Polyester webbing & round slings

Flat webbing slings and round slings in polyester and UHMWPE, woven and made in India by Zebra Weblift since a 1990 collaboration with Miller Weblift, UK — colour-coded to EN 1492 and proof-tested.

Zebra Weblift is our own brand of flat polyester webbing slings, built for Indian port, shipping and project conditions and backed by the same test house that certifies everything else we sell. Webbing is the right sling wherever the load’s surface matters: machined components, painted and coated fabrications, pipes, timber and anything a wire or chain sling would mark. It is also the lightest sling family to handle, which riggers appreciate by the end of a shift.

Selection comes down to three choices. Capacity first: flat webbing slings follow the EN 1492-1 scheme in which colour indicates working load limit, so a mixed sling store stays readable at a glance. Length and configuration second: eye-and-eye flat slings are the general-purpose pattern, used straight, choked or in basket hitch, each hitch changing the rated capacity. Protection third — and this is the one buyers skip: polyester is vulnerable to cutting at edges, so order sleeves or corner protectors with the sling, not after the first near-miss. Our webbing sling selection guide works through all three.

Polyester tolerates most common industrial chemicals well but must be kept clear of concentrated alkalis, prolonged UV storage and any hot-work spatter. Slings here are supplied against the scope of IS 15041 and EN 1492-1, each with its identification label and certificate; unlabelled webbing is unusable webbing, because the label carries the rating.

For dock work, the Dock Workers regulations treat webbing slings as loose gear like any other — periodic examination by a competent person, entries in the register — and our in-house test house handles both the initial certification and the re-examinations.