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Daily check for visible
faults in links or hooks |
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At least twice a
year:
• Clean slings prior to inspection
• Hang
the chain sling up or stretch the sling out on a level floor. Remove
all twists. Measure the length. Discard if sling has been stretched.
• Make a link-by-link inspection. |
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At least once a year:
We recommend to have the chain sling proof tested to twice the WLL
and re-certified by Unirope. |
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It is important to
inspect chain slings and to keep a record of individual chain inspections.
The Unirope Sling Inspection Service takes care of this. |
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Remove from service
if you detect:
• Missing or illegible capacity tags
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cracks or breaks, wear, nicks, gouges
• stretched chain links
or components
• bent, twisted or deformed chain links or
components
• evidence of heat damage, weld splatter
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pitting or corrosion
• lack of ability to hinge freely
• 13% or more wear on any point on a link
(for exact values refer to ASME B30.9) |
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