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Centre of Gravity (CG)
The location of the Centre of Gravity (CG) of the load to be lifted   If in doubt ask someone who knows (e.g. your safety supervisor
is a very important consideration. If the CG is not exactly centred or an engineer). O -centre loads can severely overload your
it will a ect the tension in each sling and, if the sling legs are of slings.
equal length, the load will tilt when lifted. There are many
considerations and to nd the exact CG is not always an easy The following are simpli ed examples of the basic
task. considerations.
 
When lifted vertically the load will be shared equally if the center   In this example the 10 ton load is equally centred between the
of gravity is placed between the pick points. If the weight of the pick points but we lift at a sling angle of 65°. We know that each
load is 10 tones, then each sling will be subjected to a tension of sling is subjected to 5 tons VERTICALLY. In applying the
5 tones. Required is a 3/4″ diameter, 6-strand IWRC wire rope calculation from the previous section (Angularity) we arrive at:
sling.
_ 10 tons _ x AF 1.103 = 5.52 tons
2 sling legs
Hence, looking up the wire rope capacity of 5.52 tons from the
previous table we must use 7/8" diameter 6-strand IWRC wire
rope slings.
When the centre of gravity is not equally spaced between the   From the calculation on the left we know that sling 1 is
pick points, the sling and ttings will not carry an equal share of tensioned to 2 tons, and sling 2 is tensioned to 8 tons. However
the load. The sling connected to the pick point closest to the CG both slings are on an angle, hence we must apply the angularity
will carry the greatest share of the load. factor for EACH sling:
Sling 1 = 10 tons x 2 = 2 tons Sling 1 = 2 tons x AF 1.220 (55°) = 2.44 tons
(8+2)
Sling 2 = 8 tons x AF 1.015 (80°) = 8.12 tons
Sling 2 = 10 tons x 8 = 8 tons
(8+2) Looking up the wire rope capacity of the greatest load of the two
slings (8.12 tons), we must use 1" diameter 6-strand IWRC wire
rope slings (of unequal lengths to keep the load level).
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