Rigging Handbook 4th Edition

The 4th Edition of the Rigging Handbook (June 2012) maintains its reputation as a clear, fully illustrated reference book for millwrights, rigging professionals, crane operators and others who are involved with rigging and hoisting operations. Users will appreciate the well-organized simple layout and detailed illustrations that provide concise, simple answers to rigging questions that may otherwise appear complex in nature. Emphasis on the new OSHA 1926.1400 regulation for signal persons is covered in greater detail, in addition to the ASME B30 standards that apply to rigging and hoisting operations.

New and updated topics include:

- Load Control Techniques

- Load Leveling Practices

- Center of Gravity Concepts

- Cribbing use and Wood Blocking

- Proper Tag Line Use

- Load Share Concepts

- Chainfalls and Lever Hoists use

- Inverting loads with cranes

Sling tension formulas for:

- Symmetrical loads

- Non-symmetrical loads

Formulas for: - Determining the Center of Gravity and load share

- 2-crane lifts and crane share of the loads

- Drifting loads (horizontal movements) with multiple hoists

- Lever Bars (Johnson bars)

- Moving loads on inclined planes