Solutions for safe lifting

Forankra AB is part of Axel Johnson International. This group of companies has a turnover of more than 3 billion SEK in lifting equipment and related services, which makes us the market leader in this area. Through us at Forankra you can get access to the group’s combined expertise and experience. Forankra offers a selected range of lifting equipment, which covers most of the daily needs in the areas of construction and industry. We offer high quality products at good prices and quick delivery. Our lifting equipments comply with the European Machinery Directive and comes with necessary documentation, which is stored in our system for traceability.

Regulations

Every day, there are many different lifting operations carried out in various industries. Lifting is always associated with risk and there are therefore high demands on both the user and the supplier of lifting products. Although the products are approved and certified, improper handling and misapplication of the products can create dangerous situations.

Safe lifting starts with choosing the right equipment. Lifting products are strongly regulated by European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, which sets high demands on suppliers of lifting products concerning:

• Requirements on product performance

• Product marking

• Technical product documentation

• CE-marking

• Traceability of the products through the value chain

To prevent accidents and injuries associated with lifting, the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) has developed regulations, which the employer is required to be aware of and to follow.

Read more about this in:

• Use of work equipment (AFS 2006:04) (Swedish)

• Use of lifting devices and lifting accessories (AFS 2006:6) (Swedish)

Equipment for safe lifting

Different lifting situations require different types of lifting equipment. Forankra has a wide range of lifting products, which includes both soft and hard lifting equipment.

Soft lifting equipment such as round slings and webbing slings, has a very flexible area of use as they can be connected around the load in different ways. Soft lifting equipment can be combined with different types of chain components.

Hard lifting equipment (Grade 80 and Grade 100) consists of lifting chain combined with different types of latch and safety hooks, connecting links and lifting eyes. Hard lifting equipment also includes various lifting devices such as lifting clamps, magnetic lifting clamps, beam trolleys and chain blocks.

Knowhow – Safe lifting

For more information on what you should consider in connection with safe lifting, we refer to the section Knowhow - Safe lifting. Here we have collected information on what you should consider to achieve safe lifting situations as well as practical tips for choosing the right equipment.

Recommended product groups for safe lifting:

Chain sling Grade 80

Chain sling Grade 100

Situational lifting tools

Lifting points

Soft lifting equipment

Lifting appliances

Examples of common lifting situations

On construction sites, both soft lifting equipment and hard lifting equipment, or a combination of the two, are often used when lifting and handling construction material and equipment.

Soft lifting equipment has a wide range of applications. They can be connected around the goods in different ways and its soft surface layer reduces the risk of damage to the goods.

In mechanical workshops, it is mainly hard lifting equipment and various types of lifting appliances that are used in connection with shifting material to and from workstations. For example, horizontal and vertical lifting clamps can be used together with chain blocks when lifting and handling steel plates.