Fasteners Inc. adds new equipment for testing industrial wire rope | Spokane Journal of Business

Article by · 2012/09/13 ·

Industrial rigging supplier says pull tester can apply up to 112 tons of pressure
By Jessica Valencia
Of the Journal of Business

Fasteners Inc., the Spokane Valley-based industrial and construction rigging supplier, has installed a new heavy-duty piece of equipment called a wire rope pull-test bed.

Bill Jones, CEO and general manager for Fasteners, says a pull tester is used to test and certify synthetic slings and wire rope up to two inches in diameter. He says rigging assemblies, such as those used by cranes, wear out with use and need to be tested to ensure safety in accordance with the Occupational Safet… (…)

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