General Industrial Lifting Equipment

LiftingSafety offers a range of synthetic (man-made fibre) lifting slings designed to be lightweight and help prevent or minimise damage to the items being lifted. A synthetic webbing sling is also often referred to by a variety of different names, such as lifting strap/strop, belt sling, polyester lifting sling, flat web lifting sling, belt webbing, woven sling, simplex or duplex sling, round sling or endless slings.

Soft slings like this are either made as a duplex or simplex flat webbing or endless round slings. All are made from the same core materials, which are typically polyester or Dyneema. Polyester and Dyneema are both synthetic (man-made) materials; polyester slings are lightweight and very competitively priced; Dyneema lifting slings are extremely lightweight and compact offering a greater working load limit than polyester. This feature makes the Dyneema a little more expensive than a standard polyester sling, although Dyneema lifting slings start to re-pay their original extra purchase cost as soon as they are put to work lifting heavy loads increasing productivity and time savings because they are so compact, lightweight and easy to handle when compared to steel chains or wire ropes.

In this category LiftingSafety offer complete built-up assembled chain slings and chain sling components including sling hooks, master rings, shackle connectors, swivels etc... A "Chain Sling" can have many other names that they are also referred to in the lifting industry and by users alike, for example they are also known as a lifting chain, chain slings, chain lifter and sometimes as Brothers. Many options are available to allow you to configure a chain sling to your exact specifications and to ensure you get the correct sling for your lifting application(s). Also available are specials such as pump lifting chains. Online you can build your own chain sling from a good selection of components (chain, end fittings/hooks/shorteners) which means you can build your own chain slings with the least amount of hassle and get all the specifications you require all in one place. These are the most popular components and they represent only a small percentage of the total range of fixtures and fittings which are available! Please contact our sales team if you require any further assistance.

We offer many different types of lifting chain, anchor chain and stainless steel chains other than listed below, so if you are unable to find details of the chain that you are looking for, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

• Grade M (40) Calibrated Short Link Chain, manufactured to EN818-3. Self Colour finish.
• Grade 8 (also known as grade 80 or grade T) short link lifting chain manufactured in accordance with EN818-2.
• Grade 10 / 100 lifting chain with a higher capacity to link size ratio / weight when compared to grade 8 chain.
• Grade 40 galvanised / 50 stainless / 50 316L stainless steel pump chains, generally with larger links every metre.

Wire rope slings from LiftingSafety are made to our customer’s specifications with an online choice of terminations and end fittings that include soft eyes, thimble eyes or with a big choice of hooks. As with our chain slings the wire rope slings offered online can be supplied as one, two, three or four leg design and can be made from galvanised steel wire rope or stainless steel wire rope and in any length and safe working load. All of our wire rope slings are made to order, bespoke products so if you cannot configure the exact product specification needed then please contact our sales team who will be happy to email you a competitive quote. End fittings/terminations offered online are; fused and tapered, ferrule secured thimble hard eye, ferrule secured soft eye, flemish eye according to Din 13414-1, captivated shackle (permanent), master ring, sling hooks (traditional safety latch/catch type), self-locking safety hooks, foundry hook, swivel sling hook and swivel self-locking hook.

LiftingSafety’s lifting shackle category offers a very comprehensive online rage. Lifting Shackles are connection link, used to make a connection between the load lifting device (hoist hook / sling) and the load to be lifted. There are two main shapes / styles of lifting shackle and they are “D” Shackles (or Dee Shackle) and bow shackles otherwise known as Omega shackles. The shackles we offer are galvanized, self colour (forged black steel) and made from stainless steel. As a general rule the galvanised steel lifting shackles tend to be US Federation specification alloy steel lifting shackles and the Black Forged steel lifting shackles tend to be High Tensile to BS3032. (This is usually the case though not always as both types can be self colour or galvanised). Dimensionally the US Fed spec anchor shackles are physically far small than the black self colour high tensile shackles while still maintaining the same safe working load. The load pin on a lifting shackle is fastened to the shackle body in different ways; there is screw pin where the pin screws into the body of the shackle like a bolt and safety pin shackles where the pin passes through the body of the shackle then is captivated by either a split pin or nut c/w split pin. We also offer a great range of stainless steel lifting shackles, ROV shackles, hydraulic remote release shackles and wide body shackles.

Eye bolts and eye nuts are also commonly known in the lifting industry as lifting eyes, lifting points, hoist rings or load rings and are available in a wide range of metric and imperial sizes, as well as high tensile steel or stainless steel options. They vary in shape and size and include DIN standard eye bolts, BS4278 standard collar eye bolts, ISO3266 (similar to BS 4278), EN1677-1 lifting points, long shank, dynamo type and eye bolts with built-in oval links or rings.

Lifting Eye Capacities (WLL - Working Load Limit) are available online from 95kg all the way up to 200 tonnes from standard equipment and greater capacities as special bespoke manufactured.

