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Lightweight Synthetic Lifting Slings Take

Shipyard Productivity to New Heights

Material Handlers provide critical link in Hudson River PCB Remediation job completed on time or ahead of schedule is a More recently, another shipyard followed suit – not only display of the pro? ciency, productivity, and in- creating safer, more ef? cient lifting conditions, but, in co-

A novative thinking that can give you a competitive ordination with other process improvements, performing edge. And with the current oil market and the upcoming a 700-ton lift and its corresponding construction phase a elections fogging the forecast for future orders (and indi- full three weeks ahead of time. And while we can’t speak to cating a likely dip), shipyards are vying to become better the other factors that contributed to the ahead-of-schedule and faster, and capture every edge they can. To seize these delivery, we can speak to how lightweight cordage played a opportunities as they arise, many are leveraging innovative role – and how it can do so for your yard, too.

systems, materials and tools that allow them to be agile, ef? cient, and nimble. All the Properties of Steel Wire Slings at 1/8th the Weight

As a manufacturer of one such tool — the synthetic heavy Fortis² is a multi-part sling made of Unitrex XS Max- lifting sling Fortis² — Yale Cordage has seen this move- wear synthetic cable that has a core of Honeywell Spectra ment through a unique vantage point – one where seem- HMPE ? ber, is encased with a neoprene coating, and is ingly small details and tools are optimized for big results. overbraided with a tough high-tenacity polyester jacket – a

Back in May, we shared how Fortis² transformed the safety construction just as abrasion-resistant as its wire counter- and ef? ciency of heavy lifts at one large American shipyard. parts. For routine heavy lifts, a 15-foot, 44-lb. synthetic

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