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Industrial Wire Rope Scores Soccer Stadium Construction – What a Feat!

A lot of weightlifting goes on behind the scenes of major sporting venues, and it’s not just the athletes hoisting the weights. For fans and athletes alike, it’s hard to beat the thrill of the energy inside the stadium. It’s a force that binds team spirit and motivates competitive peak performance. The stadiums set the [...]

December 8th, 2022|Rigging Shack|Comments Off on Industrial Wire Rope Scores Soccer Stadium Construction – What a Feat!

Hoisting: How to Know When it’s a Job for a Hurricane

Never under-estimate the power of a Hurricane. Of course, that’s obvious in nature, but here we are talking about hoisting and the industry-leading hoists from Columbus McKinnon. Unlike those greatest of storms we see in nature, however, the Columbus McKinnon Hurricane 360⁰ Mini is the smallest hand chain hoist on the market. Columbus McKinnon, like [...]

March 16th, 2022|Rigging Shack, Rigging Supplies|Comments Off on Hoisting: How to Know When it’s a Job for a Hurricane

Time to talk Shackles

Any time of year, the mention of shackles can transport me to the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, with the image of Jacob Marley shaking his chains and shackles as he warns Scrooge to change his ways. This confession is further embarrassing as it’s always the Muppet version of Marley, making the night terror [...]

August 18th, 2021|Rigging Shack, Rigging Supplies, Safety First|Comments Off on Time to talk Shackles

How to Shorten Your “To-Do-List”: Call Industrial Wire Rope

“Busy as a One-Armed Paper Hanger” may be a phrase out of another era in relation to interior design.  Yet, despite – or perhaps – because of the disruption caused by the pandemic, it’s a condition that seems to be more common than ever.  Something that we’ve observed among our customers at Industrial Wire Rope [...]

February 9th, 2021|Rigging Supplies|Comments Off on How to Shorten Your “To-Do-List”: Call Industrial Wire Rope

Industrial Wire Rope Ties to Historical Legends

It’s an understatement to say that industrial rope threads through history in countless ways. Over the past couple of years, our blog posts have reflected just a handful of them, from some of the earliest applications of rope for irrigation to cables for dam gates to wire for suspension bridges.   Interesting that there’s a common [...]

October 2nd, 2020|Rigging Supplies, Safety First|Comments Off on Industrial Wire Rope Ties to Historical Legends

Choosing Chain Binders? Define The Variables

If you’ve been in the business of transporting heavy cargo for any length of time, you likely know that a chain binder, also referred to as a load binder, is a tool used to anchor large cargo loads for transport. As a device that applies tension to the chains that tie-down cargo, chain binders play [...]

January 27th, 2020|Rigging Shack|Comments Off on Choosing Chain Binders? Define The Variables

When a business relationship spans more than half a century, you know something must be going well.

Industrial Wire Rope began purchasing Crosby Shackles in the 1950’s. It’s somewhat of an understatement to say this is a relationship that is enduring! Quality and safety have always been top priorities for both Industrial Wire Rope and American Scaffolding, and as you may have seen in earlier blog posts, our commitment to these values [...]

November 19th, 2019|Rigging Supplies, Safety First|Comments Off on When a business relationship spans more than half a century, you know something must be going well.

Is it Tensile Strength? Or Working Load Limit?

It’s rare for a week to go by here at Industrial Wire Rope without discussions about tensile strength or working load limit. We take it for granted that most people in our industry know there is a difference in the meaning of these terms. Yet, these terms and others are highly interrelated, and we thought [...]

August 20th, 2019|Rigging Shack, Rigging Supplies|Comments Off on Is it Tensile Strength? Or Working Load Limit?

Industrial Wire Rope Workplace Safety Training – It’s NOT One Size Fits All

In their recent blog post, AMSCAF wrote about upgrades to their safety program. This got us thinking about the bigger picture of workplace safety. Among the many aspects of workplace safety is the fact of an aging work force and the drain of experience, expertise and knowledge associated with it. A peek at worker [...]

March 21st, 2019|Rigging Shack, Safety First|Comments Off on Industrial Wire Rope Workplace Safety Training – It’s NOT One Size Fits All

Industrial Wire Rope 2019 Outlook: Common Threads

Resolution. For a word that conveys such determination and commitment, it’s surprising to see statistics that suggest that only 8 percent of Americans who make New Year’s resolutions achieve the associated goals. History.com relates that the custom of making New Year’s resolutions dates back about 4,000 to ancient Babylonia. With so much practice, you’d think [...]

January 2nd, 2019|Rigging Shack|Comments Off on Industrial Wire Rope 2019 Outlook: Common Threads

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