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crane hook

crane hook

[′krān ‚hu̇k]
(design engineering)
A hoisting fixture designed to engage a ring or link of a lifting chain, or the pin of a shackle or cable socket.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"This highly unusual method was the only safe way to extract the casualty and using our rope rescue expertise we were able to rig a safe system to attach the stretcher to the crane hook."
He swung across the building site on a crane hook to drop into an apartment and make his delivery.
The plan involved wrapping heavy-duty nylon straps around the turbine, and then having the crane hook into the straps.
The beams include two removable swivel hooks and are centered on the crane hook lift point.
A SCOT has died after being hit by a giant crane hook while working in Australia.
From the right to left: Dave Williams, fourth from the right Malcolm Fox, fifth from the right was a guy named Fred who had in the early part of his life been hit by a crane hook and his forehead was dented, sixth from the right Blind Jim.
LoadSense is a load sensor that can be integrated with a crane hook, fork lift, or other handling device for intelligent feedback of loading events.
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