Both are considered a below the hook lifting device since the attachment to the load or loads takes place below the crane s hook.
Lifting beams and spreader bars.
They allow a single crane to lift loads from multiple locations to spread out the load and provide balance to the lift.
Spreader bars are normally made out of pipe and have top and bottom lifting points on opposing ends.
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High quality spreader beams from grainger help lift uneven loads and keep them level for increased safety.
Spreader bars and lifting beams are very similar devices in common use in almost every industry.
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Both of these devices have very similar functions.
However each of these devices have very different properties and uses.
Specialised pipe lifting spreader bars can be made to suit pipe lifting equipment used in the pipeline and coal seam gas industries.
They are suspended by a crane from two slings and normally have two to four bottom slings attached for rigging to the load.
Fabricates is the liftmax spreader bar.
Combination beams combine design elements of spreader and lifting beams which have a centred lifting point as well as lifting points on the ends of the top side of the beam.