Protective Sleeving for Lifting Slings

Rope Services Direct use protective sleeving to promote lifting safety by minimising wear. This adds a layer of protection between the sling and the load. We have a number of lifting sling products which can benefit from protective sleeves, all of which have been designed with only the highest level of quality and safety in mind.

Why use protective sleeving?

Some lifting applications are more heavy duty or awkward in nature depending on the weight, size and shape of the load. This may subject your lifting slings to a great amount of stress, pressure or abrasion especially on high wear areas. Our products are manufactured with a high level of resistance against some of these conditions. However purchasing protective sleeving further enhances the protection and longevity of your slings.    

Protective sleeves reduce abrasion damage whilst protecting the sling from sharp edges. They are particularly beneficial on slings made from webbing material such as flat web slings, round slings, one way slings or even endless slings. Fibre rope slings can also benefit from a sleeve due to their softer nature.

Although this protection offers a great barrier between your equipment and damage, please ensure that you continue to carry out pre-use equipment checks before any lifting operation. All equipment will suffer natural wear and tear during its service life, and it’s important you are on the lookout for this!

Protective Sleeve Uses and Types Available

Both webbing and wire slings as well as fibre rope products can utilize protective webbing. We can either supply the sleeving to you for you to attach yourselves, or we can assist with this. If you are looking to sew the sleeving onto your sling, then we’ll handle this process for you. This is useful when using the sling for loads which have a consistent wear area and re-positioning the sleeve is unnecessary.

When you use protective sleeving and ensure it is positioned on the high wear areas then your sling will last much longer as the material will not be abraded by friction or rough edges.

We can supply protective sleeving in any length and width depending on your requirements. An alternative to a full length sleeve is also the sewing on of protective webbing pads in strategic positions where this is beneficial. Rope Services Direct have their own workshop with industrial sewing machines and an experienced team. This enables us to custom manufacture protective sleeving  to suit your sling and your needs, simply get in touch if you require this service, our sales team will be happy to discuss and quote for your requirements.

Protective sleeving can be utilised in a number of ways to suit the user. We understand that every operation and application is different, and know that a one-size-fits-all approach can’t be taken with these. That’s why we can offer protective sleeving in a number of ways, to perfectly match your bespoke lifting slings and provide as much safety as possible. Remember protective sleeving can be utilized on both webbing and wire rope.

We have different types of protective sleeving to choose from, lightweight typically from lighter polyester, heavyweight from robust polyester lifting webbing and moulded from polyurethane.

What is polyurethane? 

Polyurethane materials are used for some of our sling sleeves, most often on wire rope slings and assemblies. We want to provide a little more information on this material so you can gain a better understanding of the product.  Polymers joined together with urethane links form polyurethane.

It is a material that has numerous benefits:

Won’t melt if heated

Highly flexible and resistant to fatigue damage

Strong, durable and highly resistant to abrasion

It provides thermal and electrical insulation

Resistant to chemicals and elements, such as oils or moisture

With a strong design our slings offer good resistance. Protective sleeving enhances these benefits, making them perfect for more heavy duty applications.

Why shop with Rope Services Direct? 

Safety will be a primary concern for anyone operating within this industry, and so it is our primary concern too. All of our products are designed, manufactured and tested onsite here at Rope Services Direct.

We have the benefit of owning our own modern facilities. So don’t only rely on external suppliers for our equipment. This means we can guarantee quality, whilst supplying safety and reliability time and time again.

Find out more about our protective equipment

If you would like to discuss our lifting slings or protective equipment in great detail, then we’re here to help. If you need a question answered or would like to place an order, please call​ Rope Services Direct today on 01384 78004. Call to discuss protective sleeving in your business. Alternatively, you can find our other contact details here.