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The final flight of the Space Shuttle

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Contents Features The last – and first – of the space shuttles makes a final “flight” and lift into history . .......... 8

The Enterprise had to be transported from the JFK Airport to its new home on the USS Intrepid. Bay Crane called I&I Sling/Slingmax® to make it happen.

The wonders of wire rope .................................... 12 Circulation Director Patricia Bluvias

Holy cow, Batman. Was preformed wire rope really promoted through comic books?

The challenges and importance of keeping wire ropes safe .................................... 20 Graphics & Layout Don Tywoniw - 2D Graphics Website: www.wireropenews.com

Materials-handling: practices.

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Here comes OSHA! … with a new set of regulations designed for you .......................... 30

How fabricators can use the latest regulations for slings and shackles to their advantage.

2013 Suppliers Directory information ................. 41

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In June 2012, Bay Crane used Twin-Path® High Performance Roundslings produced by I&I Slingmax® to lift NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise onto the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The museum is docked on the Hudson River in New York City. (AP photo).

See article, page 8.

Departments Advertiser’s Index . .....................................................71 Steel Industry News ...................................................36 The Inventor’s Corner . ...............................................52 New Products .............................................................66 People in the News ....................................................68 Classified ....................................................................72 Wire Rope News & Sling Technology December 2012

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The last – and first – of the space shuttles makes a final “flight” and lift into history

By Peter Hildebrandt

The Space Shuttle “Enterprise” made U.S. history as the first space shuttle prototype. Now it was sitting at the JFK Airport waiting to be lifted and ferried to its final home. I&I Sling/Slingmax® had just two days to get its slings ready and transport them to the site.

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hen NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise came on the scene 38 years ago this September, it represented the future of space travel. The space program was evolving into much more than landing a man on the moon.

Just 22 years ago, I&I Sling started revolutionizing the rigging industry with the Slingmax® line of products.

In June of 2012 the two organizations came together when I&I Sling Inc./ Slingmax® Rigging Solutions helped lift a piece of history onto its final resting place. The Space Shuttle Enterprise, NASA’s original shuttle, was lifted onto the deck of the retired

USS Intrepid. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is a docked museum along the Hudson River in New York City. It also features other aircraft including the Concord.

I&I Sling/Slingmax® came into the picture through a valued customer and the need for quality rigging equipment.

Bay Crane owner Ken Bernardo called Jim Harkins of I&I Sling to inquire about Twin-Path® High Performance Roundslings. Ken explained to Jim his needs and time frame in which he was working. Ken needed the slings on site in two days to make the lift. Jim called I&I Sling’s Norwood, MA branch manager Scott Woodward to discuss Bay

With care and precision, Bay Crane lifted the Space Shuttle Enterprise from a specialized transport trailer at JFK Airport. (AP photo)

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Crane’s needs and whether or not it could be done.

“Once I heard what was needed and what we had to do, my response was a resounding ‘Yes!’,” explains Woodward.

“We had an opportunity to not only help one of our valued customers, but also to become part of history.”

I&I Sling was tasked to make four TPXCF® (Twin-Path® High Performance Roundslings) for this lift in only two days, during an extremely busy time of year. “Our fabrication department was pushed to the limit, but this is what we do. Work a little later, work a little faster, and get the job done. We live by the mantra QIST: Quality-Innovation-Service-Training.”

Once the slings were made Jim Harkins came from Connecticut and picked the slings up in the Norwood, MA shop. He then quickly delivered them to the JFK airport. There NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise sat, ready to be transported to its new resting place on the USS Intrepid.

A Spaceship that Couldn’t Fly in Space As valuable as the Enterprise was to the space program, it never flew in space. Built in 1976, the craft was the first Space Shuttle prototype. (Although its intended name was Constitution, a letterwriting campaign by “Trekkies” to President Gerald Ford is said to be the reason that NASA officials named the aircraft for the Star Trek show’s spaceship.)

The Enterprise was designed with no engines and no heat shield. With the exception of a few sample thermal tiles and some Nomex blankets, its “thermal protection system” consisted of simulated tiles made from continued on page 10

A close-up view of the rigging used to transport the Space Shuttle Enterprise with Twin-Path速 High Performance Roundslings. (AP photo)

continued from page 8 polyurethane foam. Yet, as a test vehicle it played a major role in the success of the space program.

At one point, after the Columbia and Challenger disasters, NASA had considered retrofitting the Enterprise for use in space, but determined that it would be too costly. Instead, the craft was used for various ground and flight tests across the country, including Rockwell International’s plant in Palmdale, California, Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, and finally Kennedy Space Center.

By 1979 the Enterprise was ready for retirement, and after being sent to various facilities to be viewed by the public, it “landed” in the Smithsonian’s hangar at Washington Dulles International Airport. It was from here that the Enterprise was flown piggy-back on a 737 to the JFK Airport.

The aircraft was stored at Hangar 12 for almost a month, awaiting the move to its final resting place.

Lifting the Craft with the Greatest of Ease When Jim Harkins arrived at JFK he delivered the slings to Bay Crane’s personnel and gave them a brief training refresher on the slings. The TPXCF® slings with the Rifled The Space Shuttle Enterprise is lifted onto the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the Hudson River in New York City. (AP photo)

Bay Crane loads NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise onto Weeks Marine’s barge at the JFK Airport using I&I Slingmax® TPXCF® 15,000x35’.

(AP photo)

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Cover™ technology, K-Spec® fiber, Covermax® cover and Check-Fast® inspection system have been used by Bay Crane before, but with a lift of this magnitude he wanted to be sure all the bases were covered. Bay Crane lifted the shuttle from a specialized transport trailer onto a waiting Weeks Marine barge. Weeks Marine then transported the shuttle to the Intrepid Museum location.

On June 6th the Shuttle Enterprise started its final journey into history. As it traveled up the Hudson River it passed by other historic sites. The Statue of Liberty got a glimpse of the Enterprise as well as many onlookers who had positioned themselves along the route. As the Enterprise neared the site of The World Trade Center the barge slowed down to pay respects to the men and women who perished in the 9/11 attacks.

After the Enterprise arrived at the Intrepid site, Weeks Marine used a barge mounted crane to lift the Enterprise onto the deck of the Intrepid. The process was a slow and methodical one; it had to be done that way to ensure everything went as planned. Once the aircraft was atop the flight deck of the Intrepid, crews went to work to secure the shuttle to its new home and transform it into a pavilion. On August 30, 2012, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum announced the opening of the Space Shuttle Pavilion.

I&I Sling Inc. headquartered in Aston, PA has six full service rigging shops strategically located along the East Coast.

I&I Sling is the number one Slingmax® dealer in the United States. The Greensboro, NC facility manufactures the KSpec® fiber used in the slings and distributes it to all of the Slingmax® dealers. The Slingmax® organization has 37 fabricating companies with 44 fabricating locations worldwide, capable of fabricating rigging solutions across the globe.

Just as the space program has grown and evolved, so has the use of rigging gear. Slingmax® Rigging Solutions, started by Dennis St. Germain Sr. in 1986, has revolutionized the way people view and use rigging products around the world.

I&I Sing celebrated its 49th anniversary in September 2012, and like the space program it will continue to “boldly go where no man has gone before.”

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The wonders of wire rope

By Don Sayenga

Leapin lizards, ya gotta be kiddin me! One of the most unique elements of the Preformed Wire Rope Information Bureau’s publicity efforts was a comic book “The Wonders of Wire Rope”. This gem was a sign of the times. During the decade between the start of the Great Depression in 1929 and the start of World War Two, a new form of literature appeared. The superhero comic book arrived at the same time the Briggs patent was granted to ACCO.

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n October 2012, I gave a presentation at Washington DC to the Associated Wire Rope Fabricators, summarizing the famous Briggs patent

case decided by the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in October 1952. During the presentation I casually mentioned how the dramatic decision by

Cover of the 1947 Comic Book produced by Educational Comics Inc. of New York City for the Preformed Wire Rope Information Bureau, Chicago, Illinois.

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the Circuit Court brought the efforts of the Preformed Wire Rope Information Bureau to a screeching halt. I feel the activities of the PWRIB deserve more recognition. They form an important part of American wire rope history.

There are very few people still alive who remember the Bureau. Even fewer recall their clever publicity campaigns which began in the late 1930s.

Between 1922 and 1936 the American Cable Co. of Bridgeport CT went into the wire rope business in a big way. American Cable (better known as ACCO) tackled some major projects such as the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, but they are primarily famous for their TruLay brand of preformed wire rope which was sold at a 25% premium over conventional wire rope of the same construction. ACCO owned the patents (known as the Conner patents and the Briggs patent) which gave them total control over all preformed wire rope everywhere.

Realizing they had a winner, ACCO approached all other ropemakers in the rest of the world offering a license that covered the article, the method, and the machinery. TruLay preformed wire rope was so superior, competitors jumped at the chance to sell product at a premium in exchange for a 5% royalty for ACCO. One of the strict license agreement terms mandated a fixed price structure which ACCO vigorously enforced. As of February 1936, ACCO listed 22 licensees in the U.S. and Canada, 10 in Germany, 8 in the British Isles, and one each in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hungary, Rumania, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia.

Why did ACCO need the Bureau?

Today, when preformed wire rope has become so commonplace in all parts of the globe, it is difficult for us to believe many people refused to buy it in the 1930s. The main reason for their refusals, of course, was the cost. America continued on page 14

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continued from page 12 was trying to emerge from the economic chaos of the Great Depression. Wire rope service records were almost nonexistent. Ordinary rope was treated like motor oil, a disposable commodity to be used as long as possible and then discarded.

It takes strategy and courage to sell something at a 25% premium but ACCO was equal to the task. First, they urged licensees to come up with their own trade names for the preformed version of their wire rope in support of ACCO’s own marketing methods. They had entered the business by acquiring small rope factories with regional identities such as Upson Walton but as they prospered and expanded they bought out Hazard Wire Rope in 1930, one of the oldest companies in the nationwide wire rope business. To sustain existing trademarks and promotions, instead of TruLay they used LaySet for Hazard’s preformed ropes and LayRite for Upson Walton’s preformed ropes.

The licensees adopted a variety of trade names. Bullivant’s name was PreLay, Broderick & Bascom called it FlexSet, Williamsport chose FormSet, etc. To provide support for their license holders, the Preformed Wire Rope Information Bureau, which was located at 520 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, launched a two-prong publicity and market research campaign. The Bureau’s first step was a sequence of advertising and promotional literature targeting the objections to preforming as reported by the licensees and AC-

L. E. Wilson, a logging superintendent from Flagstaff, Arizona was one of the real people who were depicted on the covers of the promotional booklets.

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CO’s own sales force.

Bureau Literature It would be edifying for future generations if the Arthur Lakes Library at Golden, Colorado had a complete collection of the educational booklets known as “Speaking of Preformed”.

Those items were created by the Bureau between the 1936 Briggs patent award and the patent dispute of 195052. A few may survive in private collections but most of them already have disappeared. ACCO went out of the wire rope business in 1972 by selling its assets to Bridon-American. There was little reason to retain any files documenting the Bureau’s creativity because preformed wire rope already had been universally adopted for more than a decade.

“Speaking of Preformed” booklets were brand name neutral. “TruLay” was never mentioned. The outside back cover always had an imprintable empty space where licensees could insert their own identity and trade names.

Many of the covers featured photos of real people doing real work, adding to the authenticity of the sales pitch. The aim was to provide licensees with highquality authentic-looking handouts.

Most of the content inside the booklets was duplicated text and images from magazine placements.

The Bureau hooked up with the efforts of McGraw-Hill Publishing Com-

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pany of New York, the largest purveyor of industry-specific magazines. Favorable articles written in lingo implementing terminology derived from actual workplace situations barraged buyers everywhere. The list of magazines where articles and ads appeared is quite impressive. Starting with McGraw-Hill’s generic flagship Engineering News Record the campaign included placements in focus periodicals such as: Construction, Drilling, Excavating Engineer, Industry & Power, Mill & Factory, Oil & Gas Journal, Pit & Quarry, Purchasing, Roads & Streets, Safety Engineering, Steel, and West Coast Lumberman.

The basic aim of all the articles was to present testimonials which would tend to demolish buyer resistance.

For example, an article in Contractors & Engineers Monthly describing the 1946 enlargement of the San Francisco Airport included a direct quote from Morrison-Knudsen’s master mechanic Lex Hobson: “It is simply so far ahead of non-preformed wire rope in service and all-around economy that I believe it would be bad business to use anything else”.

Market Analysis in 1942 During World War II everything was in short supply in America including paper, ink, and wire rope. The verb “economize” became part of daily concontinued on page 16

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continued from page 14 versation. Wire rope factory production was placed under government controls, limiting options for wire rope salesmen. The Bureau seized an opportunity during the year after Pearl Harbor to get input for evaluating the success of their campaign. Using a database extracted from McGraw Hill’s magazine mailing lists, 4000 copies of a nine point questionnaire were sent to magazine readers. 687 responses were received, making it a good sample.

The first four questions related to wire rope economy in general but the last five were more directly targeted: 5. What is preformed wire rope?

6. Are you using it?

7. If so what advantages do you find in preformed wire rope?

8. Have your employees ever suffered puncture wounds ...from worn ropes...?

9. How would you suggest this hazard be eliminated?

The Bureau notified licensees the answers given for Questions 5 and 6

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showed approximately 25% of the users didn’t know about preforming.

They concluded “The job of telling wire rope users what preformed wire rope is, is not finished. Of course there will always be a degree of ignorance regarding any product and thereby the need for continually hammering away with the story, but these are not normal times .. We not only have to continue telling, we have to continue selling.”

The last two queries were tied into another broad-based survey of people who were actually using preformed wire rope. Two thirds of more than 8000 respondents said they liked preformed wire rope because it provides “easier handling” and “lasts longer”.

More than half of them emphasized it was “less likely to kink” and it “spools on a drum better”. The fifth most popular benefit identified by 47% of users was safety in handling.

Advertisements by-passing the purchasing agent to motivate workmen on the job were rare in the days before OSHA. The fact that broken crown wires of non-preformed ropes easily injured the hands of laborers was considered a fact of life prior to 1922, but preforming changed that attitude. For example, in 1938, Hazard advertised its LaySet with these words: “Broken outer wires are vicious enemies... perhaps wire rope’s most dangerous expression of what is sometimes called its enmity toward man... preforming eliminates the tendency for the wires to spring out of place... they do not wicker out to tear the hands of the men who handle them.”

A Wire Rope Comic Book ?

Leapin lizards, ya gotta be kiddin me! One of the most unique elements of the Bureau’s publicity efforts was a comic book “The Wonders of Wire Rope”. This gem was a sign of the times. During the decade between the start of the Great Depression in 1929 and the start of World War Two, a new form of literature appeared. The superhero comic book arrived at the same time the Briggs patent was granted to ACCO. Newspapers, particularly Sunday editions, had been printing comic strips for many years. The illustrated panels of the strips told a story, usually humorous, by means of standard characters like Little Orphan Annie and The Gumps whose dialog appeared in balloons. In 1932, the Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin, brought into the world something new called a Big Little Book. These were continued on page 18

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continued from page 16 chubby tomes designed with a single comic strip panel facing a page of large print text.

All over America, children (and I’m one of them) learned to read from Big Little Books which were much more interesting than the primers used in elementary schools.

Unlike newspapers aimed at adults, Big Little Books, followed by the superhero comic books, were incredibly popular with children everywhere, and soon Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman and Captain America became a permanent part of our American culture.

