-ous components would need to tie into the world’s largest pumping station and to connect with 25 miles of levees and sea walls – before the start of the next hurricane season.

The project had been in the works since August 2009, but Berard became involved about a year before scheduled completion. After agreeing to complete the project to meet the strict construc-tion deadlines, Berard’s team devoted 510 hours of engineering time over the course of eight months under strict monitoring by the Army Corps of En-gineers, which continued to scrutinize the entire project through completion.

The scope of the project included loading out at the fabricator’s plant,

designing the barge transport plan, receiving the floodgates from cranes and installing the floodgates to span 225 feet across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Because of the complexity of the move, the Berard team became involved at the construction phase.

The floodgates were designed so that the location of components, their orien-tation, and support points were adapt-able to the transporter. The detailed transport plan called for a combina-tion of transport equipment arrayed strategically in a skewed configuration on the barge deck. Grillage locations required minimal support points and properly supported cargo. The weight distribution on the barge deck had to take into consideration the center of gravity, combined with the use of mini-mal support. The abnormal size of the floodgates necessitated overhangs of 13 feet and 45 feet on each side of the transport barge.

At the fabrication plant, four fork-lifts maneuvered the steel plates used to prevent sinking on the soft ground. At one point, a 180-degree turn of the floodgates was required. A ramp onto the barge rose 7 feet above the grade during loading.

Throughout the load-out phase, which took about 1-1/2 hours for the first floodgate, the barge never touched the bottom of the channel, and the mooring systems held it perfectly in place. Accompanied by three tugboats, the barge departed the Houston ship channel and began its 48-hour cruise. High winds buffeted the cargo, but it

held tight throughout the volatile Gulf of Mexico transit.

During installation on March 8, 2011, which was Mardi Gras, the flood-gates were lifted with derrick barges as Berard crews awaited 16 feet below sea level at a jobsite accessible only by boat and barge. After the floodgates were received by Goldhofer transporters, the rigging and cranes were removed.

Permanently securing the floodgates required a 4-foot diameter hinge pin with a mere 5/8-inch difference be-tween the pin and the hole. The trans-porters accurately positioned the hinge pin on the center of the hole through electronic steering, and then lowered the pin four inches into the hole. Mak-ing this task easier was the fact that the transporter had undertaken the job at a lowered height of 39 inches.

The installation phase also incorpo-rated eight 200-ton climbing jacks de-signed and built by Berard. Cramped working conditions at the worksite un-der a 690-ton suspended load contrib-uted mightily to an ever-present ele-ment of danger.

Proper communications, knowl-edgeable personnel, and inspection of high-quality equipment—along with an unyielding commitment to safety—proved to be a winning combination as two-inch stroke jacks with 3/8-inch in-crements between strokes enabled the final tight fit of the hinge pin.

The Berard team left the scene with a high degree of satisfaction, knowing it had completed this complex chal-lenge without any accidents or damage to the cargo while leaving their neigh-bors much safer from hurricanes than ever before. Over 160,000 Pounds: Emmert In-ternational Overcomes Terrain, Controversy

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In addition to inclement weather, the hauls had to overcome flurries of legal procedures between the owner of the drums and a group wishing to block the job. The opponents claimed that the four drum shipments would repre-sent the first of hundreds of oversized loads that could transform a scenic by-way into a busy transportation corridor for oversized trucks, creating a public safety risk.

The two-lane highway winds through a federally protected corridor and par-allels the Lochsa and Clearwater Riv-ers, prized by anglers and rafters. At-torneys for both sides made their case in town hall meetings along the corri-dor and eventually in Boise, Idaho be-fore an administrative hearing officer appointed by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD).

Besides scheduling the hearing af-ter issuing the transportation permits, ITD barred Emmert’s trucks from mov-ing until an independent judge could determine if opponents had a right to intervene and make a case against the loads. Emmert supported its client by providing technical support and draft-ing multiple revisions to a transporta-tion plan exceeding 500 pages that had been three years in the making.

The permits specified night travel and required drivers to pull over in turnouts every 15 minutes to allow traffic to pass. Emmert’s plan also en-abled ambulances, police and firefight-ers to respond quickly to calls on either side of the transport.

The first megaload finally pulled out of Lewiston late on February 1 and started its three-week trek to Billings. The official convoy including police cars, pilot cars, an ambulance, a pull truck, and a push truck stretched several miles long. The curious, as well as the doubters, tagged along in their own rigs.

The first load, carrying the bottom half of one drum, took four nights to reach Montana at Lolo Pass, with ad-ditional stopovers at Kooskia, Idaho, and an isolated turnout on the Lochsa River between Powell and Lowell. As a condition of Emmert’s permit, the sec-ond load—the first drum’s top half—left the parking area in north Lewiston the following Monday night to join the first one on the pass.

They traveled through Montana in tandem, starting on February 10. The historic route, chosen primarily be-cause the megaloads were too tall to fit beneath overpasses, included such obstacles as narrow passages with rock

faces on one side and steep drop-offs to the river’s edge on the other. The tight clearances and sharp corners demand-ed extreme driver concentration.

Making the drive even more chal-lenging were ITD permit requirements for moving the two shipments east along the Lochsa River and ascending nearly 4,000 feet to Lolo Pass at the Idaho-Montana border. The Idaho per-mit, as well as the company’s permit from the Montana DOT required Em-mert to move the shipments from mid-night to 6 a.m.

Each night the crew had to make it to one of four designated daytime parking stops along the entire passage through Idaho while adhering to speed limits of 5 mph. Along the way, they had to stop every 15 minutes to allow traffic to pass.

Because of permit restrictions and weather conditions, the first two coke drum shipments included 31 days of actual driving and took more than 60 days to complete. The second pair of coke drums was delayed because of weather and spring runoff and arrived in Billings in June.Under 160,000 Pounds: Emmert Hauls Seven Massive Compressor Skids over 2,180 Miles

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The second leg took the compressors through New Mexico, down to the U.S. and Mexico border. New Mexico State Police joined the transport to escort the compressor skids through the state and safely into Arizona. Once the compres-sors had reached Arizona, a Level II inspection was conducted on the trans-port equipment and special arrange-ments were made with the Arizona State Police for four troopers to escort the vehicles.

The four-day Arizona leg crossed into Tombstone, Tucson and other his-toric towns before arrival at the Cali-fornia state line. Before advancing to Tupman, CA, all transport equipment passed a full Level I inspection.

In gaining the California permit, Em-mert arranged for four California High-way Patrol officers to escort the com-pressor skids to the final destination.

Like the Texas portion of the journey, this final leg would require movement by night—with extra lighting and spe-cial precautions in place. After three nights in the state, the equipment ar-rived safely at the plant in Tupman, where the Emmert International team began removing all the additional

lighting and the lashing from the com-pressor skids in preparation for the offloading of the compressor skids us-ing cranes.

Once the compressor skids were re-moved from the transport vehicles, the Emmert team began disassembly and demobing of the frames and dollies for transport back to Abilene, Texas to repeat the process for the five re-maining compressor skids. The entire project finished ahead of schedule in July without injury to any personnel or damage to property.

“This was accomplished with team work and the mindset of Emmert In-ternational, that safety comes first, for all personnel and equipment involved in any evolution,” said Terry Emmert. “Emmert International strives to be a leader in the industry, achieving this through the highest quality in safety, en-gineering, logistics and craftsmanship.” The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) is an internation-al trade association of more than 1,300 members from 46 nations. Members are involved in specialized transporta-tion, machinery moving and erecting, industrial maintenance, millwright-ing and crane and rigging operations, manufacturing and rental. SC&RA helps members run more efficient and safer businesses by monitoring and af-fecting pending legislation and regula-tory policies at the state and national levels; researching and reporting on safety concerns and best business prac-tices; and providing five yearly forums where these and other relevant mem-ber issues can be advanced.

Q3 Economic Outlook Report: slowing equipment investment expected to stabilize or improve in second half of 2012

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released a new quarterly update to its 2012 Equip-ment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook on July 10. The report, which is focused on the $628 billion equip-ment leasing and finance industry, fore-casts equipment investment and capital spending in the United States and evalu-ates the effects of various related and exogenous factors in play currently and into the foreseeable future. According to the Q3 Outlook, the projected growth in equipment and software investment for 2012 has slowed to 6.4 percent, down from the previous projection of 6.9 per-cent. The recent slowdown in economic

logistics team and engineers developed a transport plan and specially designed vehicle for crossing 2,180 miles over four states.

Running simultaneously because of a tight delivery schedule, the two trans-port vehicles consisted of a specially designed dolly frame with six dollies per frame and a gas powered hydrau-lic power unit, used for controlling the steering and leveling of the transport vehicles. Four of the six dollies would be Emmert steerable-type and the oth-er two would be caster-type dollies.

Emmert assembled the frames and dollies, using forklifts to unload them from the trucks that had brought them in and staged at a height that allowed the dollies to be easily installed by hand. With all the dollies in place, the crew made the necessary hydraulic and air connections, completed final adjust-ments and safety checks, and then pro-ceeded to load each dolly frame with a compressor skid.

After lashing down the compressor skids to the frames, Emmert gathered the transport team for a review of the transport plan and the first of many safety talks that would be conducted throughout the transport. In addition to Emmert personnel, that team in-cluded police escorts, private escorts, pole cars for checking overhead ob-stacles and bucket trucks. After a final safety check of the transport equip-ment and placement of the team, the compressor skids departed.

Because of the extreme Texas heat, the first leg of the journey required move-



activity indicates that equipment invest-ment continued to lose momentum in Q2, but forward-looking indicators sug-gest growth will stabilize and potentially improve in the second half of the year.

“The steady overall growth project-ed for 2012 in the Q3 Outlook aligns with the steady year-over-year growth in new business volume seen in the Equipment Leasing and Finance As-sociation’s Monthly Leasing and Fi-nance Index. The Outlook report and the Foundation’s Monthly Confidence Index both indicate that concerns over the European debt crisis, U.S. un-employment and regulatory and po-litical uncertainty continue to hamper growth. However, we are cautiously op-timistic that growth will pick up in the second half of 2012 and into 2013 due to improvements in the manufactur-ing and housing sectors and lower oil prices,” said William G. Sutton, CAE, President of the Foundation and Presi-dent and CEO of the Equipment Leas-ing and Finance Association.

Key findings include:• Expectations for 2012 are that

investment will grow, but at a slower rate than previous quarters. The Euro-pean crisis, the slowdown in emerging markets and regulatory and political uncertainty remain significant head-winds for 2012.

• Looking to the second half of 2012, notwithstanding an external shock, the U.S. is poised for growth driven by an improving housing market, a growing manufacturing sector and pent-up de-mand in the consumer and business sectors. Lower oil prices should also help support growth during the second half of the year. The initial projection for 2013 growth in equipment and soft-ware investment is 8 percent.

• Trends in equipment investment include:

• Agriculture equipment investment is likely to decelerate in the next three to six months.

• Computers and Software equip-ment investment should remain healthy, but is likely to slow down somewhat.

• Construction equipment invest-ment is projected to continue to grow at a strong pace as the housing market rebounds.

• Industrial equipment investment likely grew at a below-average pace in Q2 2012, but could pick up by late 2012 or early 2013.

• Medical equipment is likely to be relatively flat on a year-year basis.

