Kito Crosby is the benchmark for rigging hardware on Indian project sites, and Sealinkers is an supplier that stocks the range in depth. It covers the full forged spread: bow and dee shackles, eye and clevis hooks in latched and self-locking patterns, snatch blocks and sheaves, plate and beam clamps, turnbuckles, eye bolts, swivels, links, sockets and wire rope clips, in the sizes ports, shipyards, refineries and EPC contractors actually consume.
Three decisions narrow a Crosby selection quickly:
- What the fitting does — connecting (shackles, links, clips), lifting (hooks, clamps, eye bolts) or redirecting a line (blocks, sheaves, swivels). Get the family right first; sizing within a family is then straightforward.
- Connection and pin type — screw pin for rigging that is made up and broken down often, bolt-type with nut and cotter where the connection stays in place between examinations, clevis where the fitting pins straight onto chain.
- Rating as a system — size by working load limit for the hitch you will actually rig, and keep every item in the assembly within one coherent rated system rather than mixing odds and ends from the store.
Crosby forges identification into the body — name, size and a traceability code — which is why one of these fittings can still be identified in a lifting-gear register years after purchase. The hardware is manufactured to the scope of ASME B30.26 for rigging hardware and the US Federal Specification RR-C-271 its catalogue works from, with shackle patterns aligning to EN 13889 and IS 5245; our guide to shackle types and applications is the quickest way in.
Everything here can be proof-loaded in our in-house test house at Darukhana, on a bed rated from one to three hundred tonnes, and certified for your register — the paperwork a competent-person examination under the Dock Workers regulations expects for loose gear, and which our IRS, ABS, LRS and BV survey work runs on.
Buying questions
Is Sealinkers an supplier, and is the hardware genuine?
Yes — we are an supplier of Kito Crosby and stock the range at Darukhana, Mumbai. Genuine hardware carries forged identification in the body: the Crosby name, the size and a traceability code that ties the item back to its production lot. Counterfeit rigging hardware circulates in the Indian market, so buy through the authorised chain and check those forged markings on receipt.
What lead time should I expect on Crosby items?
Common shackles, hooks, clamps and wire rope clips in popular sizes generally move straight from our Darukhana stock. Larger capacities, specialist blocks and less common patterns are indent items and take longer to land. Send us the catalogue code or a photograph of the marked body, along with the quantity and your required date, and we will confirm what is on the shelf and what needs ordering.
What certification comes with Crosby hardware?
Each item carries the manufacturer certification for its production lot, identified by the forged traceability code. Where your register, class surveyor or client specification requires it, we additionally proof-load the item or the finished assembly in our own in-house test house and issue the test and examination certificate in the prescribed form, so the goods and the paperwork leave together.
How do I choose between screw pin and bolt-type Crosby shackles?
Screw pin shackles suit rigging assembled and dismantled between lifts — they are fast to fit, but the pin can rotate loose under vibration or if the sling moves against it. Bolt-type shackles, secured with a nut and cotter pin, are the right choice for long-term or semi-permanent connections and for loads that can turn. Many Indian project sites now standardise on bolt-type for anything left rigged.
