TorqHoist, Inc and Unitex USA are offering Protective Sleeves for overhead lifting made of Dyneema, The Worlds Strongest Fiber.
The number one cause of damage on a slings is cutting and excessive abrasion.
Using wear pads or protection sleeve can help to reduce this problem. It acts like a buffer between the sling and the load.
Unitex has developed ULTRAPROTECT, a special wear sleeve made with Dyneema ® fibre which is very abrasion resistant in comparison to PES.
The abrasion resistance is 34 times higher.
Unitex has developed two qualities
1) UPLD very flexible and extremely resistant against abrasion
2) UPHD extremely resistant against abrasion and very cut resistant
Unitex introduced the ULTRAPROTECT corner- and sling protection.
Features:- As an extra the protection sleeve has red warning fibres inside
- Is a woven fabric and therefore very flexible.
- Is resistant against almost every acids and alkalis
- Light weight
- White in colour – the colour will not transfer to the load
- Slides easily along the sling
Besides the newly developed protection sleeve with Dyneema® Unitex offers a wide range of other protection materials such as:
- Polyurethane sleeve and coatings
- PES- sleeve and wear pads with or without Velcro *
- PVC protection sleeve in various qualities
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