• Transportation equipment invest-ment should remain solidly positive,

but is unlikely to maintain the rapid growth rates of 2011

• Credit market conditions have stabilized in the past several weeks after fears of Greece exiting the EU caused tensions to spike. The sub-sequent flight to safety by investors pushed long-term U.S. Treasury rates to all-time lows. As economic condi-tions slowly improve, demand for busi-ness loans will continue to grow, and supply constraints for large businesses should ease further. However, small businesses are reportedly having some difficulties in accessing capital. Condi-tions remain favorable for purchasing versus leasing, as the cost of borrowing is near record lows.

• The U.S. economy slowed in the first quarter of 2012 to an annualized growth rate of 1.9 percent, down from 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. Overall, the macro outlook for 2012 has not changed materially. Real GDP growth is forecast at 2.2 percent, down from the previous forecast of 2.3 per-cent, and inflation expectations dropped from 2.4 percent to 2.3 percent.

The Foundation produces the Equip-ment Leasing & Finance U.S. Econom-ic Outlook report in partnership with economics and public policy consulting

firm Keybridge Research. The annual economic forecast provides a three-to-six-month outlook for industry invest-ment with data, including a summary of investment trends in key equipment markets, credit market conditions, the U.S. macroeconomic outlook and key economic indicators. The report will continue to be updated quarterly throughout 2012.

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit or-ganization that provides vision for the equipment leasing and finance indus-try through future-focused information and research. Funded through chari-table individual and corporate dona-tions, the Foundation is the only orga-nization dedicated to future-oriented, in-depth, independent research for the leasing industry.

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“The majority of attendees came from New England, home to many of these diverse industries. They told us they found the collaboration Mfg4 provided extremely valuable,” said Debbie Holton, SME director of events and industry strategy.

Mfg4 2012 took place in Hartford, May 8-10, a conve-nient commuting location for many of the four industries showcased at the exposition and conference. Attendees were exposed to technologies and applications from near-ly 300 exhibitors, including more than 180 new products. Exhibited technologies included lean manufacturing, CNC controls, automated manufacturing and assembly, 3D imaging, cutting tools, micromanufacturing and nano-technology.

“It gave me an opportunity to see new manufacturing technology and meet local suppliers. I actually solved two nagging design issues on my current project while I was at the show,” said Brian Cigal, design engineer, Pratt and Whitney.

SME convened professionals from leading manufactur-ers in aerospace, defense, medical and energy to produce Mfg4 as a forum for cross-industry collaboration. Advi-sors included professionals from Accellent, Inc.; Ameri-can Wind Energy Association (AWEA); Biomedical En-gineering Alliance and Consortium (BEACON); Boeing Company; Bombardier Aerospace; Connecticut Center

for Advanced Technology (CCAT); CONNSTEP; General Electric Energy; Micro Engineering; Pratt & Whitney; Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems; Remmele Medical, and Sikorsky Aircraft.

More than 800 attendees attended the conference, key-note and Learning Lounge sessions, which provided oppor-tunities for attendees to meet face-to-face with suppliers for demonstrations and presentations. Keynote speakers included Neal Orringer, director of manufacturing, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manu-facturing and Industrial Base Policy; Jim Adams, deputy chief technologist, NASA; Frank Wolak, vice president, FuelCell Energy, Inc.; Gary S. Falwell, technical business development leader, Accellent; and Michael Molnar, chief manufacturing officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

“The sessions aren’t sales pitches, they are presenta-tions by people who go into detail with human interest. The group presentations are small and you can approach people afterward to get into more detail and to meet peo-ple with similar interests. That’s what I like most about it – developing relationships,” said Mark Manzoni, project engineer/technical sales, Harbec Plastics Inc.

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Mfg4 will alternate years with EASTEC, which has been at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA, since 1988, and returns there May 14-16, 2013. SME pro-duces EASTEC and Mfg4 to inform east coast manufac-turers on technologies, management strategies and new applications necessary to maintain their competitiveness in the global marketplace.

SC&RA Crane & Rigging Workshop set for September 19-21 in Louisville

More than 450 attendees from around the world are ex-pected at the Crane & Rigging Workshop to be held by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), September 19-21, at the Marriott Louisville Downtown, Louisville, KY. This year, SC&RA will commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Workshops, which are the associa-tion’s most important crane and rigging event of the year.

Opening session speaker Jim Maddux, Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Directorate of Construction, will discuss his agency’s Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard, as well as numerous pending rulings and their direct, long-range impact on the crane and rigging industry.

As always, workshop sessions will feature some of the industry’s top professionals, including, in order of appearance:

• The Evolution of Safety in the Crane and Rigging Industry — Daniel Erwin, Corporate Safety Director, Turner Bros. Crane & Rigging, will examine factors to consider in determining overall company safety, the role played by ever-changing government and industry regu-lations in the safe performance of jobs, and the neces-sity of specific qualifications and knowledge for today’s safety professionals.

• Make Transportation Your Business — Janet Kavi-noky, Executive Director, Transportation & Infrastruc-


ture, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Vice President, Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition, will describe the changing political and federal budgetary environment and what it means for maintaining, modernizing and expanding infra-structure. She also will address cur-rent efforts to pass long-term surface transportation reauthorization legis-lation.

• Are You Ready for 11/10/14? What Simply Reading OSHA’s Per-sonnel Qualification Requirements May NOT Tell You — Graham Brent, Executive Director, National Com-mission for the Certification of Crane Operators, will cover federal require-ments for the qualification of crane operators, signalers, and riggers in light of OSHA’s recently published interpretations. Options for the qual-ification of other personnel such as inspectors and lift directors will also be reviewed.

• The Four Commitments of a Win-ning Team — Mark Eaton, a former NBA All Star Center for the Utah Jazz, will deliver a keynote address that demonstrates how safety in the workplace is a lot like playing basket-ball, with each player having a spe-cific role that is critical to the success of the team. This session will show at-tendees how to turn their employees into winners by applying the concepts that create sports superstars in any business.

• Air Caster Technology Makes Loads as Light as Air — Terry Pitsch, Engineering Manager, AeroGo, will explain how air caster systems, which harness the power of compressed air, can be faster and easier than conven-tional methods when moving over-size, awkward, uneven or heavy loads up to 5,000 tons through tight spaces by eliminating the need to disassem-ble the load prior to movement.

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Cable assembly with anchorPat. 8,181,437 U.S. class 57/22 Int. class D01H 15/00Inventor: David Malcolm Glennie, Singapore, SG., Lew Kah Hoo, Singapore, SG.Assignee: Franklin Offshore International Pte. Ltd., Singa-pore, SG.

A cable assembly comprises a cable having a main body, strands, a tail and a first cable end, an anchor, and a sleeve having a bore, a first end and a second end. The first end is positioned generally adjacent to the anchor, the second end is positioned remote from the anchor, and the cable end is positioned in the bore. A cured adhesive is posi-tioned in the bore, binding the sleeve to the cable, along

with a rope insert which is positioned at least partially in the bore, wherein the cured adhesive holds at least one rope insert in a fixed position with respect to the sleeve.

Turning now to the drawings, figure 1 shows a side view of a preferred embodiment of the cable assembly 10. The cable assembly 10 includes a cable 12 having a main body 14. Preferably the cable 12 comprises a core rope

and outer ropes 19. Each rope preferably comprises a se-ries of strands 16. The construction of the core rope and the outer ropes 19 is preferably in accordance with the standards specified in ISO 10425:2003 API-9A. Each of the strands 16 can comprise steel or another suitable high strength material. Preferably the cable assembly 10 has an anchor 25. The anchor 25 can be formed as a flemish eye 24. Rope 19 of the cable is split into portions at a tail 20 and wrapped over an opposite portion of the rope. The portions are recombined with the main body 14 at a cable end 22 at a sleeve 30. Optionally an end cap 70 may be provided which is useful as an anti-fouling member dur-ing use. In a similar manner, the anchor can also comprise Figure 1: Side view of a cable assembly with a flemish eye.

Figure 2: Longitudinal cross section view taken through the sleeve showing rope inserts and a positioning ring.

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Figure 3: Cross section view of the sleeve taken through line 3-3 in figure 2. continued on next page

a second anchor 125 formed as a second flemish eye 124 at a second tail 120 and may be closed off at a second end 122 of the cable 12 using a second sleeve 130 and an op-tional second end cap 170.

Figure 2 is a cross section view of an end of flemish eye 24 at the sleeve 30 of figure 1 where the strands are recombined with the main body 14. As noted above the flemish eye 24 is formed by dividing strands of the cable at the tail 20, and wrapping or laying the strands over each other. A first end 22 of the cable is secured around

the main body of the cable inside a bore 32 of the sleeve 30. Preferably the sleeve 30 circumferentially surrounds a portion of the main body 14 of the cable 12 and a portion of the tail 20. The sleeve 30 has a first end 34 generally adjacent to the anchor 25 and a second end 36 positioned more remote from the anchor 25. The tail 20 is preferably distributed or wrapped evenly around the main body 14 of the cable to ensure a uniform load distribution.

The sleeve 30 and adhesive 40 cooperate to lock the strands 16 of the cable 12 in place. A positioning ring 60 may be provided which is preferably positioned in the bore 32. The ring 60 may extend circumferentially around the cable 12. The ring 60 acts as an alignment agent, cen-tering the cable within the bore 32. The ring 60 also al-lows the tail and main body 14 to set in the adhesive in a controlled manner during assembly. Preferably the ring is positioned near a second end 36 of the sleeve 30. Both the sleeve and the positioning ring may be made of steel or other suitable high strength material.

The adhesive 40 which is used to help hold the flem-ish eye 24 in place is preferably a composite resin or a thermosetting resin. A suitable example of an acceptable resin is sold under the name Maklock. During assembly, the adhesive is introduced into the sleeve after the flem-ish eye is formed and the sleeve is fitted around the cable. The second end 36 of the sleeve is preferably sealed us-ing plasticine or a similar material to prevent leakage. As a further advantageous step, a quantity of the resin, such as between 5 and 10% of the total volume, is prefer-ably mixed and poured into the sleeve after the sleeve is sealed. The adhesive is preferably allowed to harden be-

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fore a main pour is made to complete and strengthen the seal ensuring that there will be no leakage of the main pour. Once the resin is mixed to a preferred consistency, the resin should be poured immediately into the sleeve to ensure good penetration into interstices (gaps) of the ca-ble. Immediate pouring will ensure that the gelling stage occurs in the sleeve and not in the mixing container. Pref-erably, the adhesive is poured down the side of the sleeve to allow air to escape.

continued from previous page The cap 70 may preferably be attached to the second end 36 of the sleeve 30 remote from the flemish eye in any of a number of ways, for example, welded together, with the cable 12 extending through the cap bore 72. The cap may comprise steel or other suitable high strength material. As shown in figure 2, the shape of the cap 70 is preferably conical. That is, the first end 74 of the cap has a cross section width 78 greater than a cross section width 79 of the second end 76 of the cap 70. The purpose of the cap is two fold: to provide some extra support for the sleeve to restrict relative movement, and to act as an anti-fouling member when in use. That is, the cap helps guide external elements away from the sleeve, preventing them from catching on the sleeve. This helps to ensure smooth maneuvering of the cable assembly when in use.

