17.4 TYPES OF ROUNDSLINGS

Roundslings may be manufactured in (a) polyamide (nylon); (b) polyester; (c) polypropylene, in single endless form or multiple endless leg assemblies. It should however be noted that, whilst common in Europe, multi-leg roundsling assemblies are rare in the UK, users preferring to obtain single endless slings enabling a varied range of uses including assembly of more than one sling in any particular slinging arrangement.

The most popular roundslings are usually supplied as single endless slings, manufactured in polyester in a range of working load limits up to 12 tonne, although there is no restriction and higher capacities are becoming more commonly available. Roundslings of 1 metre to 6 metre effective working length are readily available but other lengths can be readily manufactured to order and again there is no restriction other than that imposed by the capacity of the manufacturing equipment. Similarly slings in polyamide and polypropylene can be supplied to order.