 LiftingSafety offers a great variety of styles are offered to try ensure that we have a fitting to suit our customer's application. Stainless steel lifting eyebolts are used where there is the potential of corrosion contamination or failure caused by corrosion. We offer different types of stainless steel eyebolts including stainless steel swivel eye bolts with link that will automatically adjust to the direction of the load. Other lifting eye bolts in this category include special manufactured bolt-on eyebolt plates available for permanent or temporary installation for fitting to an overhead beam to create a lifting point or fall arrest anchorage point. We also offer in this category of the shop ISO container lifting eyes are also referred to as container lifting lugs designed to connect to the top, side or bottom of ISO shipping Containers (International Organization for Standardization) 

LiftingSafety offer online a massive selection of lifting clamps to cover all user applications. We have clamps that are only for top quality reputable manufacturers the likes of Camlok, Yale, Tractel, Riley Superclamp Crosby and IP Clamps suitable for lifting and handling many material types, steel clamps, concrete clamps, plaster board lifting, glass and other fragile materials. Clamps in this category are designed for lifting application, for pulling equipment, tensioning loads and for holding items in place. Basic design styles include cam locking, screw lock clamps, scissor action lifting and suspension clamps. The main application for clamps purchased from LiftingSafety is to handle steel plates and all types of steel profile and therefore he main lifting clamp categories include, vertical & horizontal plate clamps and beam clamps (lifting and suspension) though there are many other categories including offered in the online catalogue and these include: pulling clamps, non-marking clamps, drum handling clamps, groundworks/construction clamps, coil handling, rail and drop test clamps. We have arranged all the clamps by user application then sub divided by manufacturer to ensure that the end user navigates as easily as possible to the best clap to suit their application. Lifting safety also service & repair clamps and offer user training to help ensure the operator is competent before use. All of our clamps listed are quality manufactured units and come complete with the required certification and technical backup, the majority of which and available to buy online at a special online sale price or sent for a quotation. Contact our sales or technical team if you need any help.

At LiftingSafety, every lifting and spreader beam is expertly designed and manufactured to meet your unique specifications. Choose from a variety of high-quality materials, including carbon steel (available painted or powder-coated), durable and corrosion-resistant stainless steel, or lightweight high-strength aluminium.

We strive to provide competitive pricing for our lifting and spreader beams. Request a quotation, and upon receiving your purchase order, we will deliver a general arrangement drawing tailored to your needs.

Please note that the specifications and dimensions we provide for our standard steel lifting beams are intended for illustrative purposes, helping you understand the types available in the market. Most beams can be customised to align with your specific requirements. For custom and bespoke lifting beams, we ensure a drawing is sent for your approval before we commence any manufacturing, guaranteeing your complete satisfaction

We offer lifting magnets online as manually operated and electric powered from reliable lifting equipment and magnet equipment manufacturers like Bux, Magnetics, Eclipse magnetic, Yale, Tractel. Hand operated lever action lifting magnets are by far the most popular category within the Lifting Magnets section of our online web shop. These are permanent lifting magnets which means that they are used to lift material they are permanently switched on and cannot be de-magnetized with-out operating the magnet lever. All permanent lifting magnets have a 3:1 factor of safety (FOS) when used in accordance with the manufacturers operation and user guide. It is air gaps between the surface of the magnet that reduces the efficiency / lifting capability of a lifting magnet. Air gaps are caused by rust, paint, dirt, oil or other contamination, rough surfaces etc..... and must be taken into account before use. Eclipse uses a safety ship to assist the user to confirming that every lift still maintains the 3:1 safety factor. It works by simulating an air gap when a safety shim is used. Put the safety shim between the magnet and the equipment that need lifting then take the weight with the lifting hoist, if the load is held then when the shim is removed you will have a 3:1 safety factor.

This category is populated with beam trolleys, these are load suspension trolleys designed to have a load or lifting equipment suspended underneath then traverse along a runway lifting beam (otherwise known as a monorail lifting beam made from a rolled steel joist (RSJ) or universal beam (UB) or Universal Column (UC). We offer in our online catalogue shop four sections, different types of Monorail runway trolley. Beam trolleys are a mobile anchorage point that can be fitted onto a lifting beam to suspend lifting equipment beneath, such as a chain hoist. This allows the load to travel along the direction of the lifting beam. A Beam trolley can also be referred to as a load trolleys, a beam runner, 'I' beam crane trolleys, a beam flange roller or girder monkeys. This section is for manual push travel beam trolleys and geared travel runway beam trolleys (Chain drive). Gear travel units are moved along the beam by operating a hand chain and give a greater level of control especially on larger capacities. Most trolleys are adjustable and some are quick release. We offer heavy-duty and low-head room trolleys, also swivel truck trolleys to negotiate tight radius bends on runway tracks where required.

Lifting equipment and height safety gear in the UK and around the world must undergo regular thorough examinations to ensure they remain safe for use. The inspection timeline for lifting gear varies based on the type of equipment, typically occurring every six (6) or twelve (12) months. Accessories for lifting equipment require inspections twice a year, while lifting machines are assessed annually.

To help users easily identify whether the equipment is still within its acceptable service period, we provide colour-coded tags. These serve as a visual cue that the equipment is generally safe to use, though it’s essential to conduct user inspections both before and after operation. Additionally, our lifting equipment identification tags are perfect for confirming that height safety and fall arrest gear are still compliant with inspection requirements.