In accordance with a highly advantageous feature, rope inserts 50 are positioned within the bore 32 of the sleeve 30. The rope inserts 50 preferably comprise a short length of a cable similar to the material used for cable 12. How-ever, the rope inserts 50 may use strands smaller in diam-eter than the strands 16 of cable 12. The rope inserts are shown in figure 2 as positioned within the bore circum-ferentially around the cable 12 and can preferably have a stem 52 and broom 54. Most preferably, at least one rope insert extends partially out of the adhesive and even out of the bore of the sleeve. That is, the broom 54 is exposed by a small amount (for example 1 to 2 mm) above the ad-hesive. The broom 54 can comprise part of the rope insert which is separated or unwound to increase surface area for the adhesive 40 to bind to. Preferably, the broom 54 is closer to the first end 34 of the sleeve 30 than the stem 52. The broom can comprise part of the rope insert which is

Figure 4: Cross section view of the sleeve taken through line 4-4 in figure 2.


separated or unwound to increase surface area for the ad-hesive 40 to bind to. This increased surface area is highly advantageous, especially with large cable assemblies in that the adhesive has more material to bind to, increas-ing strength of the cable assembly and helping to reduce surface cracking of the adhesive.

Figures 3-5 show cross section views of the cable in the sleeve 30, taken through figure 2. Figure 3 is taken through the broom 54 of the rope insert 50, figure 4 is taken through the stem 52 of the rope insert, and figure 5 is taken where the rope insert is not present. In figures 3 and 4, the rope inserts 50 are shown positioned spaced evenly and circumferentially around both the main body 14 of the cable 12 and part of the tail 20, in the adhesive 40. Figure 4 also shows an option where the tail 20 is par-tially unwound. Figure 5 shows the main body 14 having a cable diameter 13 which is used to calculate a preferred length 38 of the sleeve 30, as noted above. In the preferred embodiment shown in the figures, the cable 12 comprises a core rope 17 having the outer ropes 19 wrapped around the core. Various numbers of outer ropes may be used, depending upon the intended application.

Clamp, self-advancing climbing device, and method of coupling same to a tubularPat. 8,201,787 U.S. class 248/218.4 Int. class F16L 3/08Inventor: James Ingram, Aberdeen, GB., Stewart Kenyon Willis, Glasgow, GB.Assignee: ITI Scotland Limited, Glasgow, GB.

This patent discloses a self-advancing climbing device including two such clamps, and a method of coupling such a clamp to a tubular. In one embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a clamp for a tubular, in particular a thin-walled tubular such as the tower of a wind-turbine. The clamp comprises at least one clamp member in the form of a friction pad adapted to grip the tower, and at least one flexible elongate energising element in the form of a tendon adapted to exert a force on the friction pad to urge the pad to grip the tower, whereby the pad and the tendon are adapted to exert a substantially uniform radial clamp load on the tower.

Referring to figure 6, there is shown a clamp/apparatus 1 for a tubular, which in the illustrated embodiment takes the form of a thin-walled, tapered wind-turbine tower 3. The clamp 1 comprises at least one clamp member or fric-


Figure 5: Cross section view of the sleeve taken through line 5-5 in figure 2.


tion pad 9 which is adapted to grip the tower 3, and which is shown in more detail in the enlarged view of figure 7. The clamp 1 also comprises at least one flexible elongate energizing element in the form of a tendon 16, which is shown in more detail in the view of figure 8. The tendon 16 is adapted to exert a force on the friction pad 9 to urge the pad 9 to grip the tower 3, such that the friction pad 3 and the tendon 16 exert a substantially uniform radial clamp load on the tubular. The friction pad 9 thereby restrains the clamp 1 against movement relative to the tower 3 in a direction along a length thereof, enabling an external load to be supported from the tower 3 using the clamp 1.

Using the clamp 1 to exert a substantially uniform ra-dial clamp load on the tower 3 facilitates generation of a substantially uniform hoop stress in the tower. This overcomes problems associated with prior clamps and other mechanisms by avoiding or at least minimizing variations in the loading around the circumference of the tubular, thereby avoiding or reducing the likelihood of varied point-loads leading to local buckling. It will also be understood that the method herein described dramati-cally improves the performance of a clamp by applying the

maximum possible radial loads to friction pads through the application of uniform radial load, so that circularity of a thin-walled tubular structure is retained. These loads are far beyond the capability of discrete loaded pads, as currently used.

In more detail, the clamp/apparatus 1 comprises a sup-port structure 22 having a substantially rectangular low-er ring beam 2, which is assembled round the base of the tower 3, a plurality of vertical columns, uprights or corner posts 4 and a substantially rectangular upper ring beam 5. Typically the upper ring beam 5 is attached to the top of the vertical columns 4 at each corner so as to provide a rigid cuboid framework 6 that encompasses the tower 3. Each of the vertical columns 4 is connected at its top end to a first support member or rigid load arm 7, which is moved by a hydraulic cylinder 8 connected between the vertical column 4 and the arm 7, as shown in figure 7.

In the preferred embodiment illustrated in the draw-ings, the clamp 1 includes four friction pads 9 which are

located spaced equidistantly around a circumference of the tower 3. The friction pads 9 are made of a compliant natural or elastomeric friction material, such as neoprene rubber or polyurethane, bonded to a stiff but flexible sheet of metallic or composite material to which load may be applied, such as a sheet of steel, and have vertical rigid spines 10 at their center. The spines 10 are each pivotably connected at their upper ends to the lower end of a respec-tive arm 7, via a pin joint or ball-joint 24. A ball-joint is preferred over a pin-joint, as the ball joint facilitates transmission of a load on the clamp members in a direc-tion parallel to a main axis of the tubular, but substan-tially prevents transmission of radial loads to the clamp members due to the external load.

The arms 7 are in-turn pivotably attached to the ver-tical columns 4, in a manner that allows them to pivot with respect to the tower 3. By this arrangement, the load

Figure 7: Enlarged view of a clamp member and a section of a support structure, forming part of the clamp of figure 6.

Figure 8: Enlarged view of the clamp member and a energising element, forming part of the clamp of figure 6.


Figure 6: Perspective view of a clamp in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the clamp illustrated following coupling to a tubular in the form of a wind-turbine tower.


Figure 10: Perspective view of a grommet shackle in use with a wire rope sling.

Figure 9: Further enlarged view of the clamp member and energising element shown in figure 8, with certain parts shown in outline.arms 7 are coupled relative to the friction pads 9 so as to facilitate application of a positioning force on the pads 9, whereby movement of the load arm 7 brings the respec-tive friction pad 9 adjacent to and/or into contact with the surface of the tower 3. This allows the pads 9 to contact the surface of the tower 3 and to take up the taper angle, or to be vertically oriented, as appropriate.

The support structure 22 also includes a second support member or alignment arm 11 associated with each friction pad 9, each alignment arm 11 being pivotably connected to the respective vertical column 4 through a link 13, via a pivot pin 26. The arm 11 is also pivotably coupled to the pad 9 at the lower end of the spine 10 (i.e. at the end of the spine 10 opposite to the end that the load arm 7 is connected to). A second hydraulic cylinder 12 is connected between the vertical column 4 and the pivot pin 26 and thus acts to move the link 13. Accordingly, by extending or retracting the link cylinder 12, the angle between the vertical column 4 and the pad 9 can be changed to suit differing tower taper angles. The position of the pads 9 relative to the tower 3 can therefore be adjusted using a combination of the load arm 7 and the alignment arm 11, so that the clamp 1 can be adjusted to accommodate varia-tions in the circumference/diameter and taper angle of the tower 3. This therefore facilitates use of the clamp 1 with towers of different diameters, and indeed with towers that taper along their length.

As shown in figure 8, the clamp includes a plurality of tendons, and in the illustrated embodiment, includes eight tendons 16, two tendons 16 associated with each load arm 7 of the clamp 1. The tendons 16 are each ten-sioned by a respective winch 15, and two such winches 15 are mounted on each load arm 7. This arrangement allows the tendons 16 to compensate for the change in circum-ference of the tower 3. Each tendon 16 is passed from an anchor point on the load arm 7 or winch 15, and extends through ports 14 in the spine 10 of each pad 9 and back to the winch 15 on the same load arm 7. Accordingly, two tendons 16 originate and end at each load arm 7.

The tendons 16 each encircle the circumference of the tower 3 and cross over and thus overlap in a direction along a length of the tower 3, at an overlap location 38. As shown in more detail in the further enlarged view of figure 9, the pads 9 are each located between the surface of the tower 3 and the tendons 16, and the tendons over-


lap or cross at the spine 10 of the pad 9 attached to the respective load arm 7, so that the tendon 16 is in con-tact with the tower 3 or pad 9 as it passes around the full circumference of the tower 3. The tendons are typically manufactured of low friction, high performance wire rope. Sheaves 17 are provided to turn the tendon 16 from its circumferential passage to the anchor point and winch 15.

Grommet shacklePat. 8,205,922 U.S. class 294/82.11 Int. class B66C 1/34Inventor: Roger Arthur Ohman, Jr., Parrish, FL.Assignee: The Crosby Group LLC., Tulsa, OK.

This patent presents a grommet shackle having a pair of opposed parallel legs. Each of the legs includes an opening to receive a pin or bolt. A central bow extends between the pair of legs to form a jaw to receive a rope or cable. The central bow has a cylindrical cross-section including an inner cylindrical load surface toward the eye to receive the rope or cable thereon. An outer cylindrical surface of the central bow forms a hollow recess. A central brace or rib extends across the hollow recess.

Referring to the drawings in detail, figure 10 illustrates a perspective view of a grommet shackle 10 constructed in accordance with the present invention in use with and suspended from a wire rope sling 12 having a swage sleeve 18. Figure 11 illustrates a perspective view of the grommet shackle 10 in use with and suspended from a wire rope or cable grommet 14 having a sleeve connector 16. Figure 12 illustrates a perspective view of the grom-met shackle 10 in use with and suspended from a braided grommet 6 with a sleeve connector 8. The wire rope sling 12, the wire rope or cable grommet 14 are used in various types of known lifting applications (not shown). Figure 13 illustrates a perspective view of the grommet shackle 10 shown in figure 10 cut away with the cable grommet 14 also cut away to illustrate the interface between the


grommet shackle 10 and the cable grommet 14. As read-ily seen in figure 13, the circumferential inner cylindri-cal load surface 42 has a diameter D illustrated by arrow 50. Likewise, the cable grommet 14 has a diameter d of the individual ropes represented by arrows 52. The cable grommet 14 bends around and mates with the cylindrical load surface 42 of the central bow 40.

Figure 12: Perspective view of the grommet shackle shown in figure 10 in use with a braided grommet.


Automated flexible tarping systemPat. 8,205,927 U.S. class 296/98 Int. class B60J 7/04Inventor: Ronald L. Eggers, Fremont, NE.Assignee: Aero Industries, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.

An automated tarping system for open-topped containers includes a winding mechanism and an extension mecha-nism. The winding mechanism is attached to the contain-er and to a cover and exerts a winding force to retain the cover so that the top of the container remains open. The extension mechanism utilizes a drive mechanism which exerts an extension force on a cable to pivot an arm to which a cover is attached. The arm is pivotally attached to a side of the container and is connected to the cable. When the drive mechanism exerts the extension force on the cable, the arm, which is connected, pivots with respect to the container. The cover, which is connected to the arm, is then drawn across the open-top of the container to close the top of the container as the extension force exerted by the drive mechanism overcomes the winding force gener-ated by the winding mechanism.

Referring now to figures 14-16, the tarping system, gen-erally designated 50, is shown installed upon an open-topped container, receptacle, or the like 54. The container 54 is representative of any type of open-topped container 54 that may be attached to or towed by a truck or other vehicle. For illustrative purposes, the container 54 is a pivotal open-topped container of a dump truck, shown re-

Figure 13: Perspective view of the grommet shackle shown in figure 10 cut away with the wire rope grommet also cut away.