Such was the literary milieu when the Bureau came out with a comic book in 1947 introducing Mr. and Mrs. Hale and their children Nancy and Jimmy.

The lowbrow pitch was aimed at “what is going on behind the scenes in the making and building of things you see and use in everyday life”. Emphasizing “many machines wouldn’t work without wire rope” Mr. Hale takes his family on an automobile cross-country vacation trip. Their journey is depicted in 100 panels as they pause en route at numerous job sites and industrial plants including a wire rope mill where a friendly Mr. Bill Jackson shows them the conversion from raw material to finished product.

Holy Roller. Batman, did they really expect little Jimmy Hale to comprehend the difference between a quill preforming head and a roller preforming head? No, the text and drawings depict recognizable scenes and machines, although the opening episode, where Jimmy’s life is saved by a shovel operator seems farfetched. Trade names and technical explanations are notably absent, but the ballooned text forcefully implanted the rudimentary idea that “preformed is the best kind of wire rope there is!” Sock! A younger generation gets the message!

The End of an Era Everything began to change in March 1948 when the Supreme Court condemned all price fixing arrangements, between patentees and licensees, as violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Cease and desist orders were issued by the Federal Trade Commission. ACCO wrote to all the licensees eliminating the illegal provisions from the agreements. But one of them, while continuing to use the invention, refused to make any further royalty payments.

ACCO took him to court but lost the case when the Briggs patent was declared invalid.

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A typical preformed wire rope magazine advertisement from 1947.

One by one the other companies terminated their agreements and raised the price of their non-preformed wire rope to be the same as preformed wire rope. When the price differential had totally disappeared in the mid-1950s, the Preformed Wire Rope Information Bureau closed its doors and also disappeared. By 1976, forty years after the Briggs patent was granted, the U S Navy Sea Systems Command was able to assert all wire rope in the USA was being purchased as preformed with sole exceptions of some elevator ropes and cable tool drill lines.

Conclusion From time to time one of the 1940s ads placed by the Bureau comes up for sale on eBay but if you search on Yahoo or Google for the Preformed Wire Rope Information Bureau you’ll come up

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dry. In contrast, Big Little Books have their own website and are auctioned all the time at good prices. A dedicated volunteer group called GCD has been attempting to finish a comprehensive encyclopedia of every single comic book ever published (including The Wonders of Wire Rope). For more information, refer to their index at this link: www. comics.org. If you have any of the Bureau literature you would like to pass onward to posterity, contact Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden CO. WRN

Donald Sayenga, AWRF Historian, would like to thank many people who helped with the research for this essay including: Frank Samsel, Tom Secules, Jack Barclay, Jack Hilsher, Charlie Layton, Steve Fox, and Barry Epperson.

The challenges and importance of keeping wire ropes safe

By Peter Hildebrandt

The ability to handle materials – to move them from one location to another, whether during transit or at the worksite – is vital to all segments of industry. Materials must be moved, for example, for industry to manufacture, sell, and utilize products. In short, without materials-handling capability, industry would cease to exist.

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as muscle pulls, strains, and sprains.

In addition, many loads are too heavy and bulky to be safely moved manually. Various types of equipment, therefore, have been designed specifically to aid in the movement of materials: cranes, derricks, hoists, powered industrial trucks, and conveyors.

Because cranes, derricks, and hoists rely upon slings to hold their suspended loads, slings are the most commonly used materials handling apparatus.

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o varying degrees, all employees in numerous workplaces take part in materials handling.

Consequently, some employees are injured. In fact, the mishandling of materials is one of the chief causes of accidents and injuries in the workplace.

The vast majority of these accidents and injuries, as well as the hurt and loss of salary and output that often result, can be readily avoided.

Whenever possible, mechanical means should be used to move materials to avoid employee injuries such

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ating sling safety as well as go with their gut when selecting and utilizing slings. Slings need to be chosen based on what they’ll be used for in the work setting as well as for size and type of load and physical conditions in the workplace. Prior to work operations all sling equipment should be visually inspected to guarantee efficacy.

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Operators can look for causes and seek corrections whenever a hazard or risks exist. That operator should assist with coworkers and supervisors and become a leader in carrying out safety measures-not merely for the good of the equipment and the production schedule but, more importantly, for the safety of everyone concerned.

Sling Types Wire rope slings are only as strong or weak as the material of which it is constructed.

These typically include: chain, wire rope, metal mesh, natural fiber rope, synthetic fiber rope, or synthetic web.

In general, use and inspection procedures tend to place these slings into three groups: chain, wire rope and mesh, and fiber rope web. Each type has its own particular advantages and disadvantages. Factors to consider when choosing the best sling for the job include the size, weight, shape, temperature, and sensitivity of the material to be moved, as well as

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the environmental conditions under which the sling will be used.

Chains Chains are regularly used due to their strength and ability to adapt to the shape of the load. Care should be taken, however, when using alloy chain slings because sudden shocks will damage alloy chain slings. Misuse of chain slings could damage the sling, resulting in sling failure and possible injury to an employee.

Chain slings are the best for the hauling of extremely hot substances, obviously, able to withstand temperatures of nearly a thousand degrees Fahrenheit. As OSHA points out when alloy chain slings are consistently exposed to service temperatures in excess of 600° Fahrenheit (316° centigrade), operators must reduce the working load limits in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

As already mentioned, all sling types must be visually inspected prior to use. When inspecting alloy steel chain slings, OSHA guidelines suggest paying special attention to any stretching, wear in excess of the allowances made by the manufacturer, and nicks and gouges. These signs indicate that the

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sling may be unsafe and they must be removed from service.

Wire Rope Wire rope is composed of individual wires that have been twisted to form strands. Strands are then twisted to form a wire rope. When wire rope has a fiber core, it is usually more flexible but is less resistant to environmental damage. Conversely, a core that is made of a wire rope strand tends to have greater strength and is more resistant to heat damage.

Wire rope may be further defined by the lay. The lay of a wire rope describes the direction the wires and strands are twisted during the construction of the rope. Most wire rope is right lay, regular lay-which means that the strands pass from left to right across the rope and the wires in the rope are laid opposite in direction to the lay of the strands. This type of rope has the widest range of applications.

Lang lay (where the wires are twisted in the same direction as the strands) is recommended for many excavating, construction, and mining applications, including draglines, hoist lines, dredgelines, and other continued on page 24

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Lang lay ropes are more flexible and have greater wearing surface per wire than regular lay ropes. In addition, since the outside wires in lang lay rope lie at an angle to the rope axis, internal stress due to bending over sheaves and drums is reduced causing lang lay ropes to be more resistant to bending fatigue.

A left lay rope is one in which the strands form a left-hand helix similar to the threads of a left-hand screw

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thread. Left lay rope has its greatest usage in oil fields on rod and tubing lines, blast hole rigs, and spudders where rotation of right lay would loosen couplings. The rotation of a left lay rope tightens a standard coupling.

When selecting a wire rope sling to give the best service, there are four characteristics to consider: strength, ability to bend without distortion, ability to withstand abrasive wear, and ability to withstand abuse.

Strength of a wire rope is a function of its size, grade, and construction.

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The wire rope must be adequate to hold the applied maximum load. The highest load limit is determined by means of an appropriate multiplier, according to OSHA. This multiplier is the number by which the ultimate strength of a wire rope is divided to determine the working load limit. Thus, a wire rope sling with a strength of 10,000 pounds (4,545 kilograms) and a total working load of 2,000 pounds (909 kilograms) has a design factor (multiplier) of five.

New wire rope slings have a design factor of 5. As a sling suffers from the rigors of continued service, however, both the design factor and the sling’s ultimate strength are proportionately reduced. If a sling is loaded beyond its ultimate strength, it will fail. So, older slings must be more rigorously inspected to ensure that rope conditions adversely affecting the strength of the sling are considered in determining if a wire rope sling should be allowed to continue in service.

Wire rope must have the ability to withstand repeated bending without the wires failing from fatigue. Fatigue failure of the wires in a wire rope is the result of the development of small cracks from repeated applications of bending loads. It occurs when ropes make small radius bends. The best means of preventing fatigue failure of wire rope slings is to use blocking or padding to increase the radius of bend.

Ability of a wire rope to withstand abrasion is determined by the size, number of wires, and construction of the rope. Smaller wires which bend easier, offering greater flexibility also cannot handle abrasive wear as good as the larger wires; less flexible ropes are better able to withstand abrasion than are the smaller wires of more flexible ropes.

According to OSHA, “All other factors being equal, misuse or abuse of wire rope will cause a wire rope sling to become unsafe long before any other factor. Abusing a wire rope sling can cause serious structural damage to the wire rope, such as kinking or bird caging, which reduces the strength of the wire rope. (In bird caging, the wire rope strands are forcibly untwisted and become spread outward.) So, to prolong the life of the sling and protect the lives of employees, the manufacturer’s suggestion for safe and proper use of wire rope slings must be strictly adhered to.”

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continued from page 24 ing), abrasion, corrosion, sling design, materials handled, environmental conditions, and history of previous usage all affect wire rope life span.

Also, the weight, size, and shape of the loads to be handled also affect the service life of a wire rope sling.

Flexibility also is a factor. Generally, more flexible ropes are selected when smaller radius bending is required.

Less flexible ropes should be used when the rope must move through or over abrasive materials.

OSHA recommends wire rope slings must be visually inspected before each day’s use. The operator should check the twists or lay of the sling.

If ten randomly distributed wires in one lay are broken, or five wires in one strand of a rope lay are damaged, the sling must not be used. It is not sufficient, however, to check only the condition of the wire rope. End fittings and other components should also be inspected for any damage that could make the sling unsafe.

All workers should participate in a safety awareness program as well.

Each operator should keep a close watch on those slings he or she is using. If any accident involving the

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movement of materials occurs, the operator should immediately shut down the equipment and report the accident to a supervisor. The cause of the accident should be determined and corrected before resuming operations.

Despite lubrication done by the manufacturer wire rope also must be lubricated “in the field” to increase the sling’s useful service life. This depends on the conditions under which the sling is used. The heavier the loads, the greater the number of bends, or the more adverse the conditions under which the sling operates, the more frequently lubrication is required.

Wire rope slings should be stored in a well-ventilated, dry building or shed, suggests OSHA. To avoid corrosion and rust, never store wire rope slings on the ground or allow them to be continuously exposed to the elements. And, if it is necessary to store wire rope slings outside, make sure that they are set off the ground and protected. It is a good idea to use the sling several times a week, even with light loads. OSHA reports that frequently or continuously used slings give useful service far longer than idle ones.

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erations, according to NDT Technologies, Inc. South Windsor, Connecticut.

Wire rope safety, because of this fact needs to be a constant concern of wire rope operators and safety authorities.

Many ropes deteriorate internally with no externally visible signs, according to NDT Technologies, Inc. This has caused rope failures in the past. Therefore, wire ropes are often discarded long before the end of their useful service life. Millions of dollars’ worth of expensive and perfectly good wire rope is discarded annually due to this fact. By the same token wasteful and overcautious approach by no means assures wire rope safety.

Most wire ropes are covered with grease, which makes visual inspection – even for surface deterioration – impractical. Plastic coatings preclude visual inspections for many ropes.

Considering the replacement cost of your ropes and equipment together with the true cost of a potential rope failure, NDT Technologies has equipment which uses electromagnetic inspection for a reliable non-destructive evaluation procedure used for in-service inspection of wire ropes. This can be more dependable than visual incontinued on page 28

continued from page 26 spections and may allow for the detection and evaluation of external and internal rope deterioration – inspection of the entire cross-section of a rope, to the core.

NDT Technologies uses electromagnetic (magnetic flux leakage) wire rope testers for ropes with diameters up to 4½ inches (115 mm). The operation of the equipment is simple, and personnel training and certification are readily available. Their wire rope test instruments detect Localized Flaws (LFs) frequently caused by external and internal broken wires and corrosion pitting as well as precisely measure Loss of Metallic Cross-Sectional Area (LMA) which happens because of external and internal corrosion and wear. The company has a built-in chart recorder so that the rope testers may be used for daily safety inspections and their NDT_CARE™ (Computer-Aided Rope Evaluation) software allows a comprehensive rope safety and operational analysis, including report writing. Through such early detection of corrosion, lubrication strategies can be improved.

As NDT Technologies points out, “careful inspections can monitor the development of local damage at the crossover points of the rope on a winch drum. This way, the operator can determine the optimum time for repositioning the rope on the drum.”

Perhaps as time goes by and the demand for wire rope in a wide range of settings increases exponentially, wire rope testing technology will advance right along with the growth. As long as there is stuff to be moved there will be wire rope needed to do the work and a requirement for that rope and those working with it to stay as safe as possible. WRN

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Here comes OSHA!

…with a new set of regulations designed for you

By Michael J. Major

The new OSHA regulations aren’t as burdensome as you might have anticipated. In fact, they provide a clarity which enhances safety, and offers inspection and training opportunities for the enterprising fabricator.

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ost people in business tend to groan when they hear of the arrival of new government regulations. They feel they will be required to pay more attention to trivial details, to churn out more redun­dant paperwork, and face more obstacles that get in the way of their productive work.

However, the new regulations from the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding cranes and derricks, as well as slings, turn out to be more mean­ ingful and less burdensome than one might have anticipated. While these regulations are directed toward construction site safety—targeting crane operators, riggers, and others on the site—they also impact fabricators in their shops.

The two main sets of rules are titled Cranes and Derricks in Construction,

29 CFR 1926.144, effective November 8, 2010; and Rigging Equipment for Material Handling, 29 CFR 1926.251, dealing with slings and shackles, effective April 18, 2012.

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Goodbye, Standardized Tables for Safe Working Loads Let’s start with the rules for slings and shackles. Conrad Tolson, senior engineer at California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board in Sacramento is responsible for implementing the federal regulations. He says that a key regulation affecting fabricators as well as on-site personnel has been “removing the tables that specify safe working loads for slings, chains, and cables, and replacing them with the manufacturers’ recommendations.”

At first glance this might seem inconsistent, since similar products from any one manufacturer might differ from each other, resulting in the recommendations also being a bit different in terms of the load weight, length, angles, and other factors. But Tolson agrees with OSHA that the standardized tables, which have been unchanged for decades, are long outdated, and fail to encompass all of the changes which have taken place over the years. OSHA apparently feels that the industry has done a good job in regulating itself and setting safe stancontinued on page 32

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Chuck Lemon, crane and maritime safety manger for Washington State’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) in Olympia, adds that “OSHA has added requirements that prohibit employers from loading slings in excess of the recommended safe working load pre­scribed on the identification markings located on, or attached to each sling. These requirements also prohibit the use of slings that do not have such markings.”

These two sets of regulations impact fabricators directly.

In terms of the first, a manufacturer’s recommenda­t ions for a synthetic sling might come from a vendor mass pro­d ucing the sling in his plant, and simply passed through a fabricator or wholesaler.

Yet in the case of any fabrication of rigging, the fabricator becomes the manufacturer. This has always been true, of course, but now that OSHA has shifted its focus from an abstract set of tables to the sling maker’s specific instructions, the responsibility of the fabricator

who takes bits and pieces from different vendors to assemble his own slings for a given work situation becomes even clearer.

There is also an implication in the new rules that even if the fabricator is simply selling an already made synthetic sling as a part of his overall sales to any particular end user, that fabricator has an added responsibility here: he is making the recommendation that any particular sling is appropriate and safe for any particular lifting requirement.

