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SPREADER BEAM – IS IT A LIFTING BEAM?

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Fabrication Spreader Beam – Is it a Lifting Beam?

Fibre Rope
Spreader Beams are commonly known as Lifting Beams and it can get confusing with so many similar
Heights, Con ned Space, Rescue names and references.

Hire Equipment Lifting beams or Lifting Bars have a lifting lug on top of the beam in the middle. That lifting lug
connects the beam to a crane hook. A normal lifting beam will also have a bottom lug at each end, to
Hoists and Winches
connect to slings or hooks directly to a load.
Lifting and Rigging Hardware
A Spreader Beam uses a 2 leg sling at the top. These spreader beams have top lug holes located on
Lifting Slings the centerline or oriented to align with a particular sling angle to ensure pure compression. A
spreader beam provides more stability compared to a lifting beam due to the 2 leg being able to
Load Measuring and Testing
balance the load. They also provide a potentially higher capacity for each set section of steel. A
Load Restraint spreader beam needs more headroom than a lifting beam due to the 2 leg sling arrangement at the
top.
Materials Handling Equipment

Personal Protective Equipment Spreader beam are one of the safest ways to perform a lift. Spreader beams evenly distribute the
weight of a load between the two end lifting points. The two or more lifting lugs on a spreader beam
Pipeline Equipment, Pipe Lifters allow for a direct upward lift, and prevents the load being damaged. Spreader beams are ideal for
lifting wide or heavy duty loads such as concrete slabs, concrete pipes, concrete kibbles, skip bins,
Ship Anchors
man cages, material cages and more!
Stainless Steel
All Lifting sells and manufactures lifting bars, lifting beams, spreader bars and spreader beam
Vehicle Recovery in a variety of options. We can also custom make any beam or bar speci c to your needs.

Wire Rope and Strand

For substantially heavy and large loads, All Lifting can manufacture a Modular Spreader Beam. The
modular Spreader Beam is engineered and made in Australian. It is powder coated in safety yellow. All
our manufactured spreader beams are issued with certi cates of conformance to AS4991 and proof
load test certi cates.
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expansion or contraction of both
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Pipe rollers come in a wide variety
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