Figure 14: Perspective view of a container utilizing an embodiment of the tarping system, with the tarping system in the extended configuration.

Figure 11: Perspective view of the grommet shackle shown in figure 10 in use with a wire rope or cable grommet.

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moved from the dump truck body. The container 54 in-cludes an open top, a first sidewall 58, a second sidewall 62, a rear wall, a front wall 66, and a bottom wall 70 that together define an interior volume utilized to hold a load. Optionally, the container 54 may include rails, which are supported on the top of the sidewalls 58, 62.

The tarping system 50 is configured to extend and re-tract a flexible cover, or tarpaulin (“tarp”) 110, across the open top of the container 54. The tarp 110 can be of any known construction including, but not limited to, canvas, polyester coated with latex, or woven polyethylene. The tarp 110 is connected at one end to a winding mechanism 72 carried by a bail arm 74 and at an opposite end to one end of the container 54, as shown in figure 14. Alterna-tively, the tarp 110 is connected at one end to a winding

mechanism 72 supported on the container and at an op-posite end to a bail arm 74, as depicted in figure 16.

As illustrated in figures 14 and 15, the winding mecha-nism 72 may be located within the horizontal portion 94 of the bail arm 74. Alternatively, the winding mechanism 72 and drum may be mounted to the front wall 66 of the con-tainer 54, preferably under a shroud 114, as illustrated in figure 16. In one embodiment the winding mechanism 72 generates a retraction force that winds the tarp 110 upon a drum. Thus, the winding mechanism 72 may in-clude a drive motor or a torsion spring operable to rotate the drum as the tarping system 50 retracts the tarp 110.

The tarping system 50 includes a U-shaped bail arm 74, Figure 15: Perspective view of a container utilizing the embodiment of the tarping system illustrated in figure 14, with the tarping system in the retracted configuration.

Figure 16: Perspective view of a container utilizing a further embodiment of the tarping system, with the tarping system in the extended configuration.

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continued from previous pagewhich pivots between an extended and a retracted posi-tion. The U-shaped bail arm 74 includes side arms 78, 82, and a horizontal portion 94 that spans the width of the container 54 and is connected to the tarp 110. The base of each arm 78, 82 includes a pivot mount 86, 90 for pivotably mounting the bail arm to the vehicle or con-tainer. In certain embodiments, the pivot mount may be a corresponding retraction mechanism which pivotally se-cures the side arms 78, 82 to either the sidewalls 58, 62 or to the bottom wall 70 of the container 54. The retraction mechanisms at the pivot mounts 86, 90 may include one or more coil or torsion springs operable to pivot the bail arm 74 toward one end or the other of the container 54 to retract or extend the tarp 110. The retraction mechanisms may be used in lieu of or in addition to a winding mecha-nism 72 powered as described above. In the embodiments

disclosed herein, a single bail arm 74 is provided to ex-tend and retract the cover or tarp. Alternatively, multiple U-shaped bail arms may be provided to support the tarp 110 at intermediate positions along the length of the tarp, with the multiple bail arms configured to work in coopera-tion to extend and retract the tarp.

The side arms 78, 82 include brackets 98, 102, which connect the U-shaped bail arm 74 to a tarp extension mechanism 106. The extension mechanism 106 includes a drive mechanism which may be in the form of an en-gine, a motor, a spring, a hand crank or any other device that generates motion. In the one embodiment, the drive mechanism includes a motor 118 and an optional gearbox 120 to gear down the rotational speed of the motor. Both the motor 118 and the gearbox 120 may be supported on a wall of the container 54 such as the bottom wall 70. The extension mechanism 106 may further include a shaft 122, two shaft mounts 126, 130, two cable spools 134, 138, and two biasing mechanisms 142, 146. The gearbox 120 transfers the rotational output of the motor 118 to the shaft 122. The shaft 122 has a length approximately equal to the width of the container 54, and may be rotat-ably supported beneath the container 54 by shaft mounts 126, 130. The shaft mounts 126, 130 may each include a bearing to rotatably support the shaft 122. In the illus-trated embodiment, a single motor 118 and shaft 122 is provided. Alternatively, each side of the container may be provided with its own motor and half-shaft, provided that the action of the motors is coordinated for efficient opera-tion of the extension mechanism 106.

The cable spools 134, 138 are mounted to the ends of the shaft 122 to rotate with the shaft 122. The spools 134,

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138 may be formed from rigid materials that resist wear including, but not limited to, steel, iron, or aluminum. The spools 134, 138 can be configured in a conventional man-ner to retain a wire rope cable 174, 178 wound thereon. For example, each spool 134, 138 may include opposite flanges extending perpendicularly from the winding sur-face to retain the cable 174, 178 wound thereon, to protect the wound cable 174, 178 from the elements, and to pre-vent fouling of the cable 174, 178. It can be appreciated that the motor, gearbox and diameter of the spools may be calibrated to provide a predetermined winding rate for the cables onto the spools.

A coupling member, such as a pin, may be provided to removably mount each spool 134, 138 to the shaft 122. Alternatively, the spools may be mounted to permit free-wheel rotation in one direction and driven rotation in the opposite direction. Thus, the spools may be engaged for ro-tation with the shaft to wind the cable onto the spool, but then disengaged for free-wheel rotation when the cable is to be payed out from the spool. Alternatively, the gearbox 120 may be provided with a clutch operable to permit free-wheel rotation of the shaft, and therefore the spools, in one direction.

The biasing mechanisms 142, 146 may be in the form of idler pulley members that include a pivot plate 150, 154, a biasing member 158, 162, and a pulley wheel 166, 170. As illustrated by the exemplary idler pulley member 142 of figure 17, the pivot plate 150 is pivotally mounted to the container, such as to the container sidewall 58 at a connection point 172. The pulley wheel 166 is rotatably secured to a front portion of the biasing member 158. The

rear portion of the biasing member 158 is connected to the pivot plate 150. The biasing members 158, 162 are configured to bias the pulley wheels 166, 170 away from the cable (which is toward the rear of the container 54 in figure 14), thereby drawing slack from the cables 174, 178 while the tarp 110 is furling and unfurling. Furthermore, the idler pulley members 142, 146 are configured to pivot about the connection point 172 of the pivot plate 150, 154 in response to the position of the bail arm 74.

Underwater foundation leveling devicePat. 8,215,026 U.S. class 33/366.11 Int. class E02D 15/10Inventor: Kiyoshi Saito, Hokkaido, JP.Assignee: Kiyoshi Saito, Hokkaido, JP.

An underwater foundation leveling device is capable of preventing a slack wire connected to a support element with a plumb weight from colliding with reflectors. The reflectors are provided for measurement of a position of a leveling area, around an upper portion of the support element supporting the plumb weight for leveling riprap surface of underwater foundation. The support element is hoisted with the wire and then made fall by its own weight for leveling for the foundation surface. The reflec-tors reflect light toward a light receiving unit for a posi-tion detection for the leveling area. The device comprises, a protective element preventing the slack wire from hit-ting the reflectors, and a light passage located in a posi-tion allowing an optical path of the light reflected from the reflectors to travel toward the light receiving unit.

Figure 18 illustrates a first embodiment according to


the present invention, in which a protective element 8 is mounted above reflectors 5 which are mounted around a support element 2 having a plumb weight 1 attached to it. The protective element 8 is formed of a metal-made circular-plate-shaped member, and securely welded to the support element 2. The circular-plate-shaped member forming the protective element 8 has a diameter larger than the diameter D of a circle formed by a plurality of re-flectors 5 which are placed continuously adjacent to each other, in order to protect the reflectors 5 from collision

with a slack wire 4 as shown in figure 18 even when the slack wire 4 collides with the outer edge of the protective element 8.

Specifically, the protective element 8 has an outer edge extending outward beyond the circle formed by the con-tinuous arrangement of the plurality of reflectors 5. The outer edge of the protective element 8 is maintained in a relational position where, when the slack wire collides with the outer edge, the wire does not collide with the re-flector 5. For this reason, in the process of leveling the bot-tom of a body of water by use of the plumb weight 1, even if slack occurs in the wire 4, the slack wire 4 does not col-lide with the reflector 5, thereby damaging the reflector 5 or making the surface of the reflector 5 dirty. In addition, the protective element 8 is provided above the reflectors 5,

so that an area immediately below the protective element is fully bare without any coverage to form a light passage of the present invention. Thus, the protective element 8 does not block an optical path of the light reflected from the reflectors 5 in the position measuring process.

As a result, in the underwater foundation leveling de-vice according to the first embodiment, a position mea-surement can be correctly carried out at any times, be-cause the reflectors 5 are not damaged and not made dirty by a slack wire 4. As in the case of the protective element 8, if a protective element is formed of a plate-shaped mem-

ber, the structure of the protective element can be advan-tageously simplified and also a light passage can be easily provided in a size sufficient to pass light. The protective element 8 is formed of a circular-plate-shaped member in the first embodiment, but the protective element is not limited to a circular plate shape. As long as a protective element has an outer edge extending outward beyond the circumference of the circle created by the continuous ar-rangement of the plurality of the reflectors 5, the protec-tive element can be formed in any shape, and, for exam-ple, it may have a polygonal outer edge.

When a slack wire 4 hits the outer edge of the protec-tive element 8, a relational position where the slack wire 4 does not collide with the reflectors 5 is varied depending on the amount of slack occurring in the wire 4, a vertical position of the protective element 8, a protruding position of the outer edge of the protective element 8, that is, the diameter of the protective element 8, and the like. Hence,


Figure 21: Front view of essential components of the leveling device according to a fourt embodiment.

Figure 20: Front view of essential components of the leveling device according to a third embodiment.

Figure 19: Front view of essential components of the leveling device according to a second embodiment.

Figure 18: Front view of essential components of the leveling device according to a first embodiment.


the relational position can be achieved by adjusting other elements based on a predicted amount of slack occurring in the wire 4 during the leveling work performed by use of the underwater foundation leveling device.

Figure 19 illustrates a second embodiment, in which the underwater foundation leveling device comprises a dome-shaped protective element 9. The second embodi-ment is different in this respect from the first embodi-ment, but the structure of other components is the same as that in the first embodiment. In the second embodi-ment, a dome-shaped protective element 9 is fixedly mounted on a portion of the outer periphery of the sup-port element 2 above the reflectors 5. The outer edge of the protective element 9 extends outward beyond the cir-cle formed by continuous arrangement of the reflectors 5. The bottom side of the protective element 9, a part of which forms the outer edge of the same, is situated above the reflectors 5, so that a light passage is formed under the protective element 9.

With a structure as described, the protective element 9 does not block the optical path of reflected light when the position of the leveling area is measured. As illustrated in figure 19, even if the slack wire 4 hangs down and collides with the protective element 9, the wire 4 does not collide with the reflectors 5. As a result, the reflec-tors 5 are neither damaged nor made dirty by impact of the collision of the wire 4. In addition, the dome-shaped protective element 9 increases impact resistance, thus preventing the protective element 9 from being deformed or broken by impact of the collision of the wire 4. In the dome-shaped protective element 9, the hanging-down

portion of the wire 4 collides with an inclined portion of the protective element 9, resulting in a reduction in the force of the wire 4 acting in the direction toward the re-flectors 5. For this reason, even if a large amount of slack beyond expectation occurs in the wire 4 and the slack wire 4 collides with the reflectors 5 under the protective element 9, the impact force can be reduced to protect the reflectors 5 from fracture.