In the past there has always been some ambiguity as to what any particular person could do, order, or recommend. With these new sets of regulations, OSHA provides exact definitions for competent, qualified, and certified persons: COMPETENT PERSON - One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surrounding or working conditions that are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to employees and who has authorization to take corrective measures to eliminate them.

QUALIFIED PERSON - A person who by possession of a recognized degree, certificate or professional stand-

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CERTIFIED PERSON - A person who has successfully passed both a written test and practical test in the area of his training.

“This new regulation adds more emphasis on such items as inspections of cranes, pre-erection inspection of tower cranes, correct proce­dures for setting up and dismantling cranes; operations; rigging; signaling; work area control; ground conditions; proper use of synthetic slings; and procedures for working in vicinity of power lines,” states the OSHA paper. Regulations specifically state that crane operators become qualified and certified, and riggers and signal persons become qualified. Thus, though the focus of this first set of regulations is on site safety, it does point to the fabricator’s role in assembling rigging and recommending slings. And, as will be shown later, the exact definitions of a competent, qualified, or certified person imply both responsibilities and opportunities for the fabricator. continued on page 34

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continued from page 32 To return to the second category regarding the tagging of slings and related materials, this has long been an issue in the industry, which has been increasingly adept and scientific about this tagging, especially in view of the fact that too many plaintiff lawyers have often seized on this issue, often on dubious grounds. In any event the new OSHA regulations provide added authority and clarity to the importance of proper tagging.

The Five Critical Review Items for Wire Rope “The new OSHA regulations are much more defined, and not as ambiguous as before,” says Donald Pellow, whose Pellow Engineer­ing Service, Inc. is based in Leawood, KS. Pellow, who provides the multiple services of expert legal witness, training provider, and publisher of Bob’s Rigging & Crane Handbook, addresses the “five critical review items for wire rope.”

The first is that the wire rope used must be rotation-resistant. “The wire rope must minimize the torque or rotation of the rope on the load to maintain a minimum turning of the load or the possible spinning of the travel block,” Pellow says.

The second, Pellow continues, has to do with “the proper use of boom hoist lines, or the lines that hold the boom in place.”

The third, having to do with crossover points, relates, Pellow says, “to the location where a rope going around the drum will travel on a lower rack of rope, which can become worn or crushed at that point, so it must be regularly inspected.”

The fourth, adjacent to end fittings is, Pellow says, “where the end of the rope is actually attached to the sockets. This is where fatigue will often hit the rope, so the person inspecting has to be sure to check it carefully.”

Finally there is the requirement “to review equalizer sheaves,” says Pellow. “The wire rope on a sheave that is not in use is very frequently stationary, so at the point of equalizing will get wear and fatigue.”

Pellow adds that OSHA now nails down the times of wire rope inspections. Before each shift the wire rope must be inspected by a competent person according to ASME B30.5 standard. There must be monthly inspections which are documented.

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cover the entire length of wire rope.

When it is not feasible to inspect every 12 months, the inspection period can be extended to a maximum of 18 months. Also, no wire rope lubricants that might hinder inspection can be used.

Also hooks with latches must be used unless a qualified person has determined that it is safer to use a hook without a latch. Moreover, the latch must close the throat and be designed to retain slings and other lifting devices and accessories in the hook when rigging is slack. And boom hoists must be outfitted without not only rotationresistant wire rope, but also wire rope that has a fiber core.

“There are two other changes that I have been glad to see,” Pellow says.

“One is that now the signal person must be qualified. The other is that loads now must be pre-planned to ensure that no employee is required to work in the ‘fall zone’ unless it is necessary for hooking or unhooking the load.” Before the regulations only said that a person should not stand directly beneath a load. But a load can fall and tumble and still injure someone.

When asked whether all these measures are likely to stop friv­olous law-

suits, Pellow replies, “I don’t know if it doesn’t necessarily mean that those suits will be stopped. But now construction contractors don’t somethere will be more focus on the guilty times try to get around them. “About party as opposed to the shotgun ap- eight years ago the ASME B30.23 requirements came in for man basproach.”

“About a dozen pages have been kets. Five tags are required, four added to the OSHA regulations which on the slings and the fifth a master have been only lightly touched on in link. And the baskets are to be used the past,” says Mike Parnell, presi- only for lifting people. But we were dent, Industrial Training Interna- recently inspecting one site, and I tional, Inc., Woodland, WA. “It’s been refused to go up in the basket, for said that most of the regulations that it wasn’t properly tagged. And ofmake it into OSHA get there written ten, when they are not used for lifting people, they are used for lifting in blood.”

Parnell agrees with Pellow’s over- material, sometimes beyond their view. But he adds that, though the new weight limit.” In other words, says regulations may appear to be directed Parnell, all of those in a supplier, only to construction site safety, “fabri- advisory, or inspection mode to work cators are right in the middle. Riggers sites should make sure to point out provide cranes with assemblies and when the rules are not being propcomponents from fabricators, and it’s erly followed.”

Pellow says that new regulations on their shoulders to make sure there is a complete check list, with the docu- offer opportunities for new types of menting of pendant lines, showing the training. “I’m often hired to train the numbering of all components, plus managers,” says Pellow, “but then proof testing of all socketed assem- they decide to use me to train the blies for cranes, as well as complete workers themselves.” http://designm.ag/resources/adobe-illustrator-brushes/ Through safety and other types of traceability.”

Fabricators Beware: Know your training seminars, fabricators have an opportunity to expand their serSafety Training Limits Parnell also makes the point that vices into new areas. But a problem just because there are regulations, here, says Parnell, “is that fabrica-

tors have to be qualified as well, and many are not.”

Parnell, who is an ASME B30 vice chairman and ASM B30.9 sling chairman, as well as a rigging certification chair for the CIC crane rigging certification, says that some people, including some fabricators, advertise an expertise they do not have. “I haven’t made a study of it, but I’ve had calls and complaints from ASME and OSHA that unqualified people, in some cases fabricators, are responding to customer requests, in areas such as signaling, and offering training beyond their scope and skill and knowledge. This results in poor train­i ng and seems to me like going backwards. Fabricators should stick to what they know, or, if they go into new areas, such as signaling, then they should make sure they know what they are doing.”

In other words, the new clarity of the OSHA regulations offers many opportunities for fabricators, especially in the areas of training. But they should first upgrade themselves and their staffs to make sure they meet the OSHA definitions of competent, qualified, and certified. WRN

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AISI urges more aggressive actions by the U.S. Government to address China’s non-compliance with its WTO commitments

China’s trade-distorting practices have harmed U.S. steel producers More than 10 years after it acceded to the WTO, China continues to fail to comply with its WTO commitments, instead engaging in a policy of state capitalism that is causing severe harm to American steel producers and other U.S. manufacturers, Kevin M. Dempsey, senior vice president, public policy and general counsel of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), said in testimony delivered today before the United States Trade Representative’s Trade Policy Staff Committee.

He urged the U.S. government to take more aggressive actions to address China’s trade-distorting practices.

“The current U.S.-China trade relationship is taking a tremendous toll on U.S. manufacturers,” Dempsey said.

“Over the last decade, the U.S. trade deficit with China has more than tripled, the United States has lost millions of manufacturing jobs, thousands of U.S. factories have been shuttered, and the American steel industry has been severely disrupted. The United States must take much bolder and more imaginative steps to address this chronic problem.”

To view full AISI testimony, point your web browser to http://ow.ly/ec0pR. Dempsey described numerous trade abuses by the Government of China in direct violation of the terms of its accession to the WTO, including: •Providing massive government subsidies to Chinese steel producers, resulting in a tripling of Chinese steel production between 2000 and 2011; •Manipulating its value added tax (VAT) system to promote exports of its steel products, and using its VAT rebate system to disadvantage U.S. and other producers; •Continuing government intervention to direct the commercial decisions of its state-owned enterprises (SOE), including state-owned steel producers, in violation of China’s pledge to the WTO to allow market forces to operate; •Restraining exports of key steelmaking raw materials and taking other inappropriate measures with respect to raw materials to give Chinese steel producers an unfair market advantage; •Keeping the value of its currency at 36

artificially-low levels to give Chinese producers an unfair advantage in the U.S. market, as well as in the Chinese market and third country markets.

“The fact that China has not fully complied with its WTO obligations underscores the importance of effective enforcement of U.S. trade remedy laws,“ Dempsey said. Calling for decisive action, he urged the U.S. government to: 1) Continue to treat China as a “non-market” economy for purposes of U.S. antidumping laws; 2) Begin to countervail subsidies that were bestowed prior to China’s WTO accession; 3) Ensure that Chinese companies are not circumventing U.S. trade remedy laws by, among other things, shipping merchandise through third countries; and 4) Effectively exercise its authority, under the WTO and U.S. law, to impose product-specific safeguards on Chinese imports where appropriate.

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control technology as well as test engineering and special wires and cables.

The event will again be jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf and its subsidiary Messe Düsseldorf Moscow – with the support of leading Russian and international industry associations: All Russian Cable Scientific Research and Development Institute (VNIIKP), the International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA), the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA), the German Wire and Cable Machine Manufacturers Association (VDKM), the Austrian Wire and Cable Machinery Manufacturers Association (VDKM-AWCMA), the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors AssociationFrance (IWCEA-France) as well as the Italian Wire Machinery Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF) and the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA).

When last held in 2011, 236 exhibitors from 31 countries presented their technologies for the wire and cable industry on 48,400 square feet of exhibit space to more than 10,500 visitors from all parts of the Russian Federation (the visitor number includes attendees at the concurrently held MetallurgyLitmash, Tube Russia and Aluminium/ Non-Ferrous trade shows).

Metallurgy-Litmash, Tube Russia and Aluminium/Non-Ferrous will again be staged parallel with wire Russia 2013. For further information on visiting or exhibiting at any of these events, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2920, Chicago, IL 60601.

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American Iron and Steel Institute mourns death of Senator Arlen Specter; Remembers fondly his strong voice and loyal support for the steel industry

Thomas J. Gibson, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) issued the following statement on the death of Senator Arlen Specter: “On behalf of AISI and our member companies, we mourn the passing of Senator Specter. We have lost a tenacious and tireless advocate for the

American steel industry, someone who was, without fail, a strong and independent voice for our industry. Arlen Specter had a remarkable career spanning three decades in the Senate, during which he always stood up for steel.

We extend our sincere condolences to the Specter family. Arlen Specter will always be remembered for his enduring support for America’s steel industry and its workers.”

Metra big rail project awarded - Illinois Constructors paving way with Englewood Flyover Project

Illinois Constructors, a heavy construction general contracting firm, is a “big rail team member” in the Metra awarded $93 million contract to build a railroad bridge on the South Side referred to as the “Englewood Flyover Project.” When completed, the project is intended to relieve commuter and freight rail congestion in the area, which the U.S. Department of Transportation calls one of the worst bottlenecks in the country.

In addition to the scope of work, the

project is complex requiring advanced logistical capability due to commuter, freight, and shipping rail. The project site area involves over 140 trains per day involving Metra Rock Island, Amtrak, Capitol Limited, Lake Shore Limited and Norfolk Southern.

“This Englewood Flyer Project will require special coordination due to the number of railroads involved and the impact on commuters and shipping.

Our proposed approach addresses the overall operations,” said Illinois Constructors President John Mackanin, P.E. The Englewood Flyover Project is located within the Englewood and Greater Grand Crossing community areas in Chicago from 57th Place to 69th St. along the Metra Rock Island District and near State Street. The scope of work includes building a rail-rail flyover to carry the north - south Metra Rock Island line over the east-west NS/ Amtrak line. The construction of new bridges will accommodate three tracks to carry Metra operations over the four tracks of NS and a possible future fifth track for a high speed intercity passenger rail connection to points east and/ or south.

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pewag’s groundbreaking ceremony

pewag, Pueblo’s newest manufacturer, held a ceremonial groundbreaking event at the site of their first North American plant on Friday, September 28, 2012. The company and Pueblo Economic Development Corporation jointly announced the decision to locate their plant in Pueblo earlier that month. The plant will be located in the Minnequa Industrial Park on Greenhorn Drive adjacent to I-25. pewag is one of the world’s leading chain manufacturers. The Austrian company leads the industry with innovations such as the Grade 120 Chain – the world’s strongest chain. They continued on page 40

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by Pueblo Development Foundation and will be constructed in two phases over three years. Phase I will be comprised of approximately 30,000 square feet and phase II will be an expansion of the building to 50,000 square feet.

Initially, the company will manufacture traction chains used on cars, trucks, buses and heavy equipment. In the future, they plan to add additional product lines. At full capacity, pewag will employ 55 people from the Pueblo area. pewag proudly celebrates their 100th Anniversary of manufacturing traction

chain this year. They have successfully served the US market since 1975 and building a plant in Pueblo will only improve their ability to serve the market.

“We are proud to build our first North American manufacturing facility outside of Europe in Pueblo, Colorado,” according to Mike Uhrenbacher, pewag President of US Operations, “we chose this location because of its vicinity to the traction chain market in the Rocky Mountains, access to steel, qualified work force, training facilities with Pueblo Community College and the financial incentives that were offered by the City of Pueblo.” Both Uhrenbacher and Mr. Agyd Pengg, pewag Owner & CEO were on hand to break ground and signal the start of the project on Friday.

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In preparation of the Groundbreaking Ceremony, Jack Rink, PEDCO President & CEO said, “This groundbreaking represents a major economic boost for the Pueblo community. The building phase will create immediate construction jobs and the completed plant will provide good, stable jobs for 55 employees and their families. It’s rewarding to see an international company that recognizes the total cost advantages of manufacturing products in Pueblo, Colorado – and the USA.” pewag brings to Pueblo 500 years of Austrian manufacturing tradition that started in 1479 – before Columbus set out to discover the Americas!

SC&R Foundation awards additional student grants for 2012

The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Foundation (SC&RF) has awarded two additional educational grants in 2012.

Mark Smith of Clearwater, Florida was awarded $1,500 and Perneice White of Gretna, Virginia received $1,000 to continue their education. During 2012 the SC&R Foundation has awarded seven scholarships and three grants for a total of $25,000. Starting in 1986 the SC&R Foundation has awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships and grants.

Mr. Smith is a welder/fabricator for Barcelona Equipment of Clearwater, Florida. His award will be used to pay for a year-long welding certification program at the Penellas Technical Education Center in Penellas, FL. Ms. White is employed by Rolling B Enterprises in Rustburg, VA as the office manager. Her grant will be used to defray the costs of pursuing a two year certificate in accounting program at the Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg, VA. Both recipients are adult learners returning to school to improve their skills.

The SC&R Foundation makes awards to employees of SC&RA member companies, their children, step-children or spouses of employees. Awards are based on a combination of previous academic performance, recommendations, job performance, and need. The program is designed to provide educational opportunities for those pursuing careers in the specialized trucking, crane and rigging professions and industries. Applications for the 2013 awards will be posted on the SC&RA website, October 15, 2013 and must be returned by mail and postmarked no later than January 31, 2013. All supplemental materials continued on page 45

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Lift-It Manufacturing has achieved another production milestone

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Wire & Cable India 2012: Largest staging ever

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continued from previous page technologies for this sector (includes the attendees at the concurrently held Tube India, Metallurgy India and India Essen Welding & Cutting trade fairs).

This excellent result of Wire & Cable India 2012 is a strong indication of the thriving Indian wire and cable sector.

