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Lifting hardware is a broad category that covers equipment used in the raising and lowering of heavy loads. Specific equipment needs lie at the heart of nearly all industries and lifting hardware is commonly found below-the-hook of a crane or hoist. U-Bolt-It offers a variety of lifting hardware for industrial lifting, suspending, hoisting, securing, lashing and anchoring of objects or loads, so they can be safely and efficiently moved around as needed.
U-Bolt-It provides a variety of lifting hardware and fasteners including: chain, chain hardware, wire rope, wire rope hardware, and turnbuckles. Low and high carbon steel welded and weldless chain and accessories to be used in tension or pull applications are not to be used for lifting or hoisting purposes or when failure is likely to cause damage to property or persons. Jerking or acceleration in the rate of application of a load multiplies the stress on the chain very rapidly and should be avoided. Actual applications should determine the size and grade of chain to be used. Also stocking Transport Chains and Wire Rope Clips.
Check our inventory of industrial chain, chain hardware, bulk chain repair links, pad eyes and eye nuts, wire rope hardware, safety swivel hoist rings, and turnbuckles.
Lifting and rigging hardware encompasses a broad category of industrial fasteners and equipment that uses wire ropes and industrial chain for lifting, hoisting, securing and anchoring machinery, loads and other objects. U-Bolt-It rigging hardware connects wire rope to lifting machines like cranes. Industrial chain hardware connects, repairs, and joins links to form durable connections for holding, hauling, conveying, hoisting and pulling applications. While wire ropes offer the lower cost-per-ton of lifting, industrial chain is still heavily used.
Using U-Bolt-It chain and wire rope hardware (chain links, etc.), if the sling is damaged during an operation, the industrial chain or industrial wire rope can be reused assuming it is not overly affected. Heavy-duty wire rope thimbles are used to protect the eye of a wire assembly from being crushed during lifting and hauling operations. The continuous multi-strands of wires make wire ropes stronger than industrial chains and last longer for most industrial applications when compared to chain. Industrial chain is only as strong as its weakest chain link.
U-Bolt-It safety swivel hoist rings are designed to replace more conventional lifting hardware and can pivot heavy loads up to 180 degrees and swivel up to 360 degrees. This facilitates safely lifting of unbalanced loads. Safety swivel hoist rings are often used in place of an eye bolt for the overhead lifting of angular loads or lifts that require manipulation. They are an excellent option for temporary attachment to steel and construction material to compensate for pitch, sway or roll. Our turnbuckles are available in a variety of materials and sizes as a connection point to adjust slack and tension in the line.
Pad eyes have been used forever in the maritime industry but these popular fasteners have many other industrial applications, such as securing cargo, anchoring heavy equipment, and holding small lines that can be easily threaded through its loops. The basic function of the pad eye (or lug pad) is to provide a point through which rope or wire can be fastened directly or through a shackle. Pad eyes are useful for both lifting and rigging securing loads as well as attachment points to connect slings and other rigging hardware. Pad eye nuts are internally threaded fasteners with a looped head that are attached to a stud or bolt. Pad eye nuts are available in a variety of thread sizes for industrial applications like vertical lifting.
U-Bolt-It lifting solutions includes the rigging hardware components needed to lift or move heavy materials safely. Clevis hooks connect to a bracket or chain in a lifting equipment setup using a clevis pin. Typically, this is a U-shaped piece at the end of the hook with a pin or bolt threaded through the cross-holes. An open safety hook can then be used to connect to and secure the load. Since rigging equipment is responsible for safely securing and moving extremely heavy loads, each piece of lifting hardware needs to be incredibly durable. These are designed to be incredibly durable and strong.