Figure 20 illustrates a third embodiment, in which a pair of plate-shaped protective members 10a, 10b are dis-posed respectively on the upper side and the lower side of the plurality of reflectors 5 and form a protective element 10. Except for the structure of the protective element 10, the underwater foundation leveling device in the third embodiment is similar to that in the first embodiment. In the protective element 10, a light passage is formed be-tween the protective members 10a, 10b. The outer edges of the respective protective members 10a, 10b extend out-ward beyond the circle which is formed by continuous ar-rangement of the reflectors 5.

Since the protective element 10 is structured as de-scribed above, when the slack wire 4 hangs down, the wire 4 collides with the outer edges of the respective protective members 10a, 10b, thus inhibiting the wire 4 from coming into collision with the reflectors 5. In particular, when a large amount of slack occurs in the wire 4, the slack wire 4 collides with the protective member 10b which is disposed

Figure 22: Front view of essential components of the leveling device according to a fifth embodiment.



on the lower side of the reflective element 5, whereby the wire 4 is inhibited from breaking or making the reflectors 5 dirty. As a result, in the underwater foundation leveling device according to the third embodiment, the reflector 5 may not possibly be damaged. It follows that an accurate position measurement can be achieved.

The third embodiment employs the pair of plate-shaped protective members 10a, 10b, but the protec-tive members 10a, 10b are not limited to a plate shape. For example, the protective members 10a, 10b may be formed in a dome shape. In particular, if the upper pro-tective member 10a is formed in a dome shape, the im-pact of the wire 4 can be reduced on the inclined surface of the dome and also the impact resistance of the protec-tive member 10a can be increased, as is the case with the second embodiment.

Figure 21 illustrates a fourth embodiment, in which a metal-made protective element 11 of a cage form is mount-ed on the support element 2 to entirely cover a plurality of reflectors 5. The structure of the other components in the fourth embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment. The protective element 11 according to the fourth embodiment comprises a ring member 11a which is secured to a portion of the outer periphery of the support element 2 above the reflectors 5, a ring member 11b which is horizontally placed below the ring member 11a and has a larger diameter than that of the ring member 11a, and a plurality of linear members 11c which vertically extend between the lower and upper ring members 11a, 11b such that the ring members 11a, 11b are coupled to each other through the linear members 11c. In addition, additional ring members 11d, 11e are placed between the ring mem-bers 11a, 11b and secured to the linear members 11c to form a cage-shaped protective element 11.

The reflectors 5 are assigned to regions between the ring members 11d, 11e and the linear members 11c such that the regions serve as light passages 12. Hence, the protec-tive element 11 does not block the optical path of the light reflected from the reflectors 5. The diameter of the ring members 11d, 11e is set to be greater than the diameter of the circle formed by the continuous arrangement of the plurality of the reflectors 5 such that both the ring mem-bers 11d, 11e are situated outside of this circle. For this reason, in the fourth embodiment, the slack wire 4 col-lides with the protective element 11 as shown in figure 21, but does not collide with the reflectors 5. It follows that the wire 4 does not become a cause of either fracture nor dirtying of the reflectors 5.

A fifth embodiment illustrated in figure 22 describes the case of the plumb weight 1, supported by a support ele-ment 13 of a frame form. The plurality of reflectors 5 is mounted on the outer periphery above the support ele-ment 13, and then a protective element 9 as is the case with the second embodiment shown in figure 19 is pro-vided above the reflectors 5.

Quick folding structure for a post unit of a tent framePat. 8,205,627 U.S. class 135/114 Int. class E04H 15/60Inventor: Nanqing Zhou, Fujian, CN.Assignee: Qyield (Xiamen) Camping Products Co., Ltd., Xia-men, Fujian, CN.

A quick folding structure for a post unit of a tent frame includes upper, middle and lower posts, an upper connec-tor, and a lower connector. The upper connector is dis-posed between the upper and middle posts and includes a


first upper connecting portion and a second upper connect-ing portion. The lower connector is disposed between the middle and lower posts and includes a first lower connect-ing portion and a second lower connecting portion. A wire rope has a first end secured to the first upper connecting portion and a second end connected to a pin. A spring and the pin are disposed in a ladder-shaped trough of the first lower connecting portion. Two ends of the spring engage with the ladder-shaped trough and a first end of the pin, respectively. A second end of the pin faces an engaging notch of the second lower connecting portion.

As shown in figures 23-26, a tent frame is composed of a number of post units. Each of the post units comprises three (upper, middle, lower) posts 1, an upper connector 2, a lower connector 3, a wire rope 4, a spring 5, and a pin 6. The upper connector 2 is disposed between the upper and middle posts 1, and comprises a first upper connecting portion 21 and a second upper connecting portion 22 to engage with each other. The lower connector 3 is disposed between the middle and lower posts 1, and comprises a first lower connecting portion 31 and a second lower con-necting portion 32 to engage with each other. The first lower connecting portion 31 is formed with a trough 33. The second lower connecting portion 32 is formed with an engaging notch 34 at an end opposite to the first connect-ing portion 31.

The wire rope 4 has a first end and a second end. The first end is secured to the first upper connecting portion

Figure 23: Exploded view of the quick folding structure.


21 and located at an outer side of the upper connector 2. The second end is connected to the pin 6. The spring 5 and the pin 6 are disposed in the trough 33 of the first lower connecting portion 31. Two ends of the spring 5 engage with the stairs of the trough 33 and one end of the pin 6, respectively. The other end of the pin 6 faces the engaging notch 34 of the second lower connecting portion 32.

Referring to figures 24-26, when the present invention is extended, the pin 6 will be urged by the spring 5 to engage with the engaging notch 34 of the second lower connect-ing portion 32, preventing the two connecting portions of the lower connector 3 from rotating with each other, while the pin 6 will pull the wire rope 4 downward such that the upper end of the wire rope 4 tightens the first up-per connecting portion 21, preventing the two connecting

portions of the upper connector 2 from rotating with each other. Thus, the extended frame is able to support the tent steadily, as shown in figure 27.

When the tent is folded, a connecting member 7 provided on the top of the tent will be pulled downward to bring the first upper connecting portion 21 to turn downward and drive the wire rope 4 such that the pin 6 connected with the lower end of the wire rope 4 compresses the spring 5 and disengages from the engaging notch 34 of the second lower connecting portion 32. The aforesaid operation is achieved by pulling downward the tope of tent to drive the

wire ropes 4 of all the post units so that each post unit is in a disengaged state. After that, the lower post 1 is folded upward and inward. This is a convenient and quick way to fold the tent.

When the tent is extended, the top of the tent will be pushed upward to extend all the posts of each post units. The pin 6 of each post unit is urged by the spring 5 to engage with the engaging notch 34 of the second lower connecting portion 32, while the wire rope 4 tightens the first upper connecting portion 21 to extend the tent se-curely, as shown in figure 24. The connecting member 7 is connected with the top of each post unit to support the whole tent. WRN

Figure 27: Schematic view showing the quick folding structure in use.

Figure 25: Enlarged view taken from circle A of figure 24.

Figure 26: Enlarged view taken from circle B of figure 24.

Figure 24: Schematic view of the quick folding structure in an extended state.


The Crosby Group is pleased to introduce the new HR-1000CT “COLD TUFF” hoist rings.

Like our standard heavy lift hoist rings, the HR-1000CT provides greater durability in potentially abusive en-vironments and is suitable for use to -50°F (-45°C).

The HR-1000CT features compo-nents that are produced with a maxi-mum hardness of 34 HRc and are zinc coated utilizing a thermal diffusion galvanizing process for improved corro-sion resistance, according to a company release. Additional features include

all load bearing components are heat treated, Quenched and Tempered® alloy steel, individually Magnetic Par-ticle inspected with certification, in-dividually Proof Tested to 2 times the Working Load Limit, and Frame 2 and larger are RFID Equipped.

To find out more about the new HR-1000CT hoist rings, contact The Crosby Group at (800) 797-4611 or visit www.thecrosbygroup.com.

Talurit AB presents: LK 40 - A cutting machine with high performance

The LK 40 hydraulic shear cutting machine is ideal for cutting wire rope in a safe and effortless way. The ma-chine is designed for efficiency and is very price worthy. According to a com-pany release, the LK 40 has a capacity to cut up to Ø 40 mm of the ordinary single layer round strand ropes, grade 1 960. The key components are made from high quality steel, which means durability and reliability.

Some of the features include:• An easy and accessible design,

which allows quick and easy insertion of wire rope. This means user friendly

and efficient operation. • An automatic switch, stopping the

motor after each cutting operation.• To start a new cutting operation,

simply press down the foot pedal.Safety for the operator has been an

important factor when designing this machine. Each side is equipped with protective rubber flaps, while still main-taining easy insertion of the wire rope.

Furthermore, the foot pedal, which controls the hydraulic unit, allows the operator the use of both hands during the entire cutting operation.

The most common model is mounted vertically on a stand. The following op-tions are also available:

• LK 40 placed on a wagon for easy cutting close to the floor.

• LK 40 mounted on a bench, giving the machine a stable base while operating.

To read more about LK 40, open a web browser to: www.talurit.com/ webbplats/af/files/tlk40.pdf.

American Halo releases its new hydraulic wire rope swager

American Halo, a domestic manu-facturer of hydraulic wire rope swager machines, announced today its new swager. Founded in 2004, American Halo sees swagers as its new way to bring value to the wire rope and cable industry.

A “swager” is a machine, as termed in the wire rope industry, that affixes end fittings onto wire rope and cable. The fit-tings can be swage sockets, flemish eye sleeves, threaded studs, oval sleeves, pin eyes, ball shanks, double balls, but-ton stops or ferrules, and choker fer-rules, to name a few. Swagers apply

forces to cold form end fittings between a set of dies, in order to “swage” or com-press the fittings onto the wire rope or cable to form a permanent termination on the wire rope or cables.

Capable of swaging fittings onto ca-bles or wire rope, American Halo swa-gers are made in USA and built for fast and safe swaging.

American Halo introduced to the mar-ket its 30 ton swager. “We feel our swag-ing tools will bring added safety and efficiency to the wire rope and cable in-dustry,” commented Justin Fetter, Vice President of Operations and founder of American Halo. “Our next swagers be-ing developed will be for larger diam-eter rope and geared toward the heavy lifting industry,” Fetter continued.

For more information about Ameri-can Halo swagers, please visit www.American-Halo.com.

Van Beest offers a complete program of wire rope and chain fittings.

The Excel® range of chain accessories is very complete; you will find every-thing you need to make a chain assem-bly in the program, according to a com-pany release. Not only in grade 8 and 10, but also in AISI 316 stainless steel.

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MSI launches new handheld, remote display

The MSI-8000 remotely controls MSI’s Dyna-Link 2 at distances up to 100 feet.

Fans of MSI’s Dyna-Link 2 Series Tension Dynamometers enthusiasti-cally welcome the MSI-8000, a full-featured remote control and display for operating the dynamometer at safe and

convenient distances.According to MSI sales representa-

tive, Kyle McKinney, “In uses like rig-ging a mobile construction crane, the Dyna-Link would likely be out of view or inaccessible. Our MSI-8000 allows users to see that weight data and con-trol the scale wirelessly, where they haven’t been able to in the past.”

