As promised!
August 7th, 2009It is said that the weakest point in suspension rigging is the rope, so why not eliminate it. I designed this rig to work with two Gilson/SHS hooks as shown using two twist shackles which have a weight rating of 1320 pounds each. This design can also be used with rope as the rig itself has very smooth rounded edges on every single surface. I will have these available in about three weeks in polished stainless at the cost of $60 each. The one shown is powder coated pink (obviously for CooKie). Powder coating will be an additional $20. Both the stainless and powder coated versions can be autoclaved. I have had the rig Tensile tested at a metallurgy laboratory and the breaking load was 6422 pounds. Which means that the unofficial static weight rating divided by the typical 5 times for instruments used for lifting people would be 1284.4 pounds. This does not include the dynamic rating but I believe if my calculations are correct the dynamic rating would be somewhere around 400 pounds?
hook rig
