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  1. IrishBoots

    Testing Pad eyes

    Thanks all. Great tips. Will add and steal from each one to built a testing program. Paul
  2. IrishBoots

    Testing Pad eyes

    Thanks Ron for the tip. What I need to be able to do is check the pad eye/ lifting eye. I have to know if the size of the hole is correct, the amount of metal between the hole and the top of the pad eye is sufficent to hold the WLL/ working load limit The FOS/ factor of safety ;I can calculate...
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    Testing Pad eyes

    Good afternoon all. At this very moment i have a mountain of paper work in front of me regarding Padeyes. But no answers to my questions. I need a chart/ standard to calculate the size of a pad eye. Think of eye in relation to plaat thickness and WLL. FOS can be calculated at a later date (...

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