Through MSI-8000’s ergonomic key-pad and bold 5-digit LCD display, users have complete control over dynamom-eter function, programmability and operation. A rechargeable bat-tery allows up to 24 hours of con-tinuous, proven RF communica-tion at distances up to 100 feet. The MSI-8000 currently syncs wirelessly with the latest genera-tion of Dyna-Link 2, the MSI-7300, with future con-nectivity plans for other MSI crane scale prod-ucts, including

the MSI-3460 and MSI-4260 models. Users in the petro-chemical, energy,

marine, aerospace, and test and mea-surement industries will appreciate MSI-8000’s heavy-duty, IP65 shock-re-

sistant housing, as well as a standard RS-232 port that allows for advanced traceability and reporting.

For additional information on the new MSI-8000 RF Remote Display and other MSI products, visit www.msis-cales.com, email [email protected], or call 206-433-0199, toll free at 1-800-874-4320 (U.S. and Canada only).

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that lead to two lifting points on the platform to move it up and down. In ad-dition, the platform is hinged to allow it to rotate up and out of the way for shooting extraordinarily tall or heavy items. Once at the desired working height, the platform’s position is me-chanically secured by locking pins in the frame rails.

The Columbia HC1100 DC Strap Hoist, rated to lift up to 1,100 pounds, moves the platform at 15 feet per min-ute, which is slow enough to allow for

continued from previous pageAdjustable height photographic platform

Classic Construction Models, Inc. (CCM), a manufacturer of brass and die-cast construction scale models located in Beaverton, OR, has long recognized high quality photographs as a key part of their sales and marketing program. But when it comes to photographing models with sizes varying from three inches to over five feet tall, getting the right angle with a shooting platform fixed at three and a half feet ranges from difficult to impossible. After work-ing around this problem for many years, CCM turned to Allied Power Products, Inc. (APPI) for help in finding a work-able solution for their situation.

After reviewing CCM’s wish list for an adjustable height platform, APPI developed a concept that incorporated vertical rails with a cantilevered plat-form that utilized one of their Colum-bia HC1100 Strap Hoists to handle the lifting. CCM developed a detailed plan for the fabricated portions of the sys-tem and had those components built and installed to their specifications.

The strap from the Columbia DC powered hoist is bridled to two wire rope assemblies which go over pulleys

minor adjustments but fast enough to quickly reposition the platform over its eight foot travel distance. The hoist is operated with a hand held push but-tom controller with an automatic brake locking the platform when the buttons are released. The hoist’s compact size keeps it out of the way, while its mount-ing location at the base of the frame al-

lows for a greater range of motion than an overhead hoist would offer. Having the hoist mounted at floor level also makes it easy to access the unit.

Wes Boyd, the 6 foot 5 inch tall lead photographer at Classic Construction Models, says the system has made his job much easier and more time effi-cient. “Rather than having to bend my-self and the camera around a model, I can push a button and move it to its best shooting position… it’s so easy to adjust the platform that I wonder how we got by without it.”

APPI has provided winches, hoists, and positioning systems to industrial, commercial, and military customers for more than 25 years. Complete information on other APPI products can be found online at www.alliedpower.com.

Oil Eater introduces drum top pad

The new Oil Eater drum top pad is specially designed to catch and absorb oil, coolants, solvents and more.

The pad fits a 55-gallon drum top perfectly with pre-cut circles for fill and

breather holes. It is made of natural plant by-products that feature woven construction.

Sample available upon request.For information, visit www.oileater.

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of University of Tokyo (1993), Presi-dent of the International Council of Science (1999), and President of Na-tional Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (2001).

To learn more about SME Honorary Membership, visit www.sme.org/hon-orarymembers.

New sales reps at Lift-ItLift-It® Manufacturing, a leading

manufacturer of quality rigging is pleased to announce that Christopher Shultz and Cody Nuss have joined the sales team as operations are expanded.

Mr. Nuss is a graduate of Monrovia High School and attended Pasadena City College, pursuing his business degree. His training for sales and pur-chasing began months ago and he cur-rently provides exemplary customer


New role for Chris Mihalik at Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon Corporation is proud to announce that Chris Mihalik has recently been named North Ameri-

can Business Development Manager - Rigging Products.

Chris has been with Columbus McK-innon for over 20 years bringing many years of experience and knowledge to his new position. Chris has held other managerial positions, most recently Eastern Regional Sales Director and National Sales Manager for rigging products.

Chris has been a member and regu-lar attendee at AWRF functions since 2001, and will continue to be the main liaison between Columbus McKinnon and AWRF.

In his new role, Chris will oversee all rigging and manual hoist sales and ini-tiatives throughout the United States and Canada.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers bestows highest honor to pioneer of General Design Theory

For more than 50 years, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa’s vision and commitment to manufacturing has led to tremendous advancement in the field for which he received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) highest recognition: Honorary Membership.

Yoshikawa, the director general of the Centre for Research and Devel-opment Strategy at the Science and Technology Agency of Japan, was honored for his many contributions in the international academic, industrial

Chris Mihalik

and government manufacturing engi-neering communities. He received the Honorary Membership at SME’s Inter-national Awards Gala during the Soci-ety’s 2012 Annual Conference on June 4, 2012 in Cleveland.

“Dr. Yoshikawa’s pioneering develop-ments have achieved international rec-ognition and implementation through-out the manufacturing community,” said LaRoux Gillespie, SME 2012 pres-ident. “SME was pleased to recognize him for the outstanding contribution he has made to our industry.”

An SME Honorary Membership is conferred upon an individual of rec-ognized ability and stature who has, by voluntary action, contributed their substantial skills and talent to ac-complish the goals of the Society. This award is one of the most prestigious honors presented by the Society and is reserved for those exhibiting profes-sional eminence among manufacturing engineers.

Most notable was Yoshikawa’s pio-neering role in general design theory, which is common through different en-gineering disciplines and is the most crucial to develop logical planning of manufacturing. Many international experts in design engineering have been using his theory to develop new applications.

Through his commitment to leader-ship, Yoshikawa proposed a unique collaborative program called “Intelli-gent Manufacturing Systems (IMS).” This program became a model for in-ternational cooperation on subjects of importance to manufacturing develop-ment for the next generation of prod-ucts. With Yoshikawa’s guidance, the program was implemented worldwide by academic institutions, corporations and government agencies.

As president of the International Institution of Production Research (CIRP), Yoshikawa led the society to develop manufacturing science re-search related to the environment and global warming, from the view point of production and usage of artificial products.

Yoshikawa received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1956 and his Doctor of Engineering in 1964 from the University of Tokyo. He is a fellow of several academic engineering acad-emies including fellow of Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic and fel-low of Royal Academy of Engineering of the United Kingdom.

His past positions include President Cody Nuss

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continued from previous pageservice. M.J. Gelskey, Sr., CEO, Lift-It comments, “ We continually receive very nice compliments on his customer service as I visit our dealers and those compliments mean much to us.”

Mr. Shultz is a graduate of Boze-man High School and will enroll in on line education pursuing his degree in business, with an option in market-ing. Christopher is being trained by his mentor, Mike Gelskey, Jr., Vice Presi-dent and General Manager. Mr. Gels-key comments, “To provide growth and as part of our succession planning we have begun the process with our third generation, not only in the office, but also in our manufacturing operations. Talent and customer service are some-thing we cultivate in our people, the Lift-It way.”

“I am very pleased with the “young li-ons” Junior has hired. You would never know these gentlemen are as young as they are given their remarkable ma-turity and outstanding work ethic. It is also very gratifying to have Chris-topher, my grandson being squired as Junior’s wing man. The future is very bright for our customers and for these young men”, Mike Gelskey, Sr., Chief Executive Officer commented.

Spider hires Brock Parslow as district sales representative – Vancouver, B.C.

Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC, welcomes Brock Parslow as District Sales Representative of its Vancouver, British Columbia operation center. In this role, Parslow is responsible for solving the suspended access and safe-ty challenges of contractors and facility owners in Western Canada.

Most recently, Parslow served as Outside Sales Representative for Treen Safety Equipment, increasing the sales of first aid and fall protection products in his B.C. and Alberta territories by over 150% during his 4 year tenure. He has a track record of increasing his cus-tomer base through exceptional focus

on customer work processes and safety goals. Parslow holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Okanagan University College.

“Brock is a welcomed addition to our strong Vancouver team, led by Operations Manager Jim Wason, a 20-year Spider veteran,” comments John Sotiroff, vice president Spider Sales and Distribution. “Brock’s impressive sales record and dedication to cus-tomer satisfaction will undoubtedly benefit contractors and facility owners as we work to deliver the most trusted and reliable suspended access solu-tions on the market.”

Denver Wire Rope and Supply announces new president

Denver Wire Rope and Supply is proud to announce the promotion of Ken Gubanich to president. Ken pre-

viously worked as territory manager and sales manager before accepting his new position. Ken will be respon-sible for operations in Denver as well as the continued financial growth of the company.

“I enjoy our industry and the friend-ships that have developed through the years. I look forward to new challeng-es and new relationships with manu-facturers and co-workers,” said Ken Gubanich.

Ken graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 1991 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Admin-istration. While attending college, Ken and wife, Robin, were re-acquainted and married after graduation. Ken and Robin enjoy playing trainer and cheer-ing for their twin son and daughter’s competitive baseball, softball, and soc-cer games. Ken’s other hobbies include big game hunting, water skiing and boating.

Correction to obituary printed in the June issue

In our last issue, we printed the (par-tial) obituary of William Hagenbuch. We were unarare of a software problem that omitted the first part of the obitu-ary until the issue was circulated. We apologize for the error and present the missing information here.

William Harbine HagenbuchAge 93 of Beavercreek, died

Thursday, May 24, 2012 at home.

Bill Hagenbuch was born October 19, 1918 in Muncie Indiana. At six he was bedridden for months with osteomyeli-tis. He occupied his mind to compen-sate, learning chess and playing with building toys. Perhaps then he devel-oped his social skills, ability to del-egate, positive attitude and eagerness to explore.

After a mid-year promotion in high school, Bill was transferred to the Blue Ridge School for Boys in Hender-sonville, North Carolina, graduating at 16. After a year at Miami Univer-sity, which he enjoyed “too thorough-ly” he transferred to M.I.T. and made the Dean’s list. At M.I.T. he earned a B.S. in 1940 and a Masters in 1941 in chemical engineering. He was active in student government, ROTC and Sigma Nu.

He first worked at Hercules Powder in Delaware, earning his pilot’s license on his lunch hours. In WWII he took radar training at Harvard and M.I.T., had a stint at flight training and then

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Edgar Danciger, a longtime resi-dent of Jacksonville, died on Sunday, April 15th, ending 94 years of a re-markable life. Reared in Riga, Lat-via, Ed was a U.S. military veteran, a lifelong sailor, and a renowned in-dustrialist. Ed cherished the United States of America because, as he said, “it provided me a home, opportunity, and freedom.” His story is unique.

Ed learned to sail on the Baltic Sea as a young man, and following his mandatory service in the Latvian army, he left his native land for work in international merchant shipping. In search of freedom and unable to speak English, Ed “jumped ship” in Boston harbor in 1939 with nei-ther money nor luggage. He initially found work as a lumberman and a dishwasher. Dissatisfied with life underground and aiming to contact his family, Ed returned to sea for the attractive compensation offered sea-men willing to serve in the Atlantic Ocean war zone. He became a chief gunner in the British merchant fleet, once evacuating British troops in the Battle of Dunkirk, as he fought off Nazi Stuka dive-bombers.

Separated from his family by the Soviet occupation of Latvia in WWII, Ed made his second voyage to the United States in 1941. His dream of citizenship now became true, as he immigrated via Cuba with the sup-port of many kind strangers. Settling in New York City, his elation was tempered by the reality he was truly alone, as his family had been deport-ed to Siberia.

