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STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCTS
STAINLESS STEEL

PRODUCTS

Applications

The use of stainless steel products is recommended for

circumstances in which corrosion may cause problems.
Where other measures against corrosion do not suffice,
stainless steel can possibly provide a better solution.

Examples of industries where stainless steel is often used

include sailing, petrochemical, food and nuclear industry.

Range

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Green Pin offers a wide range of stainless steel items such as shackles, chain, chain fittings, thimbles, wire rope
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clips, eye bolts, rigging screws, etc. With the wide range of stainless steel items in the Green Pin assortment,
a complete sling from the top master link to the hooks can be assembled. Royal Van Beest offers a wide range
of other stainless steel items to complement the Green Pin assortment.
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Design

Stainless steel items supplied by Green Pin are all manufactured from stainless steel quality AISI 316, or
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AISI 316L, except for groups MSI and MTSI which are manufacturerd from Duplex 1.4462, and product
groups R-7856, R-7850, R-7852 and R-7854 which are manufactured from AISI 304. The products CSOI,
CSCI, CSEI, CROI, ALI, ALDINI and ELI are dye penetrant inspected. Most stainless steel items have an
equivalent in a regular steel quality, we refer to the specific chapters for further details.

Most stainless steel components are generally marked with:
• manufacturer’s symbol - GP
• chain diameter in mm and/or inch - e.g. 13 and/or /2"
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• traceability code - e.g. HA
• steel grade - 5
• item code - e.g. MJI
• origin - e.g. France

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.
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