SUCCESS, A FAMILY TRADITION FOR CERTIFIED SLING & SUPPLY INTERNATIONAL SALES MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2013 WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING, THE CIVIL WAR & THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE UNITEX LEVERAGES SYNERGY 8-7/16”Bleed 8-1/4”Trim 7” Live WHAT Does Landmann Wire Rope Products, Inc. Provide For You? • Customized and Professional Client Service • Widest range of quality products in the industry • Largest stocking distributor on the West Coast • Overseas sourcing through our International partnerships • Fulfilling the needs of companies big & small alike 10-7/8” Trim • With over 60 years of combined experience, and 150 years of 10” 11-1/16” solid history from our parent Live Bleed company, Grebruder Thiele, Landmann is the source for your wire rope and rigging equipment. WAREHOUSE LOCATIONS Pacific Northwest Northern California Southern California Midwest 4301B Industry Dr. East 2051 Cessna Dr #200 12941 Sunnyside Place 3551 Country Road F Fife, WA 98424 Vacaville, CA 95688 Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Tekamah, NE 68061 Phone: 877-926-3500 Phone: 800-331-0794 Phone: 800-344-6751 Phone: 800-331-0794 Fax: 253-926-2510 Fax: 707-446-2033 Fax: 562-946-1600 Fax 707-748-1701 w w w . l a n d m a n n w i r e . c o m 4736ad01r 13 WRN Issue1: Dec(&Jan) of Each Year K OPTION 1.1 Pub: WRNews Deadl: 11/20/13 511 Colonia Blvd. Issue2: Feb(&Mar) of Each Year Colonia, New Jersey 07067-1402 Deadl: 01/20/14 ATTN: Rick Colvin Issue3: Apr(&May) of Each Year 1-908-486-3221 PH: 707.748.1700 Edward Bluvias, III (Publisher) Deadl: 03/20/14 [email protected] Issue4: Jun(&Jul) of Each Year FAX: 707.446.2033 www.wireropenews.com Deadl: 05/20/13 [email protected] Client: Rick Colvin Issue5: Aug(&Sep) of Each Year Landmann Wire Rope Products Deadl: 07/20/13 Please fax back approval 2051 Cessna Dr #200 Issue6: Oct(&Nov) of Each Year Deadl: 09/20/13 Vacaville CA 95688 K Approved 800-331-0794/ph 707-446-2033/fax Time: 05/06/13-3:45am Design: Garson Design Services File: 4736LDMad01r13-17WRN.qxd Client Signature 239 Concord Avenue Run File: 4736LDMad01r13_043013.pdf Fairfield, CA 94533 K Please make noted changes Size: FULL PAGE - 8-1/4 (.25)” x 10-7/8 (.875)” 707 428-1743/phone and fax back for my approval Specs: 4/c RRED • 133L 707 428-3652/fax Colors: CyanMagentaYellowBlack [email protected] SEND: Program: Hi-res PDF Cable Service Yarbrough Cable precision fabricates office has a 1500 ton capacity at 200 single- and multi-part braided wire rope feet of length and a 500 ton capacity at slings up to 4 in. diameter. Yarbrough’s 500 feet of length. Test beds of 50 and unique fabrication process allows us to 175 tons are also available in Memphis, achieve overall sling length tolerance and each Yarbrough branch office is of plus or minus ½ inch. We maintain equipped with small capacity load test this length tolerance between multiple machines—providing local verification slings of the same size, for slings made testing for rigging of all types. today and additional slings made in the When your lift weighs hundreds future, and for all slings, including multi- or thousands of tons and is worth part braids, in all wire rope diameters up millions of dollars, you need slings www.yarcable.com to 4 inches. you can depend on—slings that you An essential part of Yarbrough’s sling know will lift the load, lift it level, fabrication process is testing. The load and lift it safe. In short, you need test machine at our Memphis, TN head Yarbrough slings. Precision Fabricated Heavy Lift Rigging Five Yarbrough locations to serve your rigging needs… Memphis, TN - Head Office Little Rock, AR Fort Smith, AR Pascagoula, MS Muscle Shoals, AL 950 Stage Road 3000 West 65th Street 5300 Wheeler Avenue 5615 Telephone Road 1904 Webster Street 800 . 395 . 5438 800 . 749 . 3690 855.200.4558 228 . 712 . 2933 256 . 383 . 3212 [EDITOR’S NOTE] 14th & 15th November | USN Bolton Arena Upcoming Events 2013 As summer ends and fall kicks into gear, it’s birthday and ICUEE 2013 anniversary season in our family. Th e calendar is littered with October 1-3, 2013 Louisville, KY www.icuee.com celebrations, one right after the other. Celebrating anniversaries DON’T MISS and birthdays remind us of how far we’ve come and, more International Workboat Show importantly, how far we still want to go. As I’m writing this, my October 9-11, 2013 New Orleans, LA the 9th edition of LiftEx father is celebrating his 65th birthday. Whenever we talk about www.workboatshow.com The leading lifting exhibition where suppliers to his age, he likes to make a joke about “how much he has left in WSTDA 2013 