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- 21. Breaking News - Crosby Acquires Straightpoint
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- Dallas, Texas-based The Crosby Group LLC, the largest lifting, rigging, and material handling hardware company in the world, has completed the acquisition of Straightpoint UK (SP), a leading manufacturer ...
- Created on 21 December 2018
- 22. Arborist and Tree Felling
- (Industries)
- ... height you want to be assured the rigging lines will be able to take the weights and forces inflicted upon them. Because if a line’s tolerance is exceeded (leading to it failing and snapping), then it ...
- Created on 05 November 2018
- 23. Straightpoint Load Shackles Monitor Weight of Flying Ship
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- Pictured: Connection points (orange in colour in the photos) on the ship form the main rigging areas for the complex suspension project. Six 12t capacity and six 25t capacity load shackles were supplied ...
- Created on 13 August 2018
- 24. Straightpoint Load Cells Integral to Safe Lift of Refinery Modules
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- ... to. Further, explained Irving’s Ryan Long, the height of rigging had to be kept to a minimum due to the weight of the lifts and to avoid the need for a larger crane. The frame was designed to pin directly ...
- Created on 19 June 2018
- 25. Straightpoint Load Cell in Tree Felling Application
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- ... load limit of the company’s ropes and rigging hardware and compromising the structure of the tree in relation to dynamic forces and critical angles. Four Adaptable (or Craneva, as it is known after the ...
- Created on 19 June 2018
- 26. Crosby Straightpoint Memberships and Accreditations Explained
- (Questions)
- ... Predominantly serving the lifting, rigging, and load securement industry; the AWRF also extends its membership to associated manufacturers (such as ourselves) and distributers alike. Based and operated ...
- Created on 20 April 2018
- 27. SP Unveils CableSafe at NATE; Upgrades TIMH
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- ... is not compromised. Monitoring these loads ensures the forces introduced do not exceed certain limits, which serves as an additional safety measure in real world scenarios that may vary from rigging plans.” ...
- Created on 20 February 2018
- 28. Custom Loadcell Design & Manufacture Process
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- Straightpoint is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom loadcells for lifting, rigging and heavy industry. Since 1977 we have developed data, knowledge and systems to ensure that all SP custom ...
- Created on 15 February 2018
- 29. Seattle Firm Keeps SP Loadshackle Busy
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- ... and loose rigging gear, including wire rope and other below-the-hook equipment. Its customers are principally concerned with meeting the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
- Created on 17 January 2018
- 30. SC&RA Conference
- (Events)
- ... gala, the renowned Job of the Year competitions, safety awards and a Products Fair. Crane & Rigging Workshop The Workshop, conducted yearly in September, is THE crane and rigging event ...
- Created on 05 December 2017
- 31. LGH Supplies SP Load Cells for Turbine Pump Project
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- ... of the pump centered, preventing it from tipping over.” Dan Tobin, heavy rigging and lifting OSR at LGH, explained that two major complications on the project were caused by this offset center of gravity ...
- Created on 04 December 2017
- 32. SP Compression Load Cell Performs BOP Clamp Load Test
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- ... therefore eliminated and pointed to the product’s versatility in heavy lift, energy, defence, rigging, shipping and other Middle Eastern marketplaces. He concluded: “We were happy with the performance ...
- Created on 06 November 2017
- 33. SP Loadshackle Supports Research at Tree Climbing Championship
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- ... in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, explained that the loadshackle was installed between the haul rope and the rigging hub. The ascent lines are ...
- Created on 10 October 2017
- 34. How much does a load cell cost
- (Uncategorised)
- ... hooks bend under load, casings crack, poor electronics and accuracy that is at best ‘a guess’. When you are buying rigging gear such as a shackle or a sling you would always purchase the safest and best ...
- Created on 01 September 2017
- 35. Wireless v Cabled Loadcells
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- ... load cells at one time. Safety critical applications are usually cabled systems. For example, an entertainment rigging set up with loads transferred above the heads of performers. In this case it is ...
- Created on 30 August 2017
- 36. Loadshackle Monitors Sewer Pump Station Cylinder Removal
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- Loadshackle Monitors Sewer Pump Station Cylinder Removal Dynamic Rigging Hire (DRH) supplied a 25t Wireless Loadshackle from Straightpoint and other rigging gear for removal of a large hydraulic cylinder ...
- Created on 30 August 2017
- 37. What are the differences between Loadshackles and Dynamometers
- (Questions)
- ... gives you a one-piece measuring device and especially for heavier capacities this may offer easier handling. A simple swap to load monitoring In a rigging setup, it is easy to swap standard shackles for ...
- Created on 24 August 2017
- 38. Straightpoint Welcomes Euro-Lift as Distributor in Russia
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- ... growth strategy is partnerships with lifting-centric businesses across the world. A commonality of these distributors is their portfolios of equipment from leading manufacturers of hoists, rigging gear ...
- Created on 12 July 2017
- 39. Load Shackle Serves Port, Returns for Inspection
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- Dynamic Rigging Hire (DRH) supplied a 25t Wireless Loadshackle and a 20t girder trolley, which combined with a 16t air hoist, for remediation work beneath a fuel terminal jetty at Port Bonython in South ...
- Created on 12 June 2017
- 40. Straightpoint Load Cells Integral to Onboard Crane Load Tests
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- Anchor Industries used water bags in addition to a variety of force measurement and rigging equipment to complete load tests on a Liebherr crane aboard a vessel in Cape Town Harbour, South Africa recently. ...
- Created on 06 April 2017