This industry in India depends greatly on the automotive, telecommunication and construction industries and the rapid growth of these sectors continues to increase the demand for wires and cables. Wire & Cable India was held at the right time for participants to benefit from these developments.

The majority of the visitors came from the wire and cable applications industries, particularly from building and construction, transportation, electronics and machinery manufacturing.

A considerable number of the visitors had decision making authority.

Wire & Cable India 2012 was organized by Messe Düsseldorf and its subsidiary Messe Düsseldorf India – with the support of the International Wire and Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA), the International Wire & Machinery Association (IWMA), the Italian Wire Machinery Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF) as well as

the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association, USA (WCISA) and the Steel Wire Manufacturers’ Association of India (SWMAI). Messe Düsseldorf is renowned as the organizer of wire - the world’s leading international trade fair for the wire and cable sector, held every two years in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The Wire & Cable India 2012 exhibitors reported positive business results and gave the trade fair high ratings: “The trade fair clearly improved and we are pleased with the visitor participation. There is still a lot of potential in India and even if it is not comparable to China, the development in India is positive.” Heinz Rockenhäuser, President, International Wire & Cable Exhibitors Association (IWCEA) and President & CEO of Maschinenfabrik NIEHOFF GmbH & Co. KG “This is the first time I attended the trade fair and I got positive feedback and positive contacts. New members joined the association and we had 30 – 40 inquiries. The show was successful for us. We have a good relationship with Messe Düsseldorf and that company made vast improvements since it took over the show.” Steven Rika, chairman, International Wire & Ma-

chinery Association (IWMA) “Most of our talks were meaningful. We have active projects and hope to close one or two contracts quickly.

Overall, we are pleased with the turnout. India is an emerging market and the climate is more hopeful.” Rahul Sachdev, president, Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA) and executive vice president of Wire & Plastics Machinery Co. “The organization of the show was good. I made promising contacts and despite the economic situation, we feel that the industry in Asia will again start to grow in the near future. Let us send an optimistic message to the industry.” Ferruccio Bellina, president, Italian Wire & Cable Manufacturers Association (ACIMAF) “Being part of the trade fair has been a good experience for us. As a long time exhibitor, we were able to get and maintain contacts with customers. A big “thank you” to Wire & Cable India!”

R.P. Tyagi, director, Associated Machinery Corp. Ltd. “We participated in Wire & Cable India for the first time and had a very good response. The organizers were very cooperative and supportive. We have decided to exhibit again at this

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Pankaj Jain, managing director, Saru Concast Alloys Pvt. Ltd. The next staging of Wire & Cable India is scheduled for October 28 - 30, 2014 in Mumbai – again concurrently with the Tube India and Metallurgy India trade shows and the India Essen Welding & Cutting trade fair (organized by Messe Essen). For further information on visiting or exhibiting at Wire & Cable India, Tube India or Metallurgy India 2014, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2920, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: (312) 781-5180; Fax: (312) 781-5188; E-mail: info@ mdna.com; Visit our web site www. mdna.com; Subscribe to our blog at http://blog.mdna.com; Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/WireTube_MDNA.

Hercules SLR (US) is proud to announce the purchase of Bruce’s Splicing & Rigging

While the Bruce’s Splicing & Rigging name will change to Hercules the people, phone number and location will remain the same. We will now be able to offer our customers a more complete service that includes commercial fishing supplies, marine safety supplies and training, along with a full service rigging shop.

We encourage you to take advantage of our expanded service and visit our newly acquired property as it is conveniently across the street from our current location.

As always, we look forward to providing you with the best products and services for the best value.

Mazzella Lifting Technologies adds a new branch in Minnesota

Mazzella Lifting Technologies, a manufacturer and distributor of lifting and rigging gear has opened a new branch in Virginia, Minnesota.

The Virginia facility is in a central location for serving the local Taconite Mines and other general industry in the region. Mazzella is providing lifting and rigging products and inspection services. “We see the Mazzella Companies’ expansion into the Mesabi Range of Minnesota as a natural progression of our long-term relationship with U.S. Steel. We value this relationship and the opportunity to supply the Minntac and Keetac taconite plants

from our Virginia, MN location,” says Craig Hayward, president, Mazzella Companies.

Craig also states, “Our Branch Manager, Todd Toman, has over eight years of experience working in the U.S. Steel taconite facilities. His professionalism and relationships within the plants will offer us a unique perspective and opportunities with these businesses and others within the region.”

Mazzella will maintain an inventory of: wire rope, chain and synthetic slings; wire rope; rigging hardware;

hoists; hoist parts; pullers and other related rigging products.

“I am looking forward to expanding my knowledge base of the Mining Industry and all heavy industry on the Iron Range, and feel especially fortunate to be able to do that as part of the Mazzella Companies. Mazzella Lifting Technologies is unique to Northeastern Minnesota in that it’s not only a distributor of product but also an innovator and fabricator of what we provide for lifting devices.” continued on next page

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“This ability to creatively solve problems for our customers and to be able to provide that expertise locally is precisely what sets us apart from our competitors for the long term”, states Todd.

Samson creates Research and Development Center

Samson, a worldwide leader in performance rope announces a major expansion of their Ferndale, Washington manufacturing facility and corporate offices. The new space significantly expands the facilities of the Research and Development department while providing additional lab and manufacturing space.

Long committed to maintaining the most advanced Research and Development organization in the industry, the expansion provides a central R&D Center housing the entire department for better group collaboration, more streamlined testing and enhanced interaction with production. A new training room with the capacity to house large groups is included in the expansion plan.

The additional manufacturing space allows for more efficient warehouse layout for quick and accurate order fulfillment, better forklift traffic patterns and enhanced facilities for production personnel.

The expansion is projected to be complete by the end of 2013.

The Rt. Hon Michael Fallon MP, Minister for Business and Enterprise, Jon Templeman, CEO, Bridon.

tation under load.

The occasion was marked by the switching-on of the factory’s ropeclosing machine, which is the largest of its kind in existence. The machine, which was constructed to a unique specification by German engineering company SKET, will allow the company to produce far more complex ropes than had ever previously been possible with such weights. Pulling the lever to activate the machine was UK Business Minister Michael Fallon, who praised Bridon for establishing a global technology leadership position through its consistent investment in innovation.

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Offshore industry gathers at launch of factory for world’s largest ropes

Industry’s biggest players watch UK Business Minister open state of the art facility Industry leaders from companies including Heerema, NOV, and Certex assembled in Northern England to watch UK Business Minister Michael Fallon open a facility that will manufacture the world’s largest ropes.

The event marked the commencement of manufacturing at Bridon Neptune Quay (BNQ), a state-of-the-art factory constructed by Bridon International which will produce the largest and most complex offshore ropes in the world. The facility will have the capacity to produce highly engineered ropes in package weights of 650 tonnes, boasting enhanced breaking loads, optimised bend fatigue performance, effective lubrication, and minimal ro48

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tive Jon Templeman at the event were a host of senior industry figures including Certex CEO Peter Keith and NOV Cranes Division Head Oddvar Hoydal,

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who noted how Bridon’s highly engineered ropes could improve their companies’ heavy lifting and deepwater

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deployment capabilities.

In addition to the switching-on of the facility’s rope-closing machine, the opening event offered a range of technical seminars for attending industry leaders, designed to demonstrate Bridon’s unique services offering. Focused on ensuring customers get the most out of Bridon’s highly complex ropes, this package provides tailored support throughout a rope’s development, installation and application.

Now operational, Bridon Neptune Quay is already taking on orders from major multinational operators, and its production schedule is designed to cater to the highest possible levels of demand. The factory’s portside location, along with its state of the art Takeup Stand for lifting reels directly from dock to vessel, will help Bridon to significantly improve logistics.

Bridon Group Chief Executive Jon Templeman said: “I’m proud to announce that Bridon Neptune Quay is open for business, making the largest and most complex ropes the offshore industry has ever seen. We have worked closely with customers to understand the challenges they face in reaching greater depths in some of the toughest conditions on earth; thanks to this collaborative approach, ropes constructed at Bridon Neptune Quay will not only be the most advanced in the world, but will also be uniquely tailored to tackle 21st century off-

shore challenges”.

Business and Enterprise Minister Michael Fallon said: “Companies like Bridon International are a great example of how Britain’s manufacturers are leading the world. Through Bridon’s innovations, the largest, most advanced ropes ever made are being sold around the world from Britain – and helping to solve the challenges our modern offshore industries face.

“As a growing manufacturing company, Bridon is exactly the sort of firm the Regional Growth Fund was set up to support. I’m very pleased that we have been able to provide them with $2.2 million to help open this state of the art new facility.”

Peter Keith, Group MD CERTEX Division said: “We are particularly excited about the complexity of the ropes that will be manufactured at Bridon Neptune Quay, as well as their enhanced bend fatigue life and reduced rotation and elongation. These technological advancements will make many new projects possible for our customers and I look forward to be able to offer these ropes from our CERTEX companies in the near future.”

Top executives at ASME, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, are inducted into The Pan American Academy of Engineers

ASME President Marc W. Goldsmith and ASME Executive Director Thomas G. Loughlin, have been inducted into the Pan American Academy of Engineering.

In ceremonies in Mexico City, Goldsmith, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Loughlin, a resident of Summit, N.J., are recognized as members of the prestigious academy based on their ethical, academic, and professional merits. Each is recognized for outstanding contributions to the progress of engineering in the Pan American market.

By incorporating the two ASME officers as members, Pan American Academy of Engineering acknowledges their contributions, while creating an awareness in the engineering community about the need to support continued professional improvement.

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continued from previous page than 24 years. An expert in energy and nuclear engineering, Goldsmith is the founder of Marc Goldsmith & Associates LLC, a consultancy in Newton that advises gas and electric firms on strategies for addressing technology, policy, and business processes. He also has held posts at Stone & Webster Management Consultants and Arthur D. Little.

A fellow of ASME and recipient of the Society’s Dedicated Service Award in 2001, Goldsmith earned a bachelor’s degree in marine nuclear science from State University New York Maritime College.

Loughlin became executive director of ASME in 2008. He is responsible for the Society’s wide-ranging technical and educational programs, strategic initiatives, finance, operations, and staff.

A certified association executive as well as fellow of ASME, Loughlin received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College. He is also the recipient of the Keystone Award for Excellence in Membership from the American Society of Association Executives.

Del City since 1947: celebrating 65 years

The Del City business began in Del City, Oklahoma in 1947. Harold Swartzendruber, founder of Del City, sold wire out of the back of his station wagon and quickly recognized the increasing need for electrical supplies

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in a growing industrial economy. He purchased a small warehouse and the business prospered as new automotive electrical products were added to fulfill customer needs.

Over the past 65 years, the company has evolved into a major online supplier of electrical and transportation supplies, expanding its product offering to include thousands of quality products. Del City now serves a variety of industries including: automotive, truck and trailer, marine, RV and agriculture. The company puts its customers at the forefront; focusing on superior customer service, satisfaction and product quality. As a result, Del City has achieved double digit growth over the past several years and is thriving.

“As we celebrate 65 years, it’s exciting to think about how far the business has come. Del City has progressed from a local provider of select electrical parts into a national source for a broad range of transportation supplies. We’ve transformed both what we sell, as well as how we sell to customers. While we continue to have a successful catalog business, we have proactively expanded our e-commerce presence. Del City was recently named the fastest growing e-commerce provider of aftermarket parts to the automotive industry by Internet Retailer magazine,” said George Dowse, business leader.

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needs of small businesses and consumers, enabling smaller customers to buy professional grade products in exactly the quantities they need.

Some business differentiators offered to customers include $0 order minimums, free shipping on orders over $99, and same-day shipping on thousands of stocked products. Del City is committed to continually evolving to meet the needs of our customers, just as we’ve done for the past 65 years.

About Del City Del City, headquartered in Menomonee Falls, WI, is a direct supplier of electrical and transportation supplies since 1947. Serving the automotive, truck and trailer, marine and RV industries with thousands of professional grade products, including wire, fuses, terminals and switches, Del City offers its customers convenience and customer-friendly service. Look here first for hard to find electrical and transportation supplies. For more information or to request a catalog, visit delcity.net or call 800-654-4757.

Sustainable design practices becoming a priority among engineers

An environmental consciousness is rising in the occupational mindset of engineers, who are showing a heightened interest in incorporating energysaving and other green initiatives in product design projects, according to a survey conducted jointly by ASME (the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and 3D design software company Autodesk.

Eighty-seven percent of mechanical engineering practitioners and mechanical engineering students responding to the 2012 ASME/Autodesk Sustainable Design Survey indicate they are “extremely or somewhat” interested in sustainable information and causes. And 75 percent of the respondents indicated that their organizations are involved or extremely involved in sustainability, with most of these organizations focused on reduced energy consumption and reduced environmental emissions in products and systems.

“Sustainability is clearly establishing itself as part of the mechanical engineering culture,” says Thomas G. Loughlin, ASME Executive Director.

“This is yet another example of the vision and commitment of engineers around the world to improve the qual-

ity of life for all.”

Industrial firms, however, find it more difficult than individuals to embrace sustainability, due in large part to financial constraints and corporate goals to enhance the serviceability of products, according to the survey.

Yet, 75 percent of respondents believe that sustainable designs produce greater product innovation.

The ASME/Autodesk Sustainability Design Survey is drawn from the responses of 4,500 engineering practitioners and 1,900 engineering students. The survey reveals that 19 percent of students are “extremely involved” with sustainability projects and initiatives. Mechanical Engineering magazine published an analysis of the ASME/Autodesk survey in the October 2012 edition. As stated in the article in Mechanical Engineering: “Mechanical engineers expect to see a greater emphasis on sustainability in the future.”

Among other key findings of the ASME/Autodesk survey: • 70 percent of respondents said their companies are involved on projects that reduce energy or emissions or that comply with environmental standards and regulations • 29 percent said their companies would invest in green design if it does not add to cost • 55 percent of students indicated that elective classes on sustainable engineering are available • 90 percent of students believe that sustainable designs foster greater product innovation.

What U.S. businesses need to know before entering the Chinese market

At AFP Annual Conference, RBS Citizens Treasury Solutions addresses lessons learned – and mistakes to avoid “As more and more U.S. companies are seeking to sell products in China – the fastest growing consumer market in the world – there are important factors for companies to address before entering this market,” says Rose Lee Askin, senior vice president at RBS Citizens Treasury Solutions.

“The loosening of currency restrictions combined with a rapidly evolving regulatory regime makes selling to China a complex enterprise,” she says. “Corporate treasurers need to be able to anticipate the speed bumps in this market, as well as understand

their investment and payments options.” Ms. Askin regularly works with U.S. companies to set up banking services throughout Asia.

At the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) annual conference this week in Miami, Ms. Askin and her RBS Citizens FX colleague Dave Tente will present important tips to companies who are considering entering the Chinese consumer market.

Their session – “The Internationalization of the RMB, Cash Optimization, and Lessons Learned in China” on Tuesday, October 16 at 10:30 am ET – features key take-aways for corporate treasurers at the conference, which is expected to draw more than 6,000 attendees from across the country.

Some of the lessons Ms. Askin addresses include: • Anticipate local resistance.

“Know that if you are expanding into China, especially through acquisition, the local company may have important relationships with suppliers and bankers that they don’t want to change.”

• Manage local buy-in. “There is a saying in China, ‘the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.’

If the U.S. parent company is twelve time zones away, the executives need to get on the ground in China to engage local support of the enterprise and bridge the often vast cultural differences.”