Fall Meeting the industry present their latest lifting products and the tank” and what the fuel gauge might look like for him with October 15-17, 2013 Chicago, IL services to an audience of end-users from the UK the red needle making the inevitable march toward the big “E.” www.wstda.com and beyond - all under one roof over 2 days. We have to laugh, and he guesses he’s got about a quarter-tank left. On the other hand, BOOK NOW! my six-year-old son counts the days until his next birthday. He eagerly anticipates when AWRF Fall General Meeting If you are a user or adviser of lifting equipment in October 20-23, 2013 Los Angeles, CA any of the following industries, this is the perfect Guarantee your place by registering he can get a bit of independence, make a decent ‘sale’ with his alien stuff (think lemonade event for you to visit: stand but with alien drawings) and his mom can stop getting in the way. Th ere are extreme www.awrf.org at www.liftex.org/register diff erences between the two – one who can’t wait to grow up and the other who can’t seem CRC Canada • Construction • Power Generation to slow the days down enough. Where we come together is celebrating the big days, the October 22-23, 2013 Edmonton, Canada • Oil & Gas • Logistics glories and sharing in a year mixed with good times and hard work. www.craneandriggingconference.com • Metal Production • Shipping In the spirit of celebrating milestones, Cliff ord Zink, writer and historian, gives us an • Heavy Engineering • Rail Maintenance National Industrial Fastener • Heath & Safety in-depth look at the remarkable life of Washington A. Roebling and the history of the • Civil Engineering & Mill Supply Expo • Utilities • Training Brooklyn Bridge. We also learn more about Unitex, who is making a strong footprint in the October 23 – 25, 2013 Las Vegas, NV U.S. in recent years. Finally, we celebrate Certifi ed Sling & Supply for making the OBJ list www.fastenershows.com of the Fastest 50 growing companies in Central Florida, as well as celebrate three decades of service by industry and J. Henry Holland veteran, Larry Lusk. Power Generation Lifting Workshop REASONS TO VISIT LIFTEX 2013: INNOVATION THEATRE Each day comes and goes similar to the one before, and often it can be challenging to notice November 6 – 8, 2013 New York, NY the change of time without these milestones. Th e celebrations allow us to hit the pause button www.powergenlifting.com • Be part of the UK’s only dedicated lifting for just a moment, and relish in the steps that got us there, and the ones we’re about to endure. Last year’s highly successful Innovation STAFDA 2013 Convention and Trade Show equipment exhibition Theatre will return to the show fl oor at I’m always interested in your stories; please email me with your news. As always, thank November 11-13, 2013 Las Vegas, NV • Network with over 600 industry professionals LiftEx 2013. Come to the theatre and see you for being a part of Wire Rope Exchange! www.stafda.org over 2 full days presentations and demos of the very latest • See demos from over 70 exhibiting companies lifting products and innovations, and fi nd Liftex 2013 out which companies will win the coveted November 14 – 15 Bolten Arena, UK • Discover new industry products and services Melissa Hood, Editor | Wire Rope Exchange LEEA Awards. Keep checking the website at www.liftex.org in the Innovation Theatre P.O. Box 159323, Nashville, TN, 37215 www.liftex.org/innovationtheatre for updates • Get the latest advice and training from the to the theatre programme. Email: [email protected] industry experts in the LEEA team CHECK IT OUT: www.wireropeexchange.com Current list of exhibitors: LETTER TO THE EDITOR I’m sure that many of your readers are familiar RETRACTION ACDC Core RFID Integrated Inspection Niko Speedy with TANDEMLOC, Inc. because of their industry AJT Crosby Systems Petersen Stainless Rigging Straightpoint Ms. Hood: I enjoyed your comments and then In our Innovations department of the A.P Lifting English Braids Kito Europe Pfeifer Drako Ltd Sumner read the articles referenced. Of particular unique policy of proof-testing every single lifter July-August 2013 issue, photos with the Arbil Fisher Offshore LHI Probst T Allen they produce, I’d like to see them profi led like Astro Manufacturing GAP Group Lift-tex Redplant Talurit (UK) interest was the article about Manchester Sling Miller Lifting Products logo were placed on Bridon International George Taylor Lift Turn Move Red Rooster Tractel Mr. Nolan did with Manchester Sling. Raktag® samples; however, Miller Lifting Brindley Chains Gunnebo Industries Lifting Gear UK Reid Lifting Unisplice and their cooperation with Mammoet.