[RIGGER’S CORNER]
RIGGING TIPS: Use Your Smart Phone to
Eliminate Guesswork
In this fast paced world, our jobs are made easier by the touch of a button or a few clicks on a keyboard.
For over 10 years, Drew Merschat has been in the rigging business and over the course of time he encountered many of these instances where he needed accurate resources and references. Merschat explains he was constantly being asked for rigging cards, hardhat stickers or posters that reference rigging capacities. Tese repeated requests gave way to a great idea: “Why not condense this information into one convenient application for your cell phone? It just made sense.” RigIT is a newly released smart phone application that allows you to easily and quickly
OTHER GREAT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
The Crosby Group has recently unveiled their “User’s Guide for Lifting” for Apple ipad. This ipad application takes the infor- mation available in their printed reference guides to a new level. Available for download on the App Store for $9.99.
LoosCo recently announced their new LoosCo Stretch Calculator, the calculator is designed to assist the wire rope and aircraft cable professional in the field. The Stretch Calculator application provides real time wire rope and aircraft cable elastic stretch
estimates based on construction, diameter, length and load inputs provided by the user. Available for download on the LoosCo website:
www.loosco.com, by clicking the “downloads” link.
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check your rigging capacities. Te new RigIT application downloads directly to your cell phone like any other application, eliminating paper clutter and once downloaded there is no need for an Internet connection. Most importantly, RigIT promotes safety on the jobsite by minimizing human error. According to Merschat, inventor of the RigIT application, “my main objective is to insure job sites are safe and workers are safe when it comes to the products they are using.” RigIT goes a long way towards making that task easy and accurate!
The RigIT mobile app was developed to give instant access to all necessary rigging capacity chart information. Every chart includes the three basic hitches and their load capacities. This includes vertical, choke and basket hitches. Also included in the charts are screw pin shackles with working load limits and pin diameters.
To find out more information, go to the RigIT website: www.RigITapp. com or download the RigIT application directly onto your smart phone, avail- able on itunes application store.
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