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each measured 40 feet in length, rated at 70,000 lbs vertical, but each weighing only 42 pounds. The Inspectable Roundsling®, slings with a transparent Clear Cover®, was developed to make it possible for riggers to inspect the load bearing core yarns, advancement in lifting safety. And Wolf Trap area residents gathered before sunrise to watch the lift and celebrate a safer passage. Selina Conrad, founder and owner of The
Rigging Box, was one of the first to become a part of the FIRST® team, recognizing the value in offering her customers the latest and safest lifting and rigging products. Phil Garner said that he was proud to be a part of this project. “It was so well planned and I was so impressed by the overall organization.” The Rigging Box also manufactured 20 inch wide by 4 feet Edge Lifters® for edge protection.
Happy 100th Anniversary Chicago Hardware & Fixture!
> Chicago Hardware & Fixture is celebrating one hundred years… and counting! In Franklin Park, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, 2012 will be the 100th continuous year of business for Chicago Hardware & Fixture Company. In a small building located only a few
blocks from the center of downtown Chicago, a young man named John Herbstritt, founded a company named Chicago Warehouse and Silo Fixture Company in 1912. John started the business to fulfill a need for basic hardware components marketed to the farming and railroad industries. Beginning with wire rope clips used to support grain silos being supported by cable, he began developing other wire rope accessories to expand the product offering. Today, the company now known as
Chicago Hardware & Fixture Company, has evolved into a world class, USA manufacturer of steel forgings and wire forms. Continuing on with this heritage are the 3rd and 4th generation owners, Tom Herbstritt, and his son Brian Herbstritt. They have made a commitment to manufacture items to supply various other distribution channels that serve a wide variety of industries beyond agriculture and the railroads. Today, the over 6,000 products offered by Chicago Hardware are used in a variety of industries including rigging, construction, energy, automotive, mining, steel mills, aerospace, communications, marine, entertainment, and many more.
8 MAY-JUNE 2012 WIRE ROPE EXCHANGE With three Chicago area manufacturing
facilities, and distribution facilities located in the areas of Houston, Atlanta and Los Angeles, Chicago Hardware has the capability to offer its distributor partners high quality, American made products in an efficient, cost effective manner. The commitment to quality, service and new products has allowed the Herbstritt family to grow the company and become a leader in the industry. The company’s growth has resulted in
various plant expansions over the years. From the humble beginnings on the West Side of Chicago in 1912, the company moved in the 1946 to a newly constructed plant in Franklin Park, Illinois. Over the next several years there were several plant additions. In 1952 the family purchased a forging
plant in downtown Batavia, Illinois, located on the Fox River. Due to the wish of Batavia to develop the riverside lot for residential buildings, a new building was constructed and the plant was moved to an industrial section of town in 1966, where it is located today. Currently, the plant is being expanded by 10,000 square feet to house new forging equipment that will be dedicated to new Chicago Hardware items. All the steel used to forge Chicago Hardware products is made in the USA, and Chicago Hardware only manufactures in the USA. In order to keep up with wire products
demand, a wire drawing facility was built in 1980 within 3 miles of the main Franklin Park plant. This plant draws wire for threaded rod, u-bolts, eyebolts and various other wire forms, including special products requested by customers. All the wire drawing/forming is done here using exclusively USA made steel. Chicago Hardware & Fixture Company is
proud of its strong heritage and commitment to be an industry leader in the forging and wire forming industries. We look forward to our celebration, and invite our industry partners, and their end-user customers, to join us for the next 100 years and say, “proud to be made in the USA!” Look for our feature article on Chicago Hardware & Fixture in the September-October issue of the Wire Rope Exchange.
JD Neuhaus Supplies a Purpose Driven Designed BOP Handling System with Reduced Profi le
> A purpose-designed BOP handling system comprising twin air-operated
monorail hoists, with a joint lifting capacity of 200 tons has been supplied by J D Neuhaus. These hoists are a special compact design which has been developed to suit on-site operational requirements and each hoist represents a 45% reduction in the horizontal profile length compared to the JDN standard EH-100 product. These compact hoists run in parallel on
two overhead beams in excess of 22 meters in length. Both hoists incorporate two trolleys, each with a 50 ton load rating, providing a total 100 ton lift capacity per hoist. Each hoist is also fitted with a copper-coated bottom block and clevis (providing increased spark protection), together with a galvanized chain box. The overhead support beams incorporate a rack and pinion drive for the trolleys, ensuring that even inclines up to 2.5° can be negotiated. The total traverse distance is in excess of 18 meters, while the lift height available is 15.25 meters. A single Neuhaus LN trolley with a 50
ton load capacity has also been incorporated which is used to provide a BOP fixture device during maintenance works. Both hoists incorporate overload
protection, with limit switches also provided for the hoist and traverse operations. The hoist motors are also fitted with an additional ‘emergency’ manual brake release handle located on the motor cover. Hoist operation and traverse movements are achieved with a pendant controller having an 8 meter attachment hose and incorporating an additional interface for an extra local control box. A central control box with 23 meters of
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