• Verify, verify, verify. “American business practices are relatively consistent and matured, while in China business practices are quite diverse, and are still evolving. When conducting business in an emerging market like China, due diligence and contractual oversight is very important.”

James Gifas, head of RBS Citizens Treasury Solutions, underscores the need for applying this insight early on in the process. “The opportunity in China is huge, but it’s important to understand the interplay of the currency and payments and financing factors to ensure that treasurers are optimizing their cash management in the region, and the impact on liquidity,” says Mr. Gifas. “Our clients are seeking out these growth opportunities, while staying very focused on liquidity management when operating in overseas markets.”

RBS Citizens Treasury Solutions sponsored the 2012 AFP Liquidity Survey. Mr. Gifas was recently named to the “Who’s Who in Cash & Treasury Management” by Global Finance magazine.

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Inventor’s Corner

By William Fischer

Compositions and methods for engaging lines Pat. 8,276,311 U.S. class 43/44.91 Int. class A01K 93/00 Inventor: Clifton J. Cowin, Woodinville, WA. Assignee: Dream Waters, Inc., Woodinville, WA. Particular aspects provide devices and methods for adjustably and reversibly engaging a line (e.g., fishing lines, ropes, string, cable, wire, cords) at an engagement position and/or for demarcating positions/spans along a line.

The inventive line-stop members are reversibly disengagable, and thereby slidably adjustable and positionable along a line, and can be used to define a user-selectable range or span. Particular embodiments comprise: an elongated line-clamping member having at least one pair of line-clamping arms and having a longitudinal axial bore suitable to allow slidable passage of a line therethrough; and a cylindrical engagement collar having a collar channel therethrough and slidably positionable along the line-clamping member, and suitable and positionable to reversibly hold the line-clamping member in a line-clamping/engagement position, and suitable and positionable to reversibly disengage the line-clamping member from the line-clamping position to reversibly disengage a line. Preferred line-stop embodiments comprise an accessory attachment member or collar.

In preferred embodiments, the inventive line-stop members comprise: an elongated line clamping member having a line gripping member, or a plurality or at least one

Figure 2: Disengagable strike indicator embodiment of figure 1, wherein the resilient annular line retention member is seated in the exterior groove to retain a fishing line passing thereunder at two points within the groove.

pair of line-gripping members (e.g., clamping arms or clamping surface or surfaces; e.g., one, two, three or more clamping arms or surfaces.) and having a longitudinal axial bore or channel suitable to allow slidable passage of a line through the line stop or clamping member; and an engagement collar (e.g., cylindrical or other shaped engagement collar) having a collar channel therethrough

Figure 3: First side view of an exemplary line stop member embodiment that is attachable to a fishing line at user-selectable positions.

Figure 1: Side view of an exemplary disengagable strike indicator.

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and slidably positionable along the line-clamping member, and suitable and positionable to reversibly hold the line-clamping member in a line-clamping position (e.g., a line-engagement position) to engage a line, and suitable and positionable (e.g., in a line-disengagement position) to reversibly disengage the line-clamping member from the line-clamping position to reversibly disengage a line.

In additional embodiments, the inventive line-stop members are insertable, attachable, engageable, etc., with and/or into other objects or elements to be associated with the line via the line-stop member. For example, in certain embodiments, the surface of the engagement collar, or other accessible surface of the line-stop member,

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comprises at least one attachment means (e.g., at least one hook, loop, eye, snap, pin, clasp swivel, clevis clip, etc) to provide for attaching one or more additional objects (e.g., line, swivel member, blade member, propeller blade, weight or sinker, float member, etc.) to the line-stop member. In particular line-stop member embodiments, the attachment means comprises an accessory collar that attaches to the line stop member (e.g., to the ‘collar mounting and retention portion,’ as defined herein below, of the line-stop member).

Preferably the accessory collar is rotatably attached to

Figure 5: Third side view of an exemplary line stop member embodiment that is attachable to a fishing line at user-selectable positions.

the line-stop member so that the collar (and anything attached to the attachment means of the collar) is free to rotate about the line-stop member (e.g., about the longitudinal axis thereof). In certain embodiments, the accessory collar comprises at least one attachment means on its surface (e.g., at least one hook, loop, eye, snap, pin, clasp swivel, clevis clip, etc) to provide for attaching one or more additional elements or objects (e.g., line, swivel member, blade member, weight or sinker, float member, etc.) to the line-stop member. In additional embodiments, the accessory collar comprises integral or attached blades or fins to modulate or direct movement of the collar in a fluid (e.g., air, water, etc.). For example the accessory collar may comprise integral propeller like blades or fins to impart rotation in a fluid environment.

Preferably, the accessory collar is configured to rotate about the axis of the line stop member. The inventive line-stop members, therefore, not only have utility for engaging and/or demarcating one or more positions and/or spans along a line, rope, etc., and for attaching to strike indicators, but also have substantial utility for attaching to essentially anything that is desired to be brought in operable and/or spatial association with a line, rope, etc. In particular embodiments the line stop members are lures or attractors having blades or fins to impart movement or rotation when traveling through water. In particular lure or attractor embodiments, the engagement collar comprises such blades, fins or attachment means. In preferred, alternative embodiments, the accessory collar comprises such blades, fins or attachment means. Preferably, the accessory collar is configured to rotate about the axis of the

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continued from previous page line stop member.

Figure 1 shows, according to particular aspects of the present invention, a side view of an exemplary disengagable strike indicator embodiment having an axial channel from end to end, an exterior groove within and around the exterior surface that encompasses the channel axis such that channel end openings are disposed on opposite sides of the groove, along with a resilient annular line retention member operative to retain a fishing line passing thereunder at two points within the groove.

Figure 2 shows the exemplary disengagable strike indicator embodiment of figure 1, wherein the resilient annular line retention member is seated in the exterior groove to retain a fishing line passing thereunder at two points within the groove. Figures 3, 4, and 5 show, according to particular aspects, side views of three exemplary line stop member embodiments that are attachable to a fishing line at user-selectable positions. The inventive line stop members are receivable into the axial channel of the main body of the inventive disengagable strike indicators to provide for a disengagable strike indicator system, and wherein the shape and/or dimension of the line stop members is operative to engage the line stop member within the main body channel of the inventive strike indicators to limit slidable travel of the disengaged strike indicator along a fishing line. The line stop members, when engaged by the indictor main body, may be flush, recessed, or protruding from the main body surface.

Recovery bumper with a multiple-pulley, multi-directional winch-system and stabilizing support legs Pat. 8,276,884 U.S. class 254/327 Int. class B66D 1/36 Inventor: Bernard Rusiniak, Depew, NY. Assignee: Bernard Rusiniak, Depew, NY. A remotely controllable recovery vehicle winch/stabilizing system, having a vehicle bumper; a first pulley attached to the bumper’s first end; a winch attached to bumper’s second end; a second pulley approximately midway between the first pulley and said winch and adjacent a swivel sheave; a cable, directed by the first and second pulleys and the swivel sheave, to be wound or unwound about the winch, with the pulleys, the swivel sheave, and the winch operatively arranged with respect to each other so as to maintain the cable perpendicular, or nearly so, to the rotational axis of the drum as it is fed to or played off of the drum so as to prevent the cable from jamming as the cable is used to either recover or deposit an object, and a set of stabilizing legs each attached to said bumper so as to stabilize and secure the recovery or release apparatus.

According, the inventor formulated a set of principles that enables the winch cable to be maintained perpendicular to the winch drum while the cable is being re-

Figure 6: Plan view of a bumper housing a winch-cable system.

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leased from or played onto the drum, thus minimizing, or eliminating uneven feed of the winch cable onto the winch drum thus preventing tangling and jamming of the cable. Figure 6, a plan view of one favored embodiment, illustrates bumper/winch/stabilizing system 10 made according to the principles of the present invention. The system is contemplated for use on any machine that is used for lifting, pulling, or depositing. For exemplary purposes, which are not to be taken as limiting, the embodiment is focused on how the invention’s principles are used on a tow truck, which includes, but is not limited to, wrecker trucks, breakdown trucks, recovery trucks, or lorries that are usually used to recover vehicles of any sort.

Heavy duty bumper 2, made from steel, aluminum, or any other material that offers the required strength and endurance, is exclusively designed for housing a winch system according to the principles of the present invention. Looking now at the upwardly-facing surface of bumper 2 are two cavities 6 and one cavity 8 set into the bumper and opening on the upwardly facing surface. In this example, the winch system further includes a remotely, hydraulic-power system, which is not shown because such

Figure 7: Elevation view of the bumper housing a winch-cable system, as shown in figure 6, and power-driven retractable stabilizing recovery legs.

system and their analogs are well known in the art. The winch system also includes winch 30 housed in cavity 8.

Winch 30 is constructed of winch drum 16 (also referred to as a spool) that rotates about winch drum axle 18 to alternately play-out and wind-up cable 26.

The winch system further includes two vertical-axis grooved pulleys 12 and 14, also referred to as sheaves or blocks, housed in cavities 6. Note that cavity 8 is oriented at an angle with respect to the long axis of the bumper so that the winch drum 16 is always positioned perpendicularly to cable 26. Note also, that cavity 8 is positioned on one end of the length of bumper 2 and that the cavity 6 that houses pulley 12 is located generally opposite to cavity 8 at the other end of bumper 2. Cavity 6 that houses pulley 14 is located midway between the two ends of bumper 2 just behind cavity 22. Set into the frontwardly-facing surface of bumper 2 and also opening to the upwardlyfacing bumper surface cavity 22 houses horizontal-axis swivel-sheave 20 housed in housing 25.

Positioning the three pulleys and the winch in this manner relative to each other and to the vehicle to be recovered provides for cable 26 always being positioned perpendicularly, or nearly so, to winch drum 16 and for the length of cable 26 to be the length required for maximum control of cable 26. Cable 26, with hook 24 attached to its free end, has its other end attached to winch drum 16. Preventing cable 26 from coming off of either vertical-axis grooved pulley 12 or 14, guides 13 and 15 are positioned about the pulleys, respectively. From winch drum 16, cable 26 ex-

tends across the axial length of bumper 2 to pulley 12, further extending to pulley 14, and then to swivel-sheave 25 from which cable 26 with hook 24 attached hangs free for use. In the embodiment illustrated, the winch system is powered by hydraulics, but could just as well be powered using mechanical, electric, pneumatic, or internal combustion drives. The type of power chosen does not change the principles of the invention and all such power sources, including solar and others not so identified, but suitable, are contemplated for use with the invention.

When a vehicle requires recovering, the recovery vehicle fitted with a remotely controlled, hydraulically-powered winch system following the principles of the present invention is positioned with respect to the vehicle being recovered and the remotely controlled, hydraulically-powered retractable recovery stabilizing system 40 is put into place to level and stabilize the recovery vehicle. This step increases operator safety and protects against unwanted motion of the recovery vehicle. Even if the recovery vehicle can not be oriented in all possible positions with respect to the vehicle to be recovered, swivel sheave pulley 25 can be swiveled so that the vehicles are effectively oriented with respect to each other.

In order to attach the recovery winch cable to the object being recovered, cable 26 is played out from the winch drum so that it first is wound around pulley 12 and then about pulley 14. The pulleys change the direction of the applied force, transmit rotational motions, and/or realize a mechanical advantage in either or both linear and rotational motion to provide for an even winding of the cable on the drum. The use of more than one pulley provides for maximum redirection of the pulling force to enhance evenwinding of the cable on the drum. Moreover, the positioning of the pulleys and the winch relative to one another provides the cable length required for maximum control of cable movement and orientation. Cable 26 is then oriented about horizontal-axis, grooved, swivel-able sheave 24 providing direction-changing freedom of motion to the sheave. Thus, the swivel-able connection provides for the recovery vehicle to use the winch to recover an object regardless of the position of that object in relation to the recovery vehicle.

This means that the previously required positioning and repositioning of the recovery vehicle in order to maintain the object to be recovered in perfect perpendicular alignment with the recovery bumper is no longer required.

Protecting the bumper from damage when it is used to push an object being recovered is rubber padding 60 permanently attached to the bumper. To provide access to the winch hook and cable, the rubber padding is provided with an opening over the cavity that is housing the cable hook, cable end, and sheave. Optional cover plate 35, which is this example is hingedly attached to bumper 2 using hinges 32 for easy and rapid positioning of cover 35 over the top surface of the heavy-duty bumper to protect the pulley system parts housed in the cavities that open to the top of the bumper from effects of the elements. In the illustrated invention, such a cover is contemplated to be manufactured of steel or aluminum, but any material that will provide a durable cover is contemplated to be used with the invention. The hinged attachment of the cover to the bumpers provides for easy lifting of the cover when the relevant parts of the winch system need to be accessed. In another version, there is a snap-on cover which is easily removed in order to access the pulley system. It is continued on next page Wire Rope News & Sling Technology December 2012

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continued from previous page clear then that the invention may be used with or without a cover and that any style and/or material used to make the cover is considered for use with the invention.

Another part of the bumper/winch system of this example, is hydraulically-powered retractable recovery stabilizing system 40 as illustrated in the front elevation view of figure 7. It is to be understood that the retractable recovery stabilizing system 40 may be powered by any form of power, including but not limited to manual, electric, solar, and battery. As illustrated, stabilizing system 40 has at least two elongated stabilizer support legs 42 with one end of each support leg connected to the bottom of the bumper by swivel connector 50 and the opposing end of each support leg 42 being provided with foot-pad 44 for secure, non-skid placement on the ground surface. In the vicinity of the midpoint of each leg 42 is attached a pistoncontrolled hinge 46 that is also attached to the bottom of the bumper to provide for remote control raising and lowering of the support legs. Also optional, are D-rings positioned in cavities recessed into the outwardly facing surface of the bumper to provide for extra line connection, if desired.

To use the system, the hook and cable of the bumper/ winch system is accessed and played out through the opening that provides for such access in the rubber protective padding on the front outwardly facing bumper surface.

Cable 26 is played out until the cable hook is securely anchored to the object to be recovered. Optional, steel or aluminum top bumper cover could also be raised at this time to its open position, if it is of hinged design, to view the working of the system. Using the recovery vehicle’s power system, the winch is then tensioned in the usual manner to move the object to be recovered. Tensioning the cable requires rewinding the cable on the drum until the desired tension is realized.

The pulley system design following the principles of the present invention maintains the required length of the winch cable in a perpendicular orientation with respect to the winch drum providing for smooth rewinding of the cable onto the winch eliminating the need to stop, outwind and rewind multiple times in order to untangle a tangled cable in order to recover an object to be recovered.

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This advantage, in turn, prevents damage to the cable and, thus increases the life span of the cable. In the event the object to be recovered is situated so that the recovery vehicle cable cannot be fed to the cable drum so that it is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the drum, the cable will likely become jammed and possibly damaged.

Once jammed, the cable must be manually unjammed and manually guided onto the drum. This process likely will need to be repeated several times before the cable is completely wound on the drum. Using the principles of the present invention, the presence of the vertical-axis, direction-changing sheave 24 provides for the recovery vehicle to use the winch to recover an object regardless of the position of that object in relation to the recovery vehicle.

Winch 30 is actuated by the recovery vehicle’s hydraulic motor (not shown) to wind the cable onto the drum, in the system illustrated. The motor controlling the winch motion is, in the system illustrated, remotely operable in a suitably controlled, truck-battery-energized circuit (not shown but which is essentially conventional).

