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  1. johnmac7

    Chain Sling Design

    Dear All, Many thanks for your excellent posts. It is stated to have a minimum safety factor of 5 on UTS. When we do the actual calculations however it is actually about 65% of yield. The acceleration/deceleration loadings are about another 20%, so quite appreciable. This is not what you would...
  2. johnmac7

    Chain Sling Design

    Hi, I'm just a simple Materials engineer. Can anyone please advise as to whether to include for acceleration/deceleration forces in detrmining the acceptability of Chain slings using simple ratings from SWL(or WLL)? Thanks A

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