Category Archives: Slings

UHMWPE, HMPE and Dyneema Rope: The Buyer’s Guide

UHMWPE, UHMPE and HMPE name one fibre class; Dyneema and Spectra are fibre brands; Plasma

Creep in HMPE Rope, and How to Design Around It

Creep is permanent stretch under sustained load, and it decides whether HMPE suits a permanently

Cable-Laid Grommets and Cable-Laid Slings

What a cable-laid grommet is, how one is formed and hand-spliced, why the core is

Sling Angle Effects on Safe Working Load

How sling angle multiplies leg tension — the formula, angle-factor table, worked examples, why 4-leg