An accomplished ship rigger full of ambition and wit, Ed had no dif-ficulty finding employment in the shipping industry on City Island, New York. He also pursued a formal engineering education at Pratt Insti-tute of Technology in Brooklyn, NY, before enlisting in the US Army in 1944. Trained locally at Camp Bland-ing, Ed served both overseas and in the Pentagon as a Master Sergeant

and intelligence specialist, utilizing his German and Russian language skills.

In 1947, Ed returned to civilian life in the northeast to begin his long and no-table career in the rigging, splicing and manufacturing of wire rope. By day, he worked full-time as a plant manager for Sunbury Wire Rope and later for Paulsen Wire Rope. By night he at-tended more engineering classes, both at Bucknell and the Polytechnic Insti-

tute of New York University. Ed also started a family, he raced sailboats on weekends, and he sought the American dream of owning his own business.

Convinced of the profit opportu-nity for a new building material, Pre-Stressed Concrete Strand, Ed founded the Florida Wire and Cable Company (“FWC”) in 1958, relocating to Jackson-ville with his young family to start a business in a city he believed had many strategic advantages. Ed designed and built the plant’s original manufactur-ing equipment himself. FWC was the nation’s leading manufacturer of PC Strand for more than 20 years, and Ed retired from the business in 1988 as one of the industry’s true visionaries.

Ed and his wife, Agnes, enjoyed world travel, particularly long winter stints at Man-O-War Cay in the Abaco Baha-

mas— a favorite sailing and fishing destination. Throughout his life, Ed enjoyed competitive offshore ocean sailing, skippering races in countless regattas throughout the east coast and across the Gulf of Mexico.

Ed was a longtime member of the Florida Yacht Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Storm Trysail Club, and the Cruising Club of America. He served the local community in many capacities including board work for the Jacksonville Symphony Orches-tra, Junior Achievement, Salvation Army, and Bartram School. In 2005, the Wire Association International honored Ed with the Mordica Award in recognition of his contributions to the knowledge base of the wire and cable industry. In 1987 Ed estab-lished The Edgar Danciger Endowed Scholarship fund at the University of North Florida to benefit students majoring in mechanical engineering.

Preceded in death by his parents, siblings and wife, Evelyn, Ed is sur-vived by his wife of 21 years, Agnes Ellis Danciger; son, Gary W. Danci-ger (Molly Mitchell Danciger) and their three daughters, Anna, Audrey and Kate; son, Daniel F. Danciger (Wendy) and their daughter, Taylor Danciger, and son Brendan Fusco. Ed is also survived by his stepchil-dren Margaret G. Barton (Thomas Kimbrough); Quinn R. Barton, III (Elizabeth) and their two daughters, Lily and Ella; Ellis C. Barton (Sta-cey) and their two children, Emily and Chase Evans; and David A. Bar-ton (Susanna) and their two children, Ben and Marley; and goddaughter Eva Dahlstrom.

A service to celebrate Ed’s life was held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18th, at the Unitarian Univer-salist Church of Jacksonville. In lieu of flowers, donations were requested be made to The Edgar Danciger En-dowed Scholarship, University of North Florida, 1 UNF Drive, Jack-sonville, FL 33224.

Edgar Danciger

OBITUARYEdgar Danciger, founder of Florida Wire and Cable, dies at age 94

worked in radar countermeasures at Wright Field, near the family farm in Beavercreek.

Bill’s rare mix of technical smarts and diplomacy played out across his lifetime.

In 1944 he was sent to England with the U.S. 8th Army Air Corps where he witnessed the London bombing and

liberation of Paris. While there he met American Wellesley student Grace Horner working in a civilian radar lab. After the war they married, moved to the family farm and Bill joined the family ropemaking business in Xenia. Over 40 years he rose to chief engineer and CEO of the Hooven & Allison Com-pany, where he modernized operations

to make synthetic rope. The Cordage Institute twice honored him as an in-dustry pioneer.

The Hagenbuchs adopted daugh-ters Susan, Bonnie, Christine and Kate. Bill and Grace also hosted ten exchange students and developed far-reaching friendships.

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continued from previous pageBridon boosts leadership team with three key board-level hiresInternational ropemaker appoints new CFO, MD Asia, and MD North America

International ropemaker Bridon has announced the appointment of three new Directors to its Executive Board, in-stalling heavyweight newcomers in the CFO, MD, Asia, and MD, North Amer-ica roles. The move is set to strengthen the company’s senior team as it seeks to establish a technology leadership posi-tion across its global markets.

Entering the company as Managing Director of Bridon American Corporation (BAC) is former Navy Seal Chris Dugan, who has served for the last 5 years as General Manager of Cooper Intercon-nect, a supplier of electrical products to the industrial, mining, and oil and gas sectors. While at Cooper, Dugan man-aged a global sales force and engineer-ing team and oversaw six factories in the USA and Mexico. Dugan was handpicked by Bridon for his experience growing a company with a global footprint, which will be relevant as Bridon expands in South America, as well as his experience in building the technological capacity of a major manufacturing business.

The company’s new Managing Direc-tor for Asia is Ivan Ng, who joins Bri-don from Sundyne Asia, a manufacturer of pumps and compressors for the fluid and process industries (including oil & gas, water treatment, and construction). Sundyne Asia is a United Technologies company where he served as General

Manager. Ng has held several senior regional management positions in Asia, including BD Director at Reynolds Met-als Inc. and General Manager in Schott Asia. He brings a range of experience to the role, having managed factory opera-tions and sales and marketing for the last 20 years and across a number of industrial businesses.

Bridon’s new Chief Financial Officer Graham Hardcastle comes to the com-pany after an 18 year career with Smiths Group PLC, which was followed by four years as Smith and Nephew’s CFO of Global Operations. Hardcastle has ex-tensive experience of senior finance roles, having spent 5 years as the Finance Di-rector of Smiths’ Specialty Engineering Division and 2 years as the Finance Di-rector of its Medical Division. He trained as an accountant at Arthur Young.

The new appointments will strength-en Bridon’s hand as it seeks to solidify its global technology leadership posi-

tion. Under the leadership of Chief Ex-ecutive Jon Templeman, the company is on schedule to open a state of the art factory in Newcastle, UK, that will produce the largest and most complex ropes in the world; a move that has al-ready caught the attention of global op-erators across Bridon’s key markets. It also plans to open a Technology Centre in Doncaster later this year that will significantly enhance its testing and New Product Development capabilities.

Bridon International Chief Executive Jon Templeman said:

“With the imminent launch of the Bridon Neptune Quay facility, which will produce the largest and most com-plex ropes in the world, our new Direc-tors join Bridon at a crucial time for the company. The expertise, experience and leadership that Chris, Ivan and Gra-ham will bring to our senior team will be instrumental in realizing Bridon’s vision of global technology leadership across our key markets”.

Chris Dugan Graham Hardcastle Ivan Ng

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Accutech .......................................................69

All Material Handling .................................61, 69

Allied Power Products ....................................33

American Halo ...............................................50

Associated Wire Rope & Rigging, Inc. ..11, 35, 48

Buffalo Lifting and Testing ..............................65

Cableway Technical Services ..........................77

Caldwell Company, Inc. ......................12, 26, 80

Chant Engineering Co., Inc. ......................31, 53

Chicago Hardware ..........................................28

The Crosby Group ................................2, 17, 49

Distributor Computer Systems ........................61

Downs Crane & Hoist Co., Inc. .......................63

Elite Sales ......................................................21

Engineered Lifting Tech ..................................56

Esco Corporation ...........................................18

Esmet ............................................................24

Gaylin International Co. Pte. Ltd. .....................79

Hirtzer ...........................................................56

Ken Forging, Inc. ............................................36

KWS, Inc. .......................................................55

Landmann ........................................................4

Lincoln Hoist ..................................................37

Morse-Starrett Products Co. ...........................51

My-te .............................................................52

New England Ropes .......................................62

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Peerless .........................................................27

Premier Wire Rope ...........................................5

Quality Marine ................................................16

Reel-O-Matic ..................................................32

Rud Chain, Inc. ..............................................47

Sea Catch ......................................................72

Slingmax Rigging Products ...............................3

Slinguard Protectors .......................................70

Southern Weaving Company ..........................13

Southern Wire ................................................45

Strider~Resource ............................................6

Suncor Stainless, Inc. .............................. 40-41

Talurit .............................................................15

Taylor Chain Company ...................................74

Terrier Lifting Clamps .....................................23

Van Beest BV .................................................19

Vanguard Steel, Ltd. .......................................25

Wichard, Inc. .................................................57

Windy Ridge Corporation ................................55

Wirop Industrial Co., Ltd. ................................29

Yoke Industrial Corp. ........................................9


HELP WANTEDFast growing Billings Montana industrial

supply and rigging shop seeks experienced rigger and wire rope assembler. Must be fa-miliar with all aspects of rigging shop opera-tions. Email resume to [email protected].

POSITION AVAILABLEWeb and Round Sling Dept. Manager; Arctic Wire Rope and Supply in Anchor-

age Alaska is looking for an experienced person to run a small but active sewing and round sling department.

Must be accomplished at sewing and teaching others how to fabricate multiple ply and width web slings, working with a round sling machine and adapting to ours. Must be comfortable with non-standard / custom orders.

Pay is $18-22/hr DOE, major medical, 401k with 8% company match. Winters can be cold and long, should enjoy playing in the snow if possible, no city or state tax and you get a yearly permanent dividend from the State after one year of residency. Email re-sume to [email protected].

Company: Southern Wire, a leading wholesaler/distributor of wire rope, slings, chain, and fittings is expanding sales force in other parts of the US.

We are seeking Outside Sales Territory Managers for the Northeastern and South Central areas of the US.

We offer a competitive base salary and commission program. Our excellent benefits package includes medical, dental, life, dis-ability, paid vacation, vehicle, and 401K. Please visit company website: www.hou-wire.com.

College degree preferred - Industry knowl-edge a must. Send resume in confidence to: [email protected] or Fax# 662-893-4732. *No calls please*

Wire Rope Industries, one of the leading manufacturers of premium ropes with more than 125 years of experience, is opening a regional sales rep position to support the growing business in South/Central USA. We are looking for a dynamic candidate with experience in the lifting industry and a proven ability to excel in competitive envi-ronments. Strong personality, focus, drive, and the ability to develop accounts in a fast and sustainable way are required. We offer competitive compensation, industry-leading training, and opportunities for growth. If you are interested in joining the leading innovators in the premium market, please email your resume to [email protected].

Philadelphia, PA Wire Rope & Fabrica-tion shop has inside customer sales/service position. Experience in rigging or crane in-dustries a plus. Contact us via email: [email protected] or fax: 610-687-0912.

Inside wire rope sales representative:90+ year family owned business is looking

for an experienced inside Wire Rope repre-sentative, to replace retiring veteran sales-man. Candidates must be reliable, honest, strong work ethic, and demonstrate good communication skills. Our company pro-vides excellent compensation and benefits to our team members, including Paid vacation,

holiday, and sick leave, 401K Retirement plan with matching, excellent insurance benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision, RX, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance. M-F. office hours. Drug free workplace.

Please reply to: Attention: Cherise, Ras-mussen Wire Rope and Rigging Co. Inc. 415 south Cloverdale Street, P.O. Box 81206 Se-attle, WA 98108, Phone: 206-762-3700, Fax: 206-762-5003, email: Cherise [email protected].

