HANDBOOK FOR RIGGERS
Contents of the Handbook (Index)
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| WIRE ROPE INFORMATION |
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| General Wire Rope Information |
4-8 |
| Seizing Wire Rope |
9 |
| Safe Working Loads |
10-12 |
| (Breaking Strength) Rule of Thumb |
13 |
| How to Measure Wire Rope |
14 |
| Wire Rope Trouble |
15 |
| Uncoiling and Spooling Wire Rope |
16-19 |
| Drum and Reel Information |
20-21 |
| Wire Rope Slings and Chokers |
22-25 |
| Lifting and Turning Loads |
26-29 |
| Sling Angles |
30-31 |
| Sling Inspection Guidelines |
32-34 |
| Reeving With Wire Rope |
35-39 |
Material Handling Gear, Hooks, Rings, Shackles,
Turn Buckles, Eye Bolts, and Hoisting Rings |
50-59 |
| Wire Rope Clips and Connections |
60-61 |
| Handling Gear Assemblage |
62 |
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| SYNTHETIC ROPES |
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| Property Comparison and Specifications |
63-65 |
| SWL Rules of Thumb |
66 |
| SWL For Slings |
67-72 |
| Splicing Synthetic Ropes |
73-80 |
| Knot Efficiency (Polypropylene) |
81 |
| Knots and Hitches |
92-91 |
| Whipping Rope |
92 |
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| GENERAL RIGGING INFORMATION |
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| Timber and Plank Strengths |
93-97 |
| Crane Operation, Safety Procedures |
98-100 |
| Signals |
101-105 |
| Alloy Steel Chain Information |
106-114 |
| Good and Bad Rigging Practises |
115-121 |
| Weights of Materials |
122-123 |
English and Metric Systems of Measure
- With Conversions |
124-127 |
| Terms Used in Rigging |
128 |
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