equipment

In the case of asymmetric loading

• 2-legged sling calculated as the corresponding
1-leg sling.
• 3- and 4-legged sling calculated as the
corresponding 1-leg sling (If it is certain that
2-legs are equally carrying the major part of the
load it can be calculated as the corresponding
2-legged sling.
3-leg 4-leg 2-leg choke hitch

β
β β
α α α

β 0-45° β 45-60° β 0-45° β 45-60°

α 0-90° α 90-120° α 0-90° α 90-120°
2.1 1.5 1.1 0.8

3.1 2.2 1.6 1.2

4.0 2.9 2.1 1.5
5.2 3.7 2.7 2.0
8.4 6.0 4.4 3.2
14.2 10.2 7.4 5.4
21.0 15.0 11.0 8.0
33.6 24.0 17.6 12.8
42.0 30.0 22.0 16.0
56.7 40.5 29.7 21.6
84.0 60.0 44.0 32.0

upon equally loaded and disposed sling legs.

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