Your Guide to Wire Rope Sling Eyes: Flemish Eye vs. Turnback vs. Hand Spliced

In this wire rope slings guide, we uncover the intricacies and applications of Flemish eye, turnback, and hand-spliced slings. Terry Driscoll, a seasoned expert with 28 years in the lifting and rigging industry, guides us through the differences, advantages, and specific use cases of these slings, ensuring you have the knowledge to select the right type for your job.
If you are a Purchasing Agent, Procurement Officer, Operations Manager, EHS Specialist, or Quality & Safety Manager looking to enhance workplace safety and operational efficiency, or if you want to make informed procurement decisions use this video as your resource. From the durability of the Flemish eye mechanical splice to the practicality of hand-spliced slings for ironworkers, we cover all bases to help you make informed decisions.
What You'll Learn:
• The key differences between Flemish, turnback, and hand-tucked sling eyes
• The unique applications and benefits of each sling eye design
• Potential risks and inspection considerations for foldback/turnback eyes
• Why hand-tucked slings are still commonly used by ironworkers
• How sling eye construction impacts capacity, safety, and ease of use
Whether you're responsible for procurement, operations, or worker safety, this video offers valuable insights to help you choose the right sling for the job and avoid costly lifting accidents. Gain the knowledge to make informed decisions and keep your team protected.
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In this video
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - What are the different types of wire rope sling eyes?
0:57 - How are hand-tucked wire rope slings made and used?
1:46 - How are Flemish eye wire rope slings made and used?
2:29 - How are turnback eye wire rope slings made?
2:56 - What are the hazards of turnback eye wire rope slings?
3:45 - What are the hazards of burn-off hand-tucked wire rope slings?
4:00 - Turnback vs. Flemish vs. Hand-Spliced wire rope slings
4:58 - What are some best practices when using wire rope slings?
5:48 - Learn how to inspect all types of lifting slings!
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[@ThomVIA]

Excellent training material. Mazzella provides considerable technical info on rigging practices and all is excellent.

[@LiftingandRigging]

Thanks for watching! Glad you found it useful!

[@truckladders4104]

Great video very educational Thanks

[@LiftingandRigging]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@ThomVIA]

How do you tell the difference between a flemished eye and turn back eye with fittings?

[@LiftingandRigging]

You should be able to see the tail end folded back when using a turnback.

[@monalvinburgos6285]

How about hand splice plus carbon steel? is this advisable to use for lifting?what is the most advisable to use to lifting?

[@LiftingandRigging]

So, I'm not sure exactly what you are asking, so I have two answers for you depending on what you meant. If you are saying you hand-splice a sling and then put a carbon sleeve over the body of the splice, then NO. You don’t want to do that. We have already performed the “splice by opening up the s strands and 3 strands + core and performed the splice back onto themselves, forming the eye. We then have small tails on the Mechanically spliced sling that get tucked around the neck, and the carbon steel sleeve is pulled over them and hammered into place prior to putting them into the swagger. If you are asking if you can have a sling with a hand-splice taper and conceal eye on one end and a mechanical splice eye on the other, then YES. That is being used quite heavily with ironworkers to have the mechanical splice eye in the hook of the crane (the same end that has the tag on it to protect the tag from damage), and the hand-splice end is being used to choke the load and does not have a carbon steel sleeve on it to obstruct the slings from pulling out from under the load easily. So recap - Do not put a carbon steel sleeve on a hand-spliced taper and conceal-eyed sling. But you can have different style eyes on the ends of one sling.

[@monalvinburgos6285]

Thank you for good explanation​@@LiftingandRigging

[@truckladders4104]

Do you do a vudeo on wire rope lubes?

[@LiftingandRigging]

What would you like to know? Let us know what questions you need answered, and we can put something together.