Textile Lifting Point Protects Sensitive Load Surfaces

Lifting and lashing technology provider RUD has developed a new lifting point for product applications where sensitive surfaces must not be damaged. The TXP-Texolution-Point combines a lifting point base body made from steel with an especially developed eyelet and a textile round sling. Designed to keep the lifting chain at a safe distance, RUD says its product decreases the likelihood of damage to high-value surfaces for some applications, such as class A surfaces and gearboxes. Further, according to RUD, the TXP-Texolution-Point is considered the first textile lifting point with guaranteed and tested overall working load limits (WLL), making unsafe and untested self solutions unnecessary.

Behind the TXP-Texolution-Point is an intensive development process. As Hermann Kolb, division manager at RUD, explains, the critical point of the system is the force transfer from the steel eyelet to the textile sling. If, for example, the radius of the eye is too small or if other improper connections such as knots are being used, the WLL of the entire system can be reduced uncontrollably and unforeseeably. As a result, RUD’s engineers developed a new eye design, in which the radii and transitions are designed optimally for the textile sling, ensuring optimal textile-protecting force transfer without reducing the WLL.

Additional advantages include simplified handling and the TXP-Texolution- Point’s ability to remain on the workpiece during transport or between lifting procedures — particularly because the protective textile round sling, as the only moving part of the lifting point, cannot damage the workpiece.

Among others, the automotive industry, aerospace, press plants, turbine construction, bearing and gearbox construction, industrial assembly, plant construction and mold construction are potential applications. 

High-performance fibers are used as the material for the round sling on the TXP-Texolution-Point. Lengths of either 0.5 m or 1.0 m are available. For the captive and replaceable bolt, RUD uses its patented ICE material, which is characterized by maximum strength with high toughness. The bolt is available in M16, M20 and M24. Apart from the three standard thread sizes, other sizes are also available upon request. In addition, the body has a ball bearing for safe rotating and turning.