Company: Nelson Wire Rope CorporationDescription: Established in 1979 in Hat-

field, Pa, Nelson Wire Rope Corporation is a leader in wire rope fabrication and product distribution. We offer a wide array of prod-ucts for the lifting, towing, construction, traffic control and other industries.

Location: Hatfield, PAEmployee Type: FulltimeIndustry: Manufacturing, Wire Rope and

Sling IndustryJob Title: Outside-Inside SalesRequired Education: Industry experience,

degree preferred Required Travel: Frequent Day TripsOther: Local Candidates OnlyInterested candidates should Email re-

sume to: [email protected]. Job Duties and Responsibilities:• Aggressively identifies and contacts

prospective customers by phone and on-site visits. Ability to conduct sales presentations of company products or services while on site. Plans effective strategies to capture new business. Proven ability to generate new sales.

• Provide inside customer service and sales.

Skills and Qualifications:• Excellent customer service skills; strong

written and verbal communication skills, outgoing personality, team player.

• Effective time management, organiza-tion and multi-tasking skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.

Education and Experience: • Minimum of three (3) years experience

in an Outside sales role, and five (5) years experience in Inside Sales/Customer Service experience.

• Knowledge of wire rope, crane cable, rigging, construction or related industry.

Certified Slings & Supply, Florida’s larg-est family owned rigging, contractor and industrial supply company is seeking expe-rienced sales representatives for our Florida territories.

The suitable candidate will be aggressive and detail-oriented with experience in sell-ing overhead lifting, load securement and fall protection equipment along with other contractor supplies and have a proven suc-cessful sales history.

Our 53-year family-owned company pro-vides excellent benefits to our team mem-bers including medical insurance, holiday and vacation pay and 401(k) with company match.

If you share our core values and the ex-perience we are looking for we look forward to hearing from you. Email your resume and salary requirements to Attention Team Member Relations at [email protected] or fax to 407-260-9196.

Our Purpose: To grow through chal-lenge and opportunity ‘with passion’ while benefiting team members, customers and vendors. Our Core Values: Service, Qual-ity, Team, Commitment, Communication, Integrity, Respect. Our Mission: We will be the most trusted and respected company in rigging, overhead lifting, load securement and contractor supplies in the world. Please visit our website at www.certifiedslings.com. EOE/AA/MFDV. Drug Free Workplace – Drug testing required. Florida Locations include: Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, Tampa and Ocala

Experienced Regional Sales Manag-er wanted for KWS Inc., member of the THIELE GmbH & Co. KG.-group.

KWS Inc. is expanding in the USA and Canada markets. Candidate must have a strong understanding of overhead lifting equipment, chains, slings, hooks and acces-sories. A strong sales experience is a must. Candidate must also have basic computer skills that include Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint.

KWS Inc. offers a competitive salary, profit sharing and many other benefits. Please email resume to THIELE Germany, Mr. Enrique Bermejo, Sales Director Lifting Department, Germany; Email: [email protected].

Leading manufacturer of below the hook lifting devices seeks a mechanical engineer who has experience with designing below the hook lifters. Experience with motor-ized control systems is a plus. Excellent working environment, compensation and schedule all in a fantastic, southern coastal area! Please send resume to Tandemloc, 824 Highway 101, Havelock, NC 28532, [email protected] or call 252-463-8113.

Sales manager needed for Chicago mar-ket. Must have strong understanding of wire rope, chain, hardware. Must be able to estab-lish goals and achieve desired results. Com-puter literate, minimal travel. Salesforce knowledge a plus. Competitive salary and benefits. Reply to box 11-4, care of Wire Rope News, 511 Colonia Blvd., Colonia, NJ 07067.

Fabrication manager/customer service. Work in a family oriented business with an opportunity to earn part ownership. Need someone 35-55+ years old who started at the bottom and looking to finish at the top. Need hands on splicing experience, lifting rigging experience, test bed knowledge, able to direct small growing crew. Basic comput-er knowledge. Willing to train and mentor young employees. Top wages and benefits for the right individual. Problem solver that our customers can depend on. Honesty and integrity a must. Call Chuck Farmer, Presi-dent, Rouster Wire Rope and Rigging, Inc., 304-228-3722, in confidence.

Outside Sales Representative needed for well established family owned business in Nashville, TN. Contractors & Industrial Supply Co., Inc. founded in 1970 is a distrib-utor of wire rope, rigging hardware, chain and related industry products is expanding our sales team. The qualified individual will possess industry knowledge and the ability

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to develop new accounts and maintain ex-isting. We offer a competitive base salary plus commission and an outstanding ben-efits package. If qualified, please email your resume with salary history to [email protected].

Established wire rope distributor in North America is expanding into crane/con-tainer rope and fabrication. We are looking for an experienced individual that can assist in formulating a marketing and business plan. This position will eventually evolve to a sales manager or general manager. Fax your resume in strict confidence to 330-452-2331 attention Kris Lee or email to [email protected].

Texas Wire Rope Company expand-ing inside sales department. Individuals must have a strong technical, mechanical and basic mathematical aptitude, includ-ing basic computer knowledge. Selected candidates must be quality conscious and able to handle multiple tasks. Previous experience in the industrial supply mar-ket is necessary. We offer a drug-free, results-oriented work environment with excellent wages and advancement oppor-tunities. Resumes received confidentially at [email protected].

POSITION WANTEDWest Coast Wire Rope and Rigging is

looking to hire experienced riggers. Please send your resume to: 7777 7th Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98108, attention manager.

Experienced Wire Rope Sling (Flemish) fabricator needed. CWR Hawaii is seeking a

worker with knowledge and hands-on abil-ity to fabricate wire rope and chain assem-blies. Full-time, 401k, vacation, insurance, and other benefits. Relocationg cost can be negotiated.

If you are interested in working for our company, please email me at [email protected] or call me at 808-843-2020.

Former Division-Product Manager, Re-gional Outside Sales Manager desires southeast territory to manage and solicit accounts in the wire rope, chain, fittings, and related industries. Over 25 years experience including District Manager, Bethlehem Wire Rope, Regional Manag-er, Wire Rope Ind Product Manager, Rud Chain, Inc. Interested parties reply to M.E. (Mike) Givens [email protected], ph 256-476-7700.

REPS WANTEDSunwood Inc., manufacturer of nets,

slings, etc. since 1986, (formerly known as Fl. nets & slings supply) is expand-ing nationwide & looking for ambitious independent reps in US and Canada. Check our webiste: www.netsandslings.com before contacting us. We offer sev-eral protected territories without any restriction of house accounts. Generous commission paid when order is shipped (not when $ collected). Call 954-788-7144 or e-mail: [email protected].

Sales rep wanted for an established man-ufacturer of labels and sling tags. We are looking for a sales rep that currently calls on sling makers and rigging companies and is familiar with the business. Etiflex is a regis-

tered trademark and manufactures custom sling tags for synthetic and wire rope slings and has an excellent reputation in the field. We advertise in trade journals and exhibit at industry shows to generate brand aware-ness. Please contact us at [email protected] or call 866-ETIFLEX for information.

Manufacturer Represtentatives for Lift-ing Equipment & Accessories wanted by ALL MATERIAL HANDLING, Inc. Terri-tories are now available and supported by our 4 USA Warehouses where our highly competitive and top quality products are stocked to the roof. Partner with us as we continue to grow market share. Check us out at www.allmaterialhandling.com and reach us at 877 543-8264, or e-mail [email protected].

Well established manufacturer of wire rope assemblies seeks manufacturer repre-sentatives for most major U.S. and Cana-dian markets. Visit our web site at www.thecableconnection.com. Please contact [email protected] or call Ray at (800) 851-2961


PRODUCT LINES WANTEDMerit Sales, Inc. (Manufacturer Repre-

sentatives) is looking for rigging related lines to compliment the manufacturers we currently represent. If you need sales people in any of our states (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA) please con-tact. We also have 2 regional warehouses available in the Atlanta area & Houston. e-mail: johng@meritsalesinc. com or call Johnny at 713-664-7723.

EQUIPMENT WANTEDWanted: Used test stand for manual

hoists static testing, up to 10-tons. Contact John Gideon at [email protected] or Phone 770-266-5700.

Wanted 600t wire rope swaging press complete with dies in good order, please contact [email protected], or Tele 0064 3 366 1528.

Wanted: used wire rope cable, sizes 1-1/8”, 1”, and 7/8”. Please call for pricing. (740) 452-5770.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICESDragline range & depth extended using gravity return. Contact Nielsen by fax for details (fax) 904-342-0547

FOR SALE“Nets & slings” equipment (used) are of-

fered at bargain prices (best offer will take it): Singer- 6 Sewing machines H.D. w/benches. Kiwi- Web printing machine, com-

plete set-up. Tinius Olsen- Testing machine 60K. Call us at 954-788-7144 or e-mail: [email protected].

3/16" Campbell Chain L3x51 Links- Zinc; 3200 pieces 48" with 5/16" S Hook; 1100 pieces 15" with 5/16"x2.5" O ring; In NC. Best Offer [email protected], 800-342-9130 x 124, Andy.

New wire rope with galvanized fin-ish, 8 x19, Seale, fiber core, traction grade (1180/1770 N/mm²), right regular lay: 1/2” diameter, 14,900 lbs breaking load, .36 lbs/foot net weight, 25,000 feet; 5/8” diameter, 23,700 lbs breaking load, .58 lbs/foot, 16,489 feet. Contact Draka Elevator Products at 1-877-372-5237 for pricing.

New wire rope 1-1/8” drill line 5000 ft. 6x195 BR RR IFWV $30,000 Aud & freight. Reply to Brayd Gross, Alpha Rig-ging SErvice, 11-13 Gerberte Court, Wur-ruk, Victoria, Australia, 3850. Phone 0011+61351461088. Email: [email protected].

Crosby 7/8” G213 LPA shackles. NEW! 205 pieces available. Contact Gary Lee @ 1-800-844-3517. Fax 251-456-8860.

Impacto Cable cutters and parts available from Windy Ridge Corp. Tamworth, NH, USA. 800-639-2021. Fax 603-323-2322.

WIRE ROPE FOR SALENew Wireco: 6 X 26 construction, 7/8” X

5,700’ - 1” X 1,000’ ¾” X 3,500 – 5/8” X 3,000’ – 1-3/8” X 1,350’ – 1-3/8” X 1,500” – 7/16” X 5,000’ – 1” X 300. All New.

Also available: new assorted Esco shacl-kes. Call Tom at 541-378-7006 for pricing and details.

HARDWARE FOR SALEOverstocked inventory for sale, 1-3/8”

Shackle, WLL 13½ ton, galvanized, round pin, import. Super savings. Sold in mini-mum lots of 50 at $9 each. Eric Parkerson, Certified Slings, 407-331-6677.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALENational swage 1000 ton press. Excellent

condition, including most dies up to two inch, $110,000. Barry, Bilco Wire Rope & Supply Corp., 908-351-7800 or [email protected].

1-800 ton Esco, 1-500 ton National, 1-500 ton Esco, 1-350 Esco. 713-641-1552.

150 ton, Wirop C-type hydraulic swaging machine for sale. Brand new, with 4 sets of dies. $19,500 or B/O. Call Oscar at 909-548-2884.

Wire Rope Grips for proof test machines. Sizes: 1-1/2”, 2”, 2-1/2”. Load cells & digital read-outs also available. Call Joe Roberts (912) 964-9465.

Prooftesters for sale. Capacities from 20,000 lbs. to 3,000,000 lbs. Call Joe Roberts (912) 964-9465.


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