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Heavy Lifting

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Overview
Cortland is a leader in fiber braiding technology with over 25 years of experience in engineering certified synthetic lifting sling solutions. Their products adhere to key standards such as DNV and ASME, ensuring reliability and safety in heavy lifting operations.
Certified Reliability
Cortland's fiber slings are engineered to meet precise length tolerances and are backed by extensive production process control documentation. They are tagged appropriately and proof-loaded for secure construction and efficient splice terminations.
Selantic Brand
The Selantic brand offers innovative lifting sling solutions and integrated hardware for subsea, marine, and heavy lift industries. It combines theoretical knowledge with practical experience to deliver tailored solutions for demanding marine operations.
Puget Sound Rope Brand
This brand provides high-performance synthetic rope products that can be custom-fabricated to meet specific size and strength requirements. The patented rope manufacturing technology offers large diameter rope products designed for operational efficiency, safety, and cost savings.
Synthetic Fiber Sling Advantages
Lightweight fiber slings reduce rigging time and manpower, offering significant savings in transportation and storage costs. They are flexible, durable, and resistant to rust, corrosion, and water damage. Custom design solutions are available to meet specific lifting needs.
Precision Lifting
Cortland offers precision lifting solutions using high modulus synthetic fibers. The Selantic slings are designed with specific materials like HMPE and Aramid to provide low elongation, precise length tolerances, and high strength performance.
Custom Protective Covers and Hardware
Protective covers are available to prevent wear and extend the service life of slings. Specialized hardware such as thimbles, shackles, hooks, and spreader bars can be custom-engineered into the sling design.
Applications
Cortland's slings are suitable for surface overhead crane lifting, subsea lifting, and various industrial applications such as wind farm installation and shipyards. They offer high strength efficiency, ease of handling, and compliance with industry standards.
Plasma® Rope Technology
The patented Plasma® rope is strong, lightweight, and durable, making it an ideal replacement for large diameter wire rope slings. It is neutrally buoyant in water and offers easy inspection and repair.
Chafe Protection Solutions
Cortland provides various chafe protection products to enhance the durability of synthetic slings. Options include tightly braided nylon sleeves and HMPE fiber covers, offering excellent cut and abrasion resistance.
Specifications
The document includes detailed specifications for different types of slings, including their materials, construction, capacity, and certifications. It also provides information on minimum break load, working load limits, and diameter sizes.
Specifications and Data
The document provides a table with various measurements and specifications for different sizes, including dimensions, weights, and capacities. Key data points include sizes ranging from 3 to 4 inches with corresponding dimensions in millimeters, and weight and capacity metrics such as 780,000 to 1,520,000 units, with increments in weight and capacity as size increases.
Contact Information
The document lists contact details for Cortland Company offices across various regions, including Asia Pacific, UK, Australia, USA, and Norway.
Company Overview
Cortland is highlighted as a company driven by innovation, utilizing high technology materials and focusing on detail. They provide solutions for demanding operational environments, offering products such as ropes, slings, cables, and umbilicals, along with mooring design and installation services. Their markets include oil and gas, heavy marine, subsea, ROV, seismic, defense, aerostat, and medical sectors. Cortland is part of Actuant Corporation, a diversified industrial company operating in over 30 countries.
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Heavy Lifting Engineered Synthetic Sling Solutions

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trusted brands PUGET SOUND ROPE Two leading brands offer the unique combination of both rope and endless sling solutions through one global specialist A Trusted Cortland Brand As an originator of fiber braiding technology, Cortland has over 25 years experience engineering certified synthetic lifting sling solutions that safely and efficiently perform to exacting standards. Certified Reliability - Cortland fiber slings adhere to DNV, ASME and other key standards. All slings are tagged appropriately and backed by extensive production process control documentation. Engineered and proof-loaded to...

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synthetic fiber sling advantages Cortland lifting slings allow operators to rig and lift in less time with greater safety and less damage to equipment Strength to Weight Comparison Strength to Weight Ratio TIME - Lightweight fiber slings offer significant reductions in rigging time and manpower. They are 1/7th the weight of steel wire rope or more. In heavy lift projects, installation crews also receive savings in transportation and storage costs. 7-strand Cable Laid Hand Spliced to Meet IMCA M197 HSE BENEFITS - Lightweight rope and round slings offer superior flexibility which translates into...

