Fibre Main Core (Wire Rope)

Lifting Frames are ideal where there is insufficient headroom for a top suspension sling and the top lifting point is usually a centre lifting eye. The lower lifting points are most commonly found at the outer extremities of the beam and intermediate lifting points, often adjustable are also common place for lifting longer loads that need support over their length. Size for size, Lifting frames will be considerably heavier and more expensive to manufacture than Spreader Frames as they have to be of a sufficient section and strength to sustain the cantilever forces produced by the lifting of the load.

Spreader Frames are always suspended by 3 or 4 leg lifting slings with the lower lifting points being positioned directly below the suspension points. Unlike a lifting frame, the spreader frame is actually in compression where the line of action of the top sling and the load suspension point coincide at the neutral axis.