Spreader Bar Lifting Beam

Beams with shackles have lifting eyes and shackles that adjust with screw pins.

Spreader bar lifting beam.

This is a much less efficient use of material and as a result lifting beams are in general heavier and more costly than spreader bars. Combo lift and spreader beams. Beams with latching hooks screw through openings in the bottom of the beam at specific points to adjust the spread. A spreader beam is designed to take primarily compressive loads as can be seen in the figure above.

Lift beams with fixed pad eyes. The main benefit of lifting beams is the substantially reduced headroom required. The beam typically has connection points on the underside that hook to the cargo for lifting. Find the load capacity minimum and maximum spread and headroom that fits your application.

A spreader bar also known in the industry as a spreader beam is designed for use with a sling that connects the lifting machine hook to the ends of the beam. At the outset it is important to clarify the difference between a spreader and a lifting beam. Steel end cap spreader beam assembly. Steel corner cap frames and components.

High quality spreader beams from grainger help lift uneven loads and keep them level for increased safety. It consists of a body and a set of lugs just like a spreader bar but lifting beams generally have one lug on the top in the center and 2 or more lugs along the bottom. End cap spreader beams frames. Our lifting spreader beams and bars allow you to turn a crane hook into a multiple point lifting tool.

Aluminum end cap spreader beam assembly. Lifting beams on the other hand consist of a long beam that converts the lifting load into a bending moment through the beam. Arrangement of a spreader bar spreader beam vs lifting beam. A lifting beam is a below the hook lifting device that performs the same function as a spreader.

Tsoc offers short span standard duty basket sling universal lifting adjustable lifting four point sack four point adjustable and adjustable telescopic spreader beams for cranes. Capacity is marked on the beam. Modulift modular spreader beams provide the ideal solution for most lifting requirements versatile and cost effective the spreader beam range has capacity from 2 to 5000t with spans up to 100m 330. Lifting spreader bar and adjustable beam lifts.

Choose from modular adjustable and two position spreader beams and fixed and adjustable fiberglass battery lifting beams. If we resolve the forces on the whole beam we get the force diagram as above.