Rigging Handbook
The Rigging Handbook, The Complete Illustrated Field Reference, Third Edition (Jerry A. Klinke) is a valuable "must have" for mobile crane and/or boom truck operators and riggers. As anyone that works with or around hoisting equipment will tell you, rigging is an entire world unto itself. Often times the difference between a safe, routine lift and a catastrophe is the rigging. The Rigging Handbook contains current information written in large, easy to read print complimented by clear and precise graphics. There's even an angle gauge on the back cover to help you figure out sling angles. Content topics include:
Slings
- Basic Hitches
- Hitch Reductions
- Basket Hitches & Wire Rope
- Basket Hitch D/d
- Choker Hitch Reductions
Wire Rope Settings
- EIPS, 1-part, FC, MS
- EIPS, 1-part, IWRC/FC, HT
- EIPS, 1-part, IWRC, MS
- EEIPS, 1-part, IWRC, MS
Roundslings
- Misinterpretation of a basket hitch
- Capacity Charts
Nylon Web Slings
- Light Duty, Type EE, 1 & 2 ply
- Heavy Duty, Type EE, 1 & 2 ply
- Light Duty, Type EN, 1 & 2 ply
- Heavy Duty, Type EN, 1 & 2 ply
Alloy Chain Slings
- Grade 80
- Grade 100
Metal Mesh Slings
- Heavy duty, #35 - 10 ga
- Medium duty, $43 - 12 ga
- Light duty, #59 - 14 ga
Twin-path® Slings
- Capacity (WLL) table
- Component data/pin dia
- Twin-Path® Inspections
Sling Inspections
- OSHA
- ASME
- Wire Rope Slings
- Nylon Web Slings
- Polyester Round Slings
- Alloy Steel Chain Slings
- Wire Mesh Slings
- Sling price comparisons
- Sling design factors
- Basic Terminology
Hardware
- Shackle types
- Hoist Ring types
- Hook types
- ASME inspection requirements
- Wedge Socket Installation
- Machinery eyebolts
- ANSI load ratings
- Crosby - WLL's
- Chicago Hardware - WLL's
- Use and safe practices
- Alignment (shims) table
- Swivel Hoist Rings
- Capacity table
- Torque values
- Thread depth
- Washer and spacers
- Wire Rope end connections
- Termination strength efficiency
- Wire Rope Clips
- End connections
- Installation
- U-bolt installation data
- Double saddle installation data
- Shackles
- Carbon & Alloy WLL data
- Shackle side loading
- Crosby web sling shackle data
- Crosby wide body shackle data
- Twin-Path® sling shackle sizes
- Ovals & Master Links
- Pear Links
- Turnbuckles
- Master Links
- Weldless rings
- Swivels
Formulas
- Weight
- Weight of materials
- Cube or rectangle
- Round Shapes
- Round & Hollow (Pipe)
- Frustum of a cone
- Sling Tension
- Basics
- Leg Loading
- Calculation by angle
- Using the angle finder
- Calculation by measurement
- Drifting Loads
- Sling Tightlines
- Unequal Legs
- Unequal Legs & Height
- Center of Gravity Calculations
- Block (Pulley) Loading
- Pulling force on inclined surfaces
Examples
- Softeners
- Corner protectors
- Wide web sling hazard
- Eyebolt depth
- Eyebolt side loading
- Reeving eyebolts
- Shackle use
- Shackle alignment
- Shackle Pin Tightness
- WEB slings and shackles
- Shackles Alignment
- Hooks
- Hook tip loading
- Hook and Shackle angles
- Hook Latches
- Sling connections
- C-Clamp use
- Hand Hoists (lever type)
- Staging loads
- Load Binding
- Center of Gravity
- Single Hook Turning
- Two hook turning
- Turning with a choker
- Shock Loading
- Basic Knots
- Double Wrap Hitches
Reference
- Schedule 40 pipe data
- Schedule 80 pipe data
- Weight of steel round stock
- Weight of steel sheets
- Weight of steel strips
- Loads on timber beams
- Loads on timber columns
- Weight of rebar
- Standard I-Beams
- Wide Flange I-Beams
- Wire rope sling weights
- Shackle weights
Standards
- ASME Hardware Inspections
- General requirements for slings
- Wire rope inspection chart
- Chain Slings
- ASME Requirements
- OSHA Requirements
- Roundslings
- Metal Mesh Slings
- Wire Rope Slings
- ASME Requirements
- OSHA Requirements
- Personnel Platforms
- Crane requirements
- Platform requirements
- API RP 2D Overview
- OSHA's Rule on Steel Erection
- References
Extras
- Wire Rope grades
- Wire Rope types
- Strand Classification
- Wire Rope lay Length
- Strength of wire rope
- Measuring Rope Diameter
- Wire Rope "Lay"
- IWRC Breaking Strength
- Fiber Core Breaking Strength
- Strength of 7x7 aircraft cable
- Strength of 7x19 aircraft cable
Crane Hand Signals
- Duties of the Signalman
- Multiple Signalers
- Radio Use
- Mobile Crane Signals
- Overhead Crane Signals
- Conversion Charts
- Fraction
- Decimal
- Millimeter
- Multiplication Table
- Phonetic Alphabet
