Webbings Slings for Heavy Lifting: Choosing the Best Lifting Equipment

Polyester Webbing Slings

Webbing Slings are manufactured for heavy lifting, one of the most popular materials used is polyester. To get the most out of the material, 100% polyester is often used and flat woven webbing yields a multilayer sling capable of lifting heavy loads. Webbing Slings, like most other heavy lifting equipment are colour coded to indicate their safe working loads.

Polyester Webbing Slings

Polyester webbing slings are colour to indicate safe working loads of SWL as follows:

• Violet Webbing Slings – 1 tonne safe working load
• Green Webbing Slings – 2 tonne safe working load
• Yellow Webbing Slings – 3 tonne safe working load
• Grey Webbing Slings – 4 tonne safe working load
• Red Webbing Slings – 5 tonne safe working load
• Brown Webbing Slings – 6 tonne safe working load
• Blue Webbing Sling – 8 tonne safe working load
• Orange Webbing Slings – 10-12 tonne safe working load

It’s important to bear in mind that the safe working loads for each type of webbing sling are maximum working loads. If you’re handling loads of up to 4 tonne’s, buying a webbing sling suitable for handling loads of up to 5 or 6 tonne’s would ensure that you’re well within the safe working load limit. Furthermore, it’s important to regularly check the quality of lifting equipment and have it tested by a qualified lifting equipment testing company.