Stop element for a securing device Pat. 8,281,895 U.S. class 182/19 Int. class A62B 35/00 Inventor: Stefan Gassner, Missen, DE. Assignee: fazinatour Touristik-Training-Event GmbH Immenstadt, DE. The present disclosure relates to a stop element for a securing device, with a contact element. A locking device is shiftable between unlocked and locked states. The stop element is attachable to and releasable from the securing element in the unlocked state and not releasable from the securing element in the locked state. The locking device has an actuating device which is shiftable between an active position and a passive position and when in its active position blocks the locking device in its unlocked state and is transferable into its passive position, in which the locking device is shiftable into its locked state, when the stop element is attached to the securing element. The contact

Figure 8: Schematically shows a perspective view of a securing device.

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element may form part of the actuating device such that the actuating device can be shifted into its passive position when the securing element contacts the contact element.

According to figure 8, a securing device 1, which is used to prevent a person (not shown) from falling, comprises two stop elements 2. Each stop element 2 is configured in such a manner that it can be releasably attached to a stationary securing element 3. In figure 8, only the stop element 2 which is shown on the right is attached to the securing element 3, which is configured as a wire rope here, whereas the stop element 2 which is shown on the left is removed from the securing element 3. Furthermore, each stop element 2 is in each case connected securely to a connecting element 4, with it being possible for the respective connecting element 4 to be connected to the respective person to be secured. In the embodiment shown in figure 8, the connecting element 4 is a rope.

The two connecting elements 4 form a common loop 5 with which they can together be attached to the person to be secured. The two connecting elements 4 in this case thus form a common connecting component 6. Two completely separate connecting elements 4 can likewise be used. The connecting elements 4 or the connecting component 6 can in principle be fastened directly to a safety strap on the person to be secured by means of the loop 5 with the aid of a carabiner or the like. In the present case a fall arrester 7 is also provided, which can be included in the securing device 1. The connecting elements 4 or the connecting component 6 are/is fastened to the fall arrester 7, which for its part can be fastened by means of a loop 8 continued on next page Wire Rope News & Sling Technology December 2012

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Figure 10: Schematically shows a side view of a stop element in a second operating state.

to the respective persons or by means of carabiners to his/ her safety strap.

Each stop element 2 has a locking device 9. The respective locking device 9 can be shifted between an unlocked state and a locked state. In the unlocked state the respective stop element 2 can be attached to the respective securing element 3 or released from it. In contrast to this, the respective stop element 2 cannot be released from the respective securing element 3 to which it is attached without destroying it, when it is in the locked state.

The securing device 1 described here also comprises a coupling device 10. This is coupled to the locking device 9 of the two stop elements 2. This coupling takes place in such a manner that the coupling device 10 blocks the locking device 9 of one stop element 2 in its locked state when the locking device 9 of the other stop element 2 is in the unlocked state. This means that, when one locking device 9 is unlocked, the other locking device 9 is blocked in its locked state by means of the coupling device 10 and cannot be unlocked again. The coupling device 10 operates purely mechanically, in particular hydraulically or pneumatically. In principle, a coupling device 10 which operates electrically is also conceivable. However, embodiments which operate without an external energy source are preferred.

The stop elements 2 which are shown in figure 8 are configured as rollers which have in each case two rolls 11 which are arranged one after the other and with which the respective stop element 2 can roll on the securing element 3 which is configured as a rope. According to figures 58

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Figure 11: Schematically shows a side view of a stop element in a third operating state.

9 to 11, the respective stop element 2 has in each case a contact element 11, which interacts with the securing element 3 or comes into contact with the latter when the stop element 2 is attached to the securing element 3. In the preferred examples shown, this contact element 11 is configured as a roll, which is also given the reference symbol 11 below, that is, is also designated roll 11. It is clear that any other contact element 11 can be used instead of a roll, for example a type of slide stone or just a hook contour in the stop element 2. The use of the roll 11 as the contact element 11 ensures minimal wear and convenient operation. Where appropriate, the embodiments made with reference to the roll 11 can be transferred analogously to any other contact element 11.

Method of installing an elevator Pat. 8,291,568 U.S. class 29/429 Int. class B23P 11/00 Inventor: Hakan Barneman, Solna, SE. Assignee: Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI. A method in the installation of an elevator includes arranging a movable platform structure in the bottom end of the elevator hoistway with a temporary hoisting appliance in the elevator hoistway. The movable platform structure is lifted in the elevator hoistway with the temporary hoisting appliance. The final hoisting machine of the final elevator is installed from the platform structure and the final hoisting roping of the elevator is installed.

The movable platform structure can be the final elevator car or at least a part of the final elevator car.

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Figure 12: First phase of the method for an elevator comprising four floor landings

Figure 12 illustrates the method phase in which a temporary hoisting appliance 2 is suspended in the elevator hoistway 1, which hoisting appliance is preferably a socalled material hoist, preferably a Minifor hoist or alter-

natively a Tirak The & hoisting appliance August is supportWirehoist.

Rope News Sling Technology 2006 ed from the top end of the elevator hoistway, preferably on a horizontal beam in the near vicinity of the top end of the elevator hoistway. Objects can be supported, lifted and lowered in the elevator hoistway with the hoisting appliance 2 via the rope 3 of the hoisting appliance.

In this phase, the lowermost car guide rail sections, the buffer 7, the electrifications near the bottom end of the elevator hoistway, as well as possibly the lowermost counterweight guide rail sections and the counterweight, if the elevator being constructed is one with a counterweight, are also installed. The presence of all these listed structures is not necessary in all elevator types, so not all the structures are shown in the figure. The hoisting appliance 2 can be used as an aid in the installation of all of these structures. The roping of the hoisting appliance is 1:1 in figure 12, but alternatively it can be another roping, e.g.

2:1. Additionally in this method phase, the movable platform structure 6 is arranged in the bottom end of the elevator hoistway 1, preferably only after the elevator components around the platform structure have already been installed, preferably, at least, the lowermost car guide rail sections 4.

The platform structure presented in figure 13 comprises two levels, 6.1 and 6.2, one above the other, from which it is possible to work during the installation of the elevator.

The platform structure 6 is the partly assembled elevator car, of which the aforementioned levels 6.1 and 6.2 that are one above the other later form at least a part of the roof and the floor of the elevator car of the completed elevator. The hoisting appliance 2 can, if necessary, be continued on next page Wire Rope News & Sling Technology December 2012

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Figure 13: Second phase of the method for an elevator comprising four floor landings

utilized in moving the movable platform structure 6 into the elevator hoistway and in assembling it. The platform structure 6 preferably also comprises a brake (not shown) corresponding to the guide rails 4 and means (not shown) for activating the brake to make working from the platform structure 6 safe. The brake is not, however, wholly necessary. The brake can be, e.g. a brake controlled by a background art overspeed governor that is triggered by overspeed and/or a separately activated brake for locking the platform structure 6 to the car guide rails 4 with the brake during the time of working from the platform structure 6. The platform structure 6 preferably also comprises guides for guiding the platform structure along the guide rails 4 of the elevator car.

In the phase presented in figure 13, the landing door structures 8 of the lowermost floor landing of the elevator hoistway are installed and also, working from the platform structure 6, more particularly from the upper working level 6.1 of the platform structure 6, the next to lowermost car guide rail sections and possibly the counterweight guide rail sections (not shown) are installed into position by means of the hoisting appliance 2. The tightening of the car guide rail sections into their position can also be done from the platform structure 6.

In the method phase illustrated in figure 14, the landing door structures 8 of the next to lowermost floor landing are installed working from the platform structure 6. Likewise, in this phase, the movable platform structure 6 is suspended on the hoisting rope 3 of the hoisting appliance 2 for moving the platform structure 6 with the hoisting ratio best suited to the situation, e.g. with the 5:1 hoisting ratio presented in the figure. One benefit of the present 60

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invention is that the same hoist, which is used for material hoisting can be used for manriding. This is possible by increasing the hoisting capacity of the hoist by reconfiguring the roping ratio of the hoist from one ratio (e.g.

1:1) to another (e.g. 1:5). Thus, the car/working platform structure 6 can be raised/lowered in the hoistway with the same hoist which can be used for hoisting material. There is no need for two separate hoists for manriding and material hoisting. Also, a hoist that normally has been regarded as a material hoist not suitable for man riding can be used also for manriding.

The above described ratio change for enabling the use of a material hoist for manriding may include a separate invention. The hoisting appliance 2 is preferably of a portable type. For this purpose, it can comprise a handle and be light-weight. This purpose is also served by the fact that the aforesaid hoisting ratio change for the hoisting appliance need not be dimensioned to carry the whole weight of the platform structure in a 1:1 ratio. The hoisting appliance 2 preferably can be such that it has in normal and safe use capacity to lift, when configured to 1:1 ratio, 100-500 kg, preferably less than 500 kg, more preferably less than 300 kg. A commercially available lift can be used as the hoisting appliance 2, for example, a Minifor, dimensioned to safely lift the above-mentioned load (i.e. the nominal capacity of the hoisting appliance is designed to lift the above-mentioned load).

In the method phase illustrated in figure 15, the platform structure 6 is lifted upwards in the elevator hoistway 1 by controlling the hoisting appliance 2 safely from the floor landing. After this, the platform structure can be locked with the brake, if so desired, to the car guide rails from the floor landing, but this is not necessary. Moving next onto the platform structure 6, installation of the

Figure 14: Third phase of the method for an elevator comprising four floor landings.

Figure 15: Fourth phase of the method for an elevator comprising four floor landings.

structures of the elevator is continued from the platform structure. For example, installation of the electrifications of the elevator hoistway and installation of the guide rail fixings 9 is continued now on the higher level, after moving there. In this way, the structures of the elevator can be installed in sequence from the bottom upwards. Likewise the door structures of the third lowermost landing are installed from the levels 6.1 and/or 6.2 of the platform structure 6 and or from the floor landing. In this method phase also the platform structure is lifted to the height from where the uppermost car guide rail sections (and, if necessary, the topmost section of the counterweight guide rails) can be installed into position, in the installation of which a separate hoist can, if necessary, be used as an addition.

In the method phase illustrated in figure 16, the platform structure 6 has been lifted to the top end of the elevator hoistway. The structures of the elevator below the platform structure 6 have been installed in earlier phases to the desired degree of completion in sequence from the bottom upwards. In this phase, the actual final hoisting machine 11 of the elevator as well as the structures of the top end of the elevator, e.g. the electrifications of the hoisting machine 11 and the electrifications of the top end of the elevator hoistway 1, are installed in the top end of the elevator hoistway 1 from the platform structure 6. The final hoisting machine 11 of the elevator preferably comprises an electric motor and a traction sheave.

The installation of it is preferably performed such that the hoisting machine 11 is in some earlier phase, when continued on next page

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continued from previous page the platform structure 6 is at the lowermost point of the floor landing, e.g. in phase presented in figure 14, rolled on a trolley or corresponding to the lower level 6.1 of the platform structure 6, on which level the hoisting machine 11 is moved upwards with the level 6 as the installation progresses. In phase figure 16, the level 6.1 is driven to a position that is level with the topmost floor landing and it is rolled onto the floor landing. After this, the platform structure 6 is lowered such that the level 6.2 is level with the floor landing in question and the hoisting machine is rolled onto the level 6.2, from where the hoisting machine 11 is installed into its final position in the elevator hoistway 1. After this, the final hoisting roping (not shown) of the elevator is installed, which is arranged to bear the platform structure 6, which platform structure will later form at least a part of the final elevator car.

To make this possible it can be necessary to move the platform structure 6 and/or to change its structure to enable the roping, e.g. in order to arrange the suspension. It is possible to add, e.g. rope pulleys to the platform structure 6 if the final elevator is roped with other than a 1:1 hoisting ratio. When roping, it is also possible to drop the hoisting ropes into the hoistway and to guide the hoisting ropes to pass via the diverting pulleys of the bottom end of the hoistway and/or to their fixings by working below the platform structure 6, e.g. on the bottom of the hoistway.

When the platform structure is supported with the final

hoisting roping (not shown) the hoisting appliance 2 and the rope 3 are removed.

Device and method to split pipe near utilities Pat. 8,297,882 U.S. class 405/184.3 Int. class F16L 55/26 Inventor: Michael Tjader, New Richmond, WI. Assignee: TT Technologie, Inc., Aurora, IL. Examples of splitter systems and methods are shown.

In some examples, a splitter system includes a splitter body. A plurality of blades is attached at different angular locations around a perimeter of the splitter body. In some examples, the plurality of blades have a cutting depth that is less than a thickness of a wall of a pipe to be split.

Configurations are further shown that provide lubrication to splitting operations in a number of locations along a splitter system. Configurations are also shown that provide electrical isolation to cutting blades.

Figure 17 shows a splitter system 100 in operation performing a split and replacement. An entry pit 102 and an exit pit 104 are shown, with a pipe 120 that is to be replaced by the splitting operation. A pulling system is shown with a puller 110 illustrated in block diagram form. Examples of a puller 110 and pulling member 116 includes a cable, wire rope, etc. pulling member 116 that is pulled by a winch, cyclic cable puller, or other cable puling device. A pulling member 116 is shown coupled to the puller 110 and to a splitter 112. In operation, the puller 110 engages and advances the pulling member 116 to move the splitter 112 from the entry pit 102 to the exit pit 104. An expander 114 is also shown coupled to the splitter 112. The expander expands the pipe 120 after the splitter 112 weakens the pipe 120 as will be described in more detail below. A new pipe 122 is also shown coupled to the expander. In one embodiment, the new pipe 122 is pulled

Figure 17: Shows a splitting system in operation.

into the cavity formed by the expander as the splitter 112 and expander 114 combination is pulled.

A number of puller 110 and pulling member 116 options are possible. In one example, the pulling member included a number of pulling rods that are joined together in sections, and the puller includes a rod puller. One example of a rod puller engages the rods in a number of notches or openings in the rods (not shown). In one embodiment, the rods are first pushed through the pipe to be replaced, then the splitter system is coupled to the rods and the splitter system is drawn back through the pipe, as described above. In one embodiment, a leading portion with a swivel joint such as a ball joint is attached to a front end of the rods prior to pushing the rods through the pipe to be replaced. A short leading portion, such as an approximately six inch long portion with a rounded nose, provides improved tracking of the rods within the pipe to be replaced. Improved track62

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ing helps prevent the rods from accidentally pushing through a wall of the pipe to be replaced.

Figure 18 shows a splitter system 200 that is used in one example of the splitting operation shown in figure 17.

A shaping mandrel 210 is shown coupled to a splitter body 212. A pulling member 220 such as rods, cables, etc. as described above is also shown. The shaping mandrel 210 is shown partially within a pipe 250. The pipe is shown with a wall thickness 252. In one example of pipe splitting, a polymeric pipe such as HDPE pipe is split. One example includes 2 inch outer diameter HDPE gas line splitting.

One of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the present disclosure will recognize that other pipe materials such as other polymers, copper, other metals capable of being split, etc. are within the scope of the invention.

Using HDPE gas line splitting as an example, it has been found that old pipes are sometimes distorted in an out of round shape, however, the wall thickness is quite

Figure 18: Side view of a portion of a splitting system and a portion of pipe.

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Figure 19: Shows an end view of figure 18.

consistent. In one example, pulling the shaping mandrel 210 through the pipe 250 before splitting forms the pipe 250 into a predictable configuration prior to a splitting operation. Although a round cross section pipe 250 is used as an example, other shapes and corresponding shaping mandrels 210 are within the scope of the invention. Figure 18 also illustrates a leading feature 211 such as a taper or similar configuration to aid in pulling the shaping mandrel 210 into the pipe 250.