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Selantic high performance slings Endless loop slings with high modulus synthetic fibers provide very low elongation, precise length tolerances and high strength performance Engineered for Precision Lifting - Cortland can solve your precision lifting problem. Our engineering and sales staff has the experience necessary to create a lightweight lifting sling from the extensive high modulus synthetic fiber options available. We understand the harsh marine working environment first hand and put this knowledge to work for you in creating a Selantic sling and associated hardware designed for your specific...

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Custom Protective Covers - To protect potential chafe areas from wear, the selected core material is encased in a protective cover to ensure a durable and long-lasting lift solution. These tough and highly visible protective jackets can also be matched to your specific needs depending on environmental and usage considerations. Specialized Hardware - Cortland offers specialty compliant hardware engineering services with all products. Thimbles, shackles, hooks and spreader bars can all be custom engineered into the initial sling design. applications surface overhead crane lifting slings (below...

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Selantic sling hardware solutions Specialty hardware and rigging solutions for Selantic slings THIMBLES - SHACKLES - HOOKS & SPREADER BARS Operational simplicity and efficiency is our goal. Cortland offers a design service to ensure your complex lifting and load transfer operations are carried out efficiently and safely. Our designs include hardware such as integrated hooks, plate shackles, delta plates and spreader bars that can be directly connected to slings eliminating the need for extra shackles and master links. This can be critical when there are weight or lift height limitations.

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Selantic Slings Types, WLL and minimum recommended contact curvatures Break Strength Straight Pull [metric ton] Minimum Recommended Contact curvature Ø[mm] WLL (5,07:1) DNV Marine Operation Straight Pull [metric ton] WLL (7:1) NS EN 1492-2 Straight Pull [metric ton]

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synthetic fiber rope slings Our patented Plasma® 12 x 12 braided construction creates extremely strong lifting slings that are very lightweight, flexible, non-marring and durable world’s strongest rope for its weight - Cortland’s patented Plasma® rope is strong enough for very heavy lifts yet durable enough for repeated use. Our exclusive Plasma® technology processes HMPE fibers into maximum strength efficiency. These fibers are then braided into a torque-free rope. Plasma® low elongation properties, its high strength, flexibility and light weight make it a perfect replacement for large diameter...

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PATENTED 12 x 12 strand construction - The 12 x 12 rope construction design produces a finished braid which is firm yet flexible, and offers the ability to produce extremely long lengths. Utilizing the largest 12-strand braider in the world, Cortland can produce extremely large diameters (up to 200mm) and lengths of Plasma® rope. Fabricated into lifting slings, 12 x 12 construction produces a very compliant yet durable sling. EASY TO REPAIR and INSPECT - Unlike heavy firm construction wire ropes and jacketed round slings, Plasma® 12 x 12 rope slings are extremely easy to inspect. Inspectors can...

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specialty rope sling chafe solutions Adequate chafing protection is important for synthetic slings, and Cortland offers several different wear protection products Plasma® 12 x 12 rope sling construction is highly advantageous for inspection and repair. However, to add extra chafe and cut protection to eye termination areas or on the sling body itself, Cortland offers a wide array of synthetic fiber options which range by price and performance. Cortland chafe sleeves can be replaced and work well on new or used rope. All options are available from the rope mill or authorized fabricating distributors....

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Plasma® 12 x 12 rope sling specifications - vertical straight pull Endless Grommet Sling Eye-to-Eye Sling Nominal Size (each leg) Dia. (inches) Approximate Weight Circ. (inches) Spliced Rope WLL (5:1) ASME B30.9 - 20 Spliced Rope WLL (5:1) ASME B30.9 - 2010 For a full chart of MBL, WLL and diameter sizes offered, please contact Cortland: cortlandcompany.com Minimum Break Load (MBL) is determined in accordance with US CI 1500-02 Test Methods for Fiber Rope. Tests are conducted on new spliced rope in lab conditions, therefore no further reductions from published strength are necessary to calculate...

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ASIA PACIFIC - Singapore Tel: + 65 6515 4971 [email protected] Cortland is driven by innovative thinking, use of high technology materials and attention to detail. Our in-depth understanding of demanding operational environments means we can deliver trusted, proven solutions to our customers worldwide. Today, Cortland provides innovative, efficient and lightweight rope, slings, cables and umbilicals; along with mooring design, analysis and installation services to the oil and gas, heavy marine, subsea, ROV, seismic, defense, aerostat and medical markets. Cortland is a part of Actuant...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.