Lifting KnowHow

Supplier of steel wire rope and lifting
equipment Certex has launched a
‘Lifting KnowHow’ App designed to
enable customers to implement safer
lifting.

The App is available for use on
iPhones and iPads and includes a
range of essential practical features
such as easy-to-use load tables for a
variety of items; a protractor for
measuring lift angles; brief
instructions for the safe use of
shackles and round slings, and a
built-in GPS to automatically locate
the nearest
Certex office
anywhere in
Europe.

The App
also contains
the popular
Sling
Calculator
system
devised by lifting gear manufacturers
Crosby Europe which includes their
latest sling tension calculator; centre
of gravity calculator; and end
weights, pallet, volume and weights
calculators.