One problem to be overcome in splitting pipes is that frequently there are adjacent utilities buried in close proximity to the pipe to be split. Some adjacent utilities are fragile, such as fiber optic cables. Other adjacent utilities are dangerous such as electrical lines. It is desirable to perform a splitting operation on pipes 250 with minimal impact and minimal danger to a splitting operator. A device and method are needed to reduce damage to adjacent utilities. continued on next page Wire Rope News & Sling Technology December 2012

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continued from previous page Figure 18 shows a plurality of blades 216 attached to an external surface of the splitter body 212. The end view of figure 19 shows the plurality of blades 216 located at a number of different angular locations around the surface of the splitter body 210. The blades 216 are shown with a cutting depth 217 that is less than the wall thickness 252 of the pipe 250. When the blades 216 are pulled through the pipe 250, they will therefore not penetrate a surface of the pipe 250. This configuration ensures that the blades 216 will not contact any adjacent utility lines. This configuration is most effective when there is a consistent wall thickness 252 of the pipe 250. One application with very consistent wall thickness 252 includes HDPE gas line replacement.

Rotating superstructure and crane Pat. 8,302,789 U.S. class 212/179 Int. class B66C 23/18 Inventor: Akira Hanahara, Chita-gun, JP., Takeshi Nakatsu, Obu, JP. Assignee: Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cane Co., Ltd. Tokyo, JP. A rotating superstructure includes: a front block on which a power unit that includes a prime mover; and a rear block on which a unit for raising and lowering a boom that includes a winch, and an arm. The rotating superstructure is configured to be split into the front block and the rear block.

Figure 20 is an external side view of the rotating superstructure related to an embodiment of the present invention and the crane on which the rotating superstructure is mounted. A rotating superstructure 2 is rotatably mounted above a traveling undercarriage 1. A boom 3 is forwardly and rearwardly pivotally coupled to the front section of the rotating superstructure 2 and a mast for raising and lowering a boom (raising/lowering mast or live mast) 4 is forwardly and rearwardly pivotally coupled to the rear section of the boom 3 over the rotating superstructure 2. The rotating superstructure 2 includes a operator’s cab 5 that is supported by the front end portion of a main frame 200 (figure 21), a counterweight 6 that is supported by the rear end portion of the main frame 200, a front drum 7 and a rear drum 8 that are mounted on a base boom 3A, and a winch for raising and

Figure 20: External side view of a rotating superstructure and a crane on which the rotating superstructure is mounted.

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Figure 21: Side view of the main section of the live mast.

lowering a boom (raising/lowering drum or raising/lowering winch) 9 (refer to figure 21) that is mounted on the main frame 200.

A hook 11 is suspended from the end portion of the boom 3 via a wire rope 10. The wire rope 10 is wound up or paid out by the drive of the front drum 7 so as to move the hook 11 up and down. The end portion of the boom 3 and the end portion of the live mast 4 are connected via a pendant rope 12. The end portion of the live mast 4 and the rear end portion of the main frame 200 are provided with sheaves 13 and 14 (figure 21), respectively. A rope for raising and lowering a boom (raising/lowering rope) 15 is stretched between the sheave 13 and the sheave 14. The rope 15 is wound up or paid out by the drive of the winch 9 so as to rotate the live mast 4 and raise/lower the boom 3 via the pendant rope 12.

Figure 22: Side view showing the structure of the main frame

Figure 21 is a side view of the main section of the live mast 4, showing the working position in which the live mast 4 is tilted backwards. It is to be noted that, although not shown, a posture with the live mast 4 rotated clockwise on the figure about P1 described later and tilted forwards is referred to as a forward tilt position, while a posture with the live mast 4 rotated backwards further than the working position presented in figure 21 and lying down to be substantially horizontal is referred to as a transportation position. It is to be noted that, in the transportation position, the live mast 4 is placed on stoppers provided on the main frame 200. The front end portion of the main frame 200 is provided with a bracket 201 and the live mast 4 is pivotally supported on an upper end portion 204 of the bracket 201 via the pin P1. The front end portion of the bracket 201 is provided with a boom support section 202 and the boom 3 is pivotally supported on the boom support section 202.

An arm for raising and lowering a boom (raising/lowering arm) 17 is forwardly and rearwardly pivotally supported between the sheave 13 and a sheave for raising and lowering a boom (raising/lowering sheave) 14 about a pivot axis (not shown) that is coaxial with the rotation axis of the sheave 14. The horizontal (depth direction on the figure) end portion of the arm 17 is provided with a

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The arm Plant inside the building was facilitated launch pad foundation. However, Coal-fired Power 17 is pulled towards about the sheave 13 by tension of thewas rope Barnhart called upon to extract through the use of air-casters and a NASA was uncertain the amount 15 and the thefoundation arm 17 rotates about the pivot the live heaters and replace light-slide system. Barnhart President twoaxis old as feedwater of load could withstand. mast 4 another rotates. challenge was deciding them at a coal-fired power plant in Alan Barnhart characterized the plan Still As shown in figure 22, thestructure main frameSioux 200 includes two Weighing approxi- as less expensive but more tedious than City, Iowa. how to erect the lifting separable blocks, i.e., the front block 210 and the rear alternative Through beneath S the inlaunch gles structure, • Do Doubwhich les •mately Tripl80etons s •each, Regtheunew lar feedwater and He an Hea vy Wo Woplans. oden Blocits Bl ksinnovablock 250.

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The old This would mean that theinto lifting towers rear block 250.

The rear section of the front block 210 is the building were reducing the originally planned plant would require two elevations, one at to be extracted from provided with a lower an upper join- and shorter. The evacuation time by 75 percent. slightly heavier 124 feet and one at 103 joining feet – a section 21 foot 220, ing section 230, and an abutment sectionheaters (contact section) were originally placed in the difference between jacking points.

Under $150,000: PSC Crane and Figure 24: View of the front block seen fromand below.

240 so as to be coupled rear block 250. The front building during its construction, when Barnhart used Modularwith Liftthe Towers Rigging’s Move Installation of and hydraulic jacks to lift and secure the roof was off; however, a Diesel sectionfor of several the rear block 250Generator is providedPackage with a lower joinnot section be opened up an upper the structure while innovatively taking reasons, the roof coulding Last winter, Crane & Rigging 260, joiningPSC section 270, an abutadvantage of the launch pad’s rota- for the replacement. ment section (contact successfully completed a very complex section) 280 so as to be coupled with T h e c u s t o m e r ’ s the o r ifront g i n a block tional ability for positioning purposes. jobend thatportion began with l p l a 210. n rigging The rear of theoff-loading rear block Already concerned about the maze of required a high-capacity transferring an 8 megawatt thatwithand 250 iscrane provided a pair of right and left support brackduct work, piping and steel, Barnhart would have driven up Wartsila generator from a rail onto the cost of the ets 251 in a protruding manner so as to pivotallycar support crews also had to worry about high job. Barnhart proposed a nine-line Goldhofer trailer.

PSC then a less expensive the sheave 14 and the arm 17. winds and lightning prevalent in the alternative that used hauled the 332,000 generator – its 800 Figure 23 iston a perspective view of thepound rear section of the spring. On several occasions, the job capacity Demag TC 3000 which measured 44 feet long, 10 feet 10 lattice boom front block 210 seen from obliquely below and figure 24 is was shut down at the first sight of truck crane. Both theaextraction wideseen and 14 feetbelow.

2 inches high – of the view of the front inches block 210 from The lower a mile to the Indian Power Plant near heaters and the installation of the lightning because nobody involved old All Material Factory Certified joining sections 220 are each plate-like members that exones required movement along a Rensselaer, wanted to take chances with such an new Wooden Shell Blocks tofront-back 16� tend in3� the up-downOhio. direction each separately The opening in the the building to expensive, highly technical apparatus. circuitous path through provided two by two at theexisting lower right and left endsbuildof the ing’s brick façade, which measured a and from a hole in an exterior wall After successfully completing the For more Associated Wire Rope & Rigging, Waterman Co., Inc. frontInc. block 210 and are eachSupply provided with a pin throughproject, Barnhart and NASA concluded more than 100 feet above grade. little more than 10 feet wide, had to be information, hole 221. The upper joining sections 230 are CA each thick 8125 Saran Drive, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 910 Mahar Ave., Wilmington, 90748 enlarged before the generator could the launch structure weighed about 5 Clearances were as tight as 2 inches. contact: plate-like members that extend in the front-back up-down Ph: 1-800-901-1135 Fax: 310-448-5446 Ph: 1-800-322-3131 Fax: 310-522-1043 To adjust to inconsistencies in pass through. PSC used a 500 ton J&R million pounds, of which Barnhart direction each provided at the upper right and left ends of Email: awrrinc@earthlink.net Email: waterman@bigplanet.com Lift-NLock gantry system equipped flooring throughout the building, lifted about 2.5 million pounds. the front block 210 and are each provided with a pin guidt enseen gin eer s developed a with a 400 ton J&R Power Rotator to $150,000-$750,000: Barnhart Figure 23: Perspective view of the rear section ofBarnhar the front block ing groove 231. WRN from obliquely below.

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matic power to key markets like oil & gas, mining and construction that have traditionally only had air power available to them in large, stationary winch units, according to a company release. Air winches provide a critical alternative to electric power, especially in industries where sparks pose a danger due to combustible dusts and fumes. Additionally, air power offers significant advantages of their electric counterparts in duty cycle and speed.

New Easy-Loc™ System from Crosby

The Crosby Group is pleased to introduce the new Crosby Easy-Loc™ Bolt Securement System. The patent pending system utilizes a hinged split collar assembly that eliminates the traditional threaded bolt, nut and cotter pin. For heavy lifting applications,

the Crosby Easy-Loc™ system coupled with the industry leading Crosby shackles provides many features that will simplify the lifting experience, according to a company release. The Crosby Easy-Loc™ will be standard on 125 metric ton through 300 metric ton Crosby G-2160 Wide Body Shackles and G-2140 Alloy Shackles.

The Crosby Easy-Loc™ eases the bolt installation with no heavy nuts to lift.

When compared to the nuts used with the traditional system, the hinged collar provides up to a 70% weight reduction. In addition, the new bolt securement system eliminates the loss of the cotter pin. The hinged split collar “retention bolt” is permanently affixed for easy access and to prevent loss.

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dard shackles for subsea lifting jobs, and the assembly and disassembly of shackle pins and nuts before or after the lifting operations was a difficult, time consuming task which was either done by a diver or an ROV. In order to simplify installations, companies started to modify standard shackles to facilitate the subsea work.

Most of these modifications are now considered substandard and had a high level of “home brew”. Later on the manufacturers started to modify existing products under controlled production conditions.

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Van Beest would like to introduce a new addition to our range: Green Pin® ROV Release shackles.

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New Easy-Loc™ System from Talurit AB presents: medium sized swagers - powerful and efficient!

The medium range swagers made by Talurit AB consist of the 300, 600 and 1000T models. According to a company release, these swagers are powerful, efficient and very easy to use! The machines

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Van Beest’s new thrust bearing swivel system

According to a company release, pewag Universal and Erzberg tire chains are the longest lasting heavy equipment chains on the market today and feature TITANGrip® alloy steel with welded wear bars for added traction and durability. pewag “Ladder” chains feature our innovative “All-Square”, long wearing alloy square link chain. This chain is specifically designed to provide superior traction under the most severe conditions. pewag “All Square” tire chains outlast and outperform standard carbon steel twist link chains & V-bar twist link chains a minimum of four-to-one!

For more information on the wide array of pewag chain products available, visit us on facebook at: facebook.com/ pewagUSA or our website at: pewagchain.com.

Stainless steel eye nuts from Van Beest

Van Beest expands its range of load rated EXCEL® Stainless steel eye nuts with three smaller sizes: M6, M8 and M10.

Van Beest offers a complete program

of wire rope and chain fittings.

The EXCEL® range of chain accessories is very complete; you will find everything you need to make a chain assembly in the program, not only in grade 8 and 10, but also in stainless steel, according to a company release.

For more information please contact us: sales@vanbeest.com.

Van Beest has recently finished development of a new type of thrust bearing swivel system for the EXCEL® Swivel clevis self locking hook, grade 8. According to a company release, this hook is now equipped with a needle roller thrust bearing that will improve performance of this product.

We now have all sizes of this changed design available from stock.

For more information about the latest Van Beest product line, including details of this hook, please contact us: sales@vanbeest.com.

How can crane accidents be reduced at our ports?

We have developed a platform that allows a crane operator to see around obstacles via wirelessly transmitted video. The HoistCam has completed crane trials in Norfolk, Virginia where we have documented live video of the HoistCam being installed and operated. Before an operator may not have been able to see a hook block if positioned behind an obstacle such as a wall or inside the hull of a ship while doing a blind lift. He relied exclusively on the eyes and ears of his lookout. According to a company release, capabilities of the HoistCam include a completely selfcontained rechargeable power, wireless video and the ability to move the camera from the comfort of the operator room.

With the HoistCam, accidents where crane operators have killed individuals in many of our ports and construction sites could be virtually eliminated. Having a platform such as the HoistCam reduces the “information delay” from the lookout and allows the crane operator to anticipate and react faster to situations resulting in increased safety.

For more information, take a look at www.hoistcam.com or www. gmesllc.com.

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Tom Hudgins to join Delta Rigging & Tools as vice president of sales and marketing

Delta Rigging & Tools, Inc. (www. deltarigging.com), one of the largest providers of lifting and rigging products and related services in the United States, announced that Tom Hudgins will be joining the company effective January 1, 2013 as vice president of sales and marketing. Hudgins will rely on his more than 25 years of experience in the wire rope, lifting, and rigging industry to direct the sales efforts for Delta Rigging & Tools.

“Delta Rigging & Tools has consistently progressed to become the leader

When the “oil bust” occurred in the mid 1980’s, Hudgins chose to enter the rigging and lifting industry. His first nine years in the industry were spent in sales management with an industry leading manufacturer of blocks and chain fittings. In 1993 he accepted a Sr. Product Specialist position with the Crosby Group focusing on the implementation of key new products. In 1999 he assumed the position of Southwest Regional Manager and in 2008 was promoted to the VP of Sales for the Crosby Group where he remained until joining Delta.

Tom will be based in the Company’s headquarters location in Pearland, Texas.

Muncy Industries Introduces Louisiana Plant Manager

Muncy Industries is pleased to welcome Mr. John Leisenring to our team!

John has 14 years of experience as a CNC Machinist and has worked as plant manager at a machine shop in Florida. He takes the reigns as plant manager of the new Muncy Industries facility in Lafayette, Lousiana. We appreciate John’s eagerness and feel he

John Leisenring

will be a key asset to our company.

Our Lafayette branch has three roles: Warehouse and distributor for Muncy products made in our Pennsylvania facility, machine shop to provide faster delivery for special wire rope fittings, and finally a training facility used for educating our customers on how to properly apply our hardware.

The Lafayette facility maintains a

Obituary

Randy Duenn Tom Hudgins

in both the sales and rental of lifting and rigging products and services since our founding almost a decade ago,” said Mitch Hausman, president of Delta Rigging & Tools. “Tom’s extensive background in sales and management is a perfect fit to maintain that growth pattern, and take us to the next level.

We are constantly working on new and innovative sales and marketing practices to keep our range of products and solutions at the top of our customers’ minds, and Tom’s strong background in our industry will help guide Delta Rigging & Tools to even higher levels of performance.”

