Grommets either have a wire rope body or a body made up of six strands which are laid helically around a strand core. Mechanically spliced and forms an endless sling body. The minimum circumference of the sling is 96 times the grommet’s body diameter.
STRAND LAID MECHANICAL SPLICE
*Rated Capacities Basket Hitch and vertical lift based on D/d ratio of 5 when “d” = body diameter of the finished grommet. Rated Capacities based on pin diameter no smaller than 5 times
the body diameter. Rated Capacities based on design factor of 5.
Sling angles of less than 30º shall not be used.
**See Choker Hitch Rated Capacity Adjustment. All capacities in tons of 2,000 lbs.
All eye and fitting dimensions in inches.
