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FOR GRADE 10 CHAIN Range ® ® ® ®

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Green Pin supplies a range of grade 10 lifting sling fittings generally from 6 mm to 20 mm chain diameters.
Below lifting sling fittings can be found:
• Links, e.g. Green Pin Master Link, Connecting Link
• Chain, e.g. Green Pin Lifting Chain Grade 10
• Swivel, e.g. Green Pin Needle Bearing Swivel Eye-Eye
• Hooks, e.g. Green Pin Sling Hook, Self Locking Hook

Design

Connecting links and lifting sling fittings with clevis connection are supplied unassembled and ready
for immediate use. Assembly is quick and easy.
Grade 10 lifting sling fittings has up to 25% higher load capacity than grade 8 lifting sling fittings.
Master links, eye hooks, eye swivels are generally supplied with a flat part for easy connection to
LIFTING SLING FITTINGS
the sling or for easy assembly with the omega link.
There are different types of hooks with specific designs to suit various purposes.
Hooks attachment options to sling:
• Hook with an eye at the top
• Hook with a swivel eye at the top
• Hook with a clevis at the top
Hook designs:
• Self-locking hook
• Self-locking hook with a recessed trigger
• Sling hook
• Grab hook
• Foundry hook
Chain slings can be shortened by using a grab hook or a shortening clutch.

Grade 10 lifting sling fittings are generally marked with:
• manufacturer’s symbol - e.g. GP
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• size in mm and/ or inch - e.g. 13 and/or /2”
• traceability code - e.g. HA
• steel grade - e.g. 10
• item code (specific products) - e.g. UMJ
3 .3 • origin (specific products) - e.g. France
• DGUV certified (specific products) - e.g. H94
As prescribed by the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC our hooks, master links and connecting links are
supplied with a CE Declaration of Incorporation (CE IIB), stating the products are in compliance with the
requirements of the machinery directive. These products do not have a CE marking, since CE markings
are only to be provided for machines, whereas hooks, master links and connecting links are components
of machines, and not machines themselves. Providing components with a CE marking is an incorrect
interpretation of the Machinery Directive.

Machinery definition according to Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC – Article 2 – definitions (a) and
Machinery Regulation 2023/1230/EU:

“An assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves and which are joined together,
intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied human effort.”
“The maximum working load shall be prominently marked on the lifting machinery. The marking shall be
legible, indelible and in an un-coded form. Where the maximum working load depends on the configuration
of the lifting machinery, each operating position shall be provided with a load plate indicating, preferably in
diagrammatic form or by means of tables, the working load permitted for each configuration.”

This definition means that a sling is a Machine and that the hooks, master links and connecting links are
not considered as a machine themselves, but as components of a machine. The CE and the WLL markings
in consequence, are mandatory only on the assembled sling tag as the sling is the machine according
to MD 2006/42/EC. This rule is still valid with the new Machine Regulation 2023/1230 which will replace
the MD cited previously within early 2027.

Finish

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All grade 10 lifting sling fittings are painted. Grade 10 lifting sling fittings under the Green Pin brand
are painted blue.

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