A native of Danbury, Texas, but raised in Oklahoma, Hudgins graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management. After college, Hudgins spent many years in the oil business including stints domestically and internationally with both Conoco and Cooper Manufacturing.

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This past October a dear friend mattered, and seldom wavered in and colleague, Randy Duenn, end- exuding a positive outlook on everything. Anyone ed his battle with who got to know prostate cancer by Randy always got passing away quito know him. He etly in his sleep. never held back Randy spent most in displaying his of his career in larger than life the wire rope personality. business starting Randy is surwith UNA-Anchor vived by his wife, Wire Rope as two daughters Warehouse Manand grandchilager, then Critedren. He will also rion Metals, and be missed by his finally Alps Wire second family Rope Corporation here at Alps Wire as one of our key Rope. If a man’s Customer Service life is but a vapersonnel. por, Randy was Those who knew Randy Duenn a giant cumulus Randy can certainly attest to his fun loving na- cloud at sunset, large and full of ture and positive attitude. He was color.

You will be missed big guy… always attuned to the things that

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stock of Muncy’s proprietary grade of steel, which has been specially developed for swaged fittings. Typical job shop machine shops use “off-the-shelf” steel that is prone to cracking during the swaging process.

For more information please visit our web site at www.muncyindustries.com.

his various sales assignments, Michael has excelled in every role he’s held with Spider,” comments John Sotiroff, vice president, sales & distribution. “He is the definition of a team player, and his dedication to the company is only superseded by his dedication to our customers. Michael’s return to the Chicago market ensures the contractors and facility owners in his territory will receive the reliable suspended access solutions customers have come to expect from Spider, their market leader for 65 years and counting.”

Southwest Wire Rope’s sales team continues to grow

Southwest Wire Rope, a division of Houston Wire & Cable Company, is proud to add Rick Shepherd to their corporate inside sales team. Shepherd brings with him more than a decade of sales experience and product knowledge in the Rigging Industry. He also knows his way around a rigging shop

Loos & Company grows its sales & marketing team

Michael Ford

tative at Spider’s Orlando operation center.

Prior to joining Spider, Michael worked as a sales specialist for Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc. in Colorado and as a financial analyst for the Cypress Company in St. Petersburg, Florida. He received his BS in Management from Eckerd College in Florida.

“From the sales trainee program to

Loos & Company is proud to announce the hiring of Robert “Bobby” Davis as their new sales & marketing manager. Bobby adds depth to the sales and marketing team as Loos & Company continues to expand its presence in the aircraft cable, wire rope, and specialty stainless steel wire markets.

Bobby received his undergraduate degree in Marketing from the University of Maryland, and his M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut. Wire rope and wire are nothing new to him continued on next page

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as he has worked in both the shop and in the office. Rick is excited to apply his knowledge and customer service skills to his new position and is enjoying the opportunity to learn from and share with others.

Spider announces Michael Ford as district sales representative - Chicago

Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC announces Michael Ford has joined its Chicago operation center as district sales representative. In this position, Michael will be responsible for solving suspended access and safety challenges of contractors and facility owners on Chicago’s north side, in Illinois north of I-88, and in southern and central Wisconsin.

After completing Spider’s Sales Trainee Program in 2011, Michael spent eight months as inside sales representative for Chicago. He then transitioned to district sales represen-

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October 22, 2012. Matt attended Alfred State College and graduated in 2007 with an Associate’s degree in Welding Technology. After graduating he became a production welder, which led him to becoming a welding inspector. Matthew returned to college in 2009 on a quest to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Welding Fabrication and Engineering Technologies. In 2012 he graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania College of Technology.

(E&E). DSM’s strategy, named Vision continued from previous page 2010 - Building on Strengths, focuses - from 2005 through late 2011, Robert on accelerating profitable and innovawas a member of the Loos & Company tive growth of the company’s specialties family. He began his Loos career as a portfolio.

Market-driven growth, product manager and quickly ascendinnovation and increased presence in ed to the position of sales & marketing emerging economies are key drivers of coordinator. this strategy. The group has annual “It’sofgreat to be 8back.” stated. sales over EUR billionBobby and employs “I plan on making immediateDSM imsome 22,000 peoplean worldwide. pact for the company through new ranks among the global leaders in programs focusing many of its fields. on Theopening companynew is markets and enhancing the customer headquartered in the Netherlands, experience. knowledgeable and with locationsOur in Europe, Asia, Africa friendly staff is our greatest asset, and and the Americas.

I plan on giving them additional tools About W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. to W. make Loos betL. the Gore & experience Associates,even Inc., a ter,” he continued. technology solutions provider with nearly $2 billion in sales and more than 7,000 associates, specializes in fluoropolymer innovations that improve the quality of life. Over its 47year history, Gore has applied its world-renowned expertise with membranes, fibers and laminates to thousands of products in performance-

Robert “Bobby” Davis

Please join us here at Loos & Company in welcoming our newest team Wooden bridge at River Camp by St. Joe in Panama City, Florida using stainless steel cable. member. driven markets, such as automotive, Promotion at Muncy Indusenergy, electronics and industrial tries, Inc. filtration. The company operates in Muncy Industries, Inc. is proud more than 45 facilities worldwide with to announce promotion within their headquarters in Newark, Delaware, staff. Matthew Bell, of Olean, New USA. For more information, visit York, has been promoted to Assistant www.gore.com/omnibend.

Quality Assurance Manager effective Dyneema® is a registered trademark of Royal DSM N.V. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Cable Railing Design It’s Back.....!

Award announced

Goddard Specialty Construction of Peachtree City, Florida and Nature

Bridges of Tallahassee, Florida are the recipients of the Ultra-tec ® Cable Railing Design Award, according to Raymond Kechely, vice president of The Cable Connection the manufact ure r o f U l t r a -t e c ® ca b l e r a i l i ng products.

Matthew Bell The award was given for the design and fabrication of a wooden bridge at River Camp by St. Joe in Panama City, Florida. The bridge was built in 2005 using stainless steel cable as the railing in-fill.

According to Kechely, the award is given for the design of the railing in relation to its setting and for the appearance and quality of fabrication of the railing. The Cable Connection supplied the tensioners and mounting devices for the cable. Nature Bridges built the bridge. Goddard Specialty Construction installed the cables.

“Thin, yet strong stainless steel cable was the perfect choice for this project,” explained Brian Fischer of Goddard Specialty Construction. “You hardly see the cable, so the view is unimpaired.” Brian's partner, Don Goddard, added, “The Cable Connection had all the right stainless steel tensioners and fittings that enabled us to install the cable quickly and at a very reasonable cost. We are proud of this project and thrilled to receive the design award.

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Click “Discussion Board,” then

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Advertisers Index Please turn to the pages indicated below for a detailed view of advertisers’ products or services.

Accutech ........................................................63

Morse-Starrett Products Co. . ..........................49

All Material Handling .................................57, 63

Muncy Industries ............................................37

Allied Power Products .....................................34

New England Ropes ........................................53

Alps Wire Rope Corp. . ....................................22

C.S. Osborne & Co. . .......................................57

Associated Wire Rope & Rigging, Inc. .... 13, 35, 50

Peerless . ........................................................31

Buffalo Lifting and Testing ...............................62

Premier Wire Rope ............................................4

C. Sherman Johnson Co., Inc. . .......................47

Rud Chain, Inc. ...............................................15

Caldwell Company, Inc. .......................32, 46, 76

Sea Catch .......................................................70

Chant Engineering Co., Inc. .......................25, 51

Slingmax Rigging Products ...............................5

Chicago Hardware ..........................................26

Slinguard Protectors . ......................................69

The Crosby Group . ...............................2, 16, 40

Southern Wire .................................................33

Distributor Computer Systems . .......................65

Strider~Resource . .........................................11

Downs Crane & Hoist Co., Inc. ........................65

Suncor Stainless, Inc. ............................... 38-39

Engineered Lifting Tech ...................................61

Talurit .............................................................21

Esco Corporation ............................................28

Taylor Chain Company ....................................30

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

Terrier Lifting Clamps ......................................29

Gaylin International Co. Pte. Ltd. . ....................75

Van Beest BV ..................................................17

Ken Forging, Inc. .............................................45

Vanguard Steel, Ltd. ........................................23

KWS, Inc. .......................................................59

Wichard, Inc. ..................................................55

Landmann ........................................................6

Windy Ridge Corporation ................................59

Lincoln Hoist . ...................................................3

Wirop Industrial Co., Ltd. . ...............................27

Miller Lifting Products .....................................23

Yoke Industrial Corp. .......................................19

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HELP WANTED Fast growing Billings Montana industrial supply and rigging shop seeks experienced rigger and wire rope assembler. Must be familiar with all aspects of rigging shop operations. Email resume to bjones@gotbolts.com.

POSITION AVAILABLE Outside sales representative needed for a well established distributor of wire rope, rigging hardware, chain and related industry products, located in Central Arkansas. The qualified individual will possess industry knowledge and the ability to develop new accounts and grow existing accounts. Our company offers a competitive salary, bonus structure and benefits package. If you are qualified please email your resume with salary history to: Reference Box12-01 on subject line, and reply to ejblu@aol.com.

Web and Round Sling Dept. Manager; Arctic Wire Rope and Supply in Anchorage 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 resume to accounting@arcticwirerope.com.

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, disability, paid vacation, vehicle, and 401K. Please visit company website: www.houwire.com.

College degree preferred - Industry knowledge a must. Send resume in confidence to: marketing@southernwire.com or Fax# 662893-4732. *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 environments. 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 careers.industrial@ gmail.com.

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tion shop has inside customer sales/service position. Experience in rigging or crane industries a plus. Contact us via email: hjs_ ess@hotmail.com or fax: 610-687-0912.

Inside wire rope sales representative: 90+ year family owned business is looking for an experienced inside Wire Rope representative, to replace retiring veteran salesman. Candidates must be reliable, honest, strong work ethic, and demonstrate good communication skills. Our company provides 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, Rasmussen Wire Rope and Rigging Co. Inc. 415 south Cloverdale Street, P.O. Box 81206 Seattle, WA 98108, Phone: 206-762-3700, Fax: 206-762-5003, email: Cherise m@rasmussenco.com.

Company: Nelson Wire Rope Corporation Description: Established in 1979 in Hatfield, Pa, Nelson Wire Rope Corporation is a leader in wire rope fabrication and product distribution. We offer a wide array of products for the lifting, towing, construction, traffic control and other industries.

Location: Hatfield, PA Employee Type: Fulltime Industry: Manufacturing, Wire Rope and Sling Industry Job Title: Outside-Inside Sales Required Education: Industry experience, degree preferred Required Travel: Frequent Day Trips Other: Local Candidates Only Interested candidates should Email resume to: nwrjobs@gmail.com.

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, organization 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 largest family owned rigging, contractor and industrial supply company is seeking experienced sales representatives for our Florida territories.

The suitable candidate will be aggressive and detail-oriented with experience in selling overhead lifting, load securement and

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fall protection equipment along with other contractor supplies and have a proven successful sales history.

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

If you share our core values and the experience we are looking for we look forward to hearing from you. Email your resume and salary requirements to Attention Team Member Relations at csi@certifiedslings. com or fax to 407-260-9196.

Our Purpose: To grow through challenge and opportunity ‘with passion’ while benefiting team members, customers and vendors. Our Core Values: Service, Quality, 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 Manager 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 accessories. 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: e.bermejo@ thiele.de.

Leading manufacturer of below the hook lifting devices seeks a mechanical engineer who has experience with designing below the hook lifters. Experience with motorized 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, sandy@ tandemloc.com or call 252-463-8113.

Sales manager needed for Chicago market. Must have strong understanding of wire rope, chain, hardware. Must be able to establish goals and achieve desired results.

Computer 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 computer knowledge. Willing to train and mentor continued

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, President, Rouster Wire Rope and Rigging, Inc., 304-228-3722, in confidence.

in the industrial supply market is necessary. We offer a drug-free, results-oriented work environment with excellent wages and advancement opportunities. Resumes received confidentially at wremployment@ gmail.com.

Outside Sales Representative needed for well established family owned business in Nashville, TN. Contractors & Industrial Supply Co., Inc. founded in 1970 is a distributor 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 to develop new accounts and maintain existing. We offer a competitive base salary plus commission and an outstanding benefits package. If qualified, please email your resume with salary history to kreff@cisrigging.com.

POSITION WANTED West 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.

Established wire rope distributor in North America is expanding into crane/container 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 330-4522331 attention Kris Lee or email to klee@ afdindustries.com.

Texas Wire Rope Company expanding inside sales department. Individuals must have a strong technical, mechanical and basic mathematical aptitude, including basic computer knowledge. Selected candidates must be quality conscious and able to handle multiple tasks. Previous experience

Experienced Wire Rope Sling (Flemish) fabricator needed. CWR Hawaii is seeking a worker with knowledge and hands-on ability to fabricate wire rope and chain assemblies. 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 allen@cwrhawaii.com or call me at 808-843-2020.

Former Division-Product Manager, Regional 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 Manager, Wire Rope Ind Product Manager, Rud Chain, Inc. Interested parties reply to M.E. (Mike) Givens mike90309@aol.com, ph 256-476-7700.

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

REPS WANTED Sunwood Inc., manufacturer of nets, slings, etc. since 1986, (formerly known as Fl. nets & slings supply) is expanding nationwide & looking for ambitious independent reps in US and Canada. Check our webiste: www.netsandslings.com before contacting us. We offer several 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: sunwoodfl@aol.com.

Sales rep wanted for an established manufacturer 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 registered 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 awareness. Please contact us at info@etiflex.com or call 866-ETIFLEX for information.

Manufacturer Represtentatives for Lifting Equipment & Accessories wanted by ALL MATERIAL HANDLING, Inc. Territories 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 peter@ allmaterialhandling.com. continued

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continued from previous page Well established manufacturer of wire rope assemblies seeks manufacturer representatives for most major U.S. and Canadian markets. Visit our web site at www. thecableconnection.com. Please contact ray@thecableconnection.com or call Ray at (800) 851-2961 PRODUCT LINES WANTED Merit Sales, Inc. (Manufacturer Representatives) 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 contact. 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 WANTED Wanted: Used test stand for manual hoists static testing, up to 10-tons. Contact John Gideon at jwg@meritsalesinc.com or Phone 770-266-5700.

Wanted 600t wire rope swaging press complete with dies in good order, please contact Tony@cman.co.nz, 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.

FOR SALE “Nets & slings” equipment (used) are offered at bargain prices (best offer will take

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it): Singer- 6 Sewing machines H.D. w/ benches. Kiwi- Web printing machine, complete set-up. Tinius Olsen- Testing machine 60K. Call us at 954-788-7144 or e-mail: sunwoodfl@aol.com.

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 abarker@rmcord.com, 800-3429130 x 124, Andy.

New wire rope with galvanized finish, 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 Rigging SErvice, 11-13 Gerberte Court, Wurruk, Victoria, Australia, 3850. Phone 0011+61351461088. Email: bgalpha@bigpond.net.au.

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.

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WIRE ROPE FOR SALE New 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 shaclkes. Call Tom at 541-378-7006 for pricing and details.

HARDWARE FOR SALE Overstocked inventory for sale, 1-3/8” Shackle, WLL 13½ ton, galvanized, round pin, import. Super savings. Sold in minimum lots of 50 at $9 each. Eric Parkerson, Certified Slings, 407-331-6677.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE National 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 blemberg@ bilcogroup.com.

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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Below Hook Lifters

Rigging Attachments

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