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GAME “CHAINGER” FROM NOBLES Nobles launches its high quality Grade 100 chain lifting system, without the premium price tag. A. NOBLE & SON LIMITED (NOBLES) recently announced the launch of their new range of Grade 100 lifting and lashing chain, components and slings, NOBLE10, available for local delivery around Australia. The new NOBLE10 range of chain slings are ideally suited to the construction, mining, manufacturing and heavy engineering industries and are being offered pre-assembled or made-to-order for Nobles’ customers nationally. NOBLE10 comes in five sizes of true Grade 100 alloy chain ranging from 8 to 20mm in diameter, together with enlarged master-links, optional grab hook shorteners and a choice of self-locking or safety latch hooks. All chain and components come painted in gloss blue and are embossed with “NOBLE10” on the chain and “NOBLES” on components, in addition to batch numbering for full product traceability. NOBLE10 is designed, manufactured and rigorously tested to Australian Standards AS2321, AS3775 and AS3776 and is 100 per cent exclusively imported by Nobles, Australia’s leading lifting and rigging specialists. Unlike many other Australian suppliers, Nobles sources its “value” lifting and rigging products, 10 / CAL November 2019
including NOBLE10, directly from white-label manufacturers, conducting thorough on-site manufacturing process and quality system checks before even beginning commercial discussions. During product selection, Nobles conducted extensive inhouse engineering design reviews and local sample/batch destruction testing on all NOBLE10 chain and components individually, as well as in fully assembled slings of all sizes and configurations. This process was so exhaustive, Nobles even specified selected component design modifications to improve integrated sling performance, delaying the launch of the entire product range, to ensure 100 per cent quality and performance from day one. Furthermore, during the chain and component production process Nobles conducted multiple manufacturer visits to observe critical manufacturing stages, such as heat treatment, forging and in-line product testing before the products were even shipped. And, as is required by Australian Standard AS3775, Nobles always conducts NATA accredited proof load tests on all manufactured NOBLE10 chain slings, which are all assembled by experienced
local Nobles production teams in Australia, before despatch to customers. As a true Grade V (100) chain sling under AS3775, NOBLE10 is 25 per cent stronger than the same sized Grade T (80) chain, components and slings. While Nobles will continue to sell premium European Grade 100 and locally made Grade 80, the new NOBLE10 range will be offered to Nobles’ customers at Grade 80 equivalent pricing. Over time, the company expects that many local Grade 80 buyers will move to NOBLE10 Grade 100 and premium imported Grade 100 buyers will eventually move up to Grade 120. To enable faster customer chain sling selection and delivery, as part of the launch, Nobles have provided customers with tables of over 70 pre-configured NOBLE10 chain sling item numbers covering a wide range of chain size, leg, and length combinations. If not already available in stock pre-assembled, NOBLE10 chain slings ordered this way will be rapidly produced in any one of Nobles’ five manufacturing centres based around Australia. NOBLE10 chain, slings, and components will also be available to order directly online from Nobles website to be shipped anywhere in the country. www.cranesandlifting.com.au
