Nine-Part Body Flexibility and handling ease Sling body formed with nine parts Greater lifting capacity

Flexibility and handling ease for rigging large lifts are the main benefits of the 9-part slings.  The 9-part sling is made by laying wire rope continuously through both eyes and the sling body. This results in a body formed with nine parts.

The proven design provides internal adjustment to distribute the load among all nine parts of the sling body.  Additionally, the construction makes it possible to more easily inspect all parts of the sling before  and after each lift, which is important to remember if the sling is to be used many times.  Only two splices occur in the entire sling – where the two rope ends are spliced at the eyes.  A 9-part sling construction exhibits constructional stretch of approximately 1.5% on the first loading and a lesser amount thereafter. For this reason, lifts that use two or more legs should always be made with legs that have been subjected to the same past usage when such stretch may affect the lift. 

When a sling body must conform to a tight choke hitch or must bend in a tight radius, such as around a pin or post, a 9-part construction may be the most suitable since it can develop greater lifting capacity from a smaller component rope.

915 Nine-part wire rope sling 

		Rated Capacity - Tons of 2,000 lbs.*
XIP IWRC Comp. Rope Dia. (inches)	Sling Body Dia. (inches)	Vert.	Vert. Choker**	Basket Hitch and 2-leg Bridle				EyeDimensions		Weight
				Vert.	60°	45°	30º	Eye Width (inches)	Eye Length (inches)	Lbs. per ft. (approx)
1/4	1	4.3	3.7	8.6	7.4	6.1	4.3	6	12	1
5/16	1 1/4	6.6	5.8	13	12	9.4	6.6	6	12	2
3/8	1 1/2	9.5	8.3	19	16	13	9.5	7 1/2	13	3
7/16	1 3/4	13	11	26	22	18	13	9	18	4
1/2	2	17	15	34	29	24	17	10	20	5
9/16	2 3/16	21	19	42	37	30	21	12	24	6
5/8	2 1/2	26	23	52	45	37	26	12	24	8
3/4	3	37	32	74	64	52	37	15	30	11
7/8	3 1/2	50	44	100	87	71	50	17	34	15
1	4	65	57	130	113	92	65	20	40	20
1 1/8	4 1/2	82	72	164	142	116	82	22	44	25
1 1/4	5	101	88	201	174	142	101	25	50	31
1 3/8	5 1/2	121	106	242	210	171	121	27	54	38
1 1/2	6	144	126	287	249	203	144	30	60	45
1 5/8	6 1/2	166	146	333	288	235	166	32	64	53
1 3/4	7	193	169	386	334	273	193	35	70	61
1 7/8	7 1/2	219	192	438	380	310	219	37	74	70
2	8	249	218	499	432	353	249	40	80	80
2 1/4	9	311	272	622	539	440	311	45	90	101
2 1/2	10	381	333	761	659	538	381	50	100	125
2 3/4	11	455	398	910	788	643	455	55	110	151
3	12	536	469	1071	928	757	536	60	120	179
3 1/2	14	711	622	1421	1231	1005	711	70	140	244

* Rated Capacities Basket Hitch based on D/d Ratio of 25 times the component rope diameter.
** Click here to see Choker Hitch Rated Capacity Adjustment.
Rated Capacities based on pin diameter no larger than natural eye width or less than the nominal sling diameter.
Rated Capacities based on design factor of 5.
Horizontal sling angles of less than 30º shall not be used.
All capacities in tons of 2,000 lbs.  All eye and fitting dimensions in inches.

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