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European Tool & Mould Making September 2007 Swiveling-Eyebolt Technology Eliminates Unsafe Choices in Heavy Lifting Special Report: Safety on the Shop Floor Each half of every die and mould, and their associated plates, must be safely and economically tilted, turned, lifted, and lashed down for the manufacturing process, with all these steps being executed to meet the European machine guidelines or other statutory regulations. Therefore, the proper lifting point should be incorporated into the design of the tool from the start. Eyebolts are commonly used in these applications, but the danger of failure or misuse is always present. Threads may not be fully engaged; the use of spacers to protect the mounting surface being a problem in this regard, or the eyebolt might be dangerously side-loaded. Now, however, the new VRS StarPoint swiveling-eye eyebolt from RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH & Co. KG is available as a safe, cost-effective alternative to eyebolts and swiveling and pivoting hoist rings for lifting and moving dies and moulds. The user simply inserts the integrated installation tool into the hexagonal socket of the VRS StarPoint, tightens the socket by hand, and removes the tool. The eyebolt then is free to swivel 360°. The StarPoint is available also without the integrated tool. In this case, it can be tightened by means of a standard socket wrench. This product is completely safe when used at any angle up to 90°, and its rated load is forged into the body for easy visibility. The hexagonal shape of the eye readily differentiates the StarPoint from an ordinary eyebolt. Also, the StarPoint is forged from high-tensile steel. It is 100% electromagnetically crack tested, as are all lifting points from RUD. Complementing the StarPoint is RUD’s brand-new lifting point, the Powerpoint. This device incorporates a double row of ball bearings, allowing for smooth tilting, twisting, and turning of tools without any shock to the lifting point. Suitable for all sling systems, the Powerpoint can readily accommodate chain, wire rope, or nylon slings without the need for additional hardware such as shackles. This is accomplished through any of four available connection options: a ring connection, a self-locking hook connection, a direct chain attachment, or the patented RUD Cobra hook attachment. The RUD Cobra hook enables wire rope and nylon slings to be connected directly, without the need for additional connectors. The Powerpoint with the Cobra hook is a product known as the Powerpoint Star. It offers the designer great flexibility. The design of the Cobra hook offers the advantages of a non-protruding hook tip, a forged safety latch that engages the hook tip and is protected against side-load bending forces, a stainless-steel coiled double-leg spring and stainless-steel pin on the latch, extra-thick wear edges on both sides of the hook, and gauge marks for measuring the size of the hook opening in order to ensure the safety of the latch–hook tip connection. The new Powerpoint lifting point is available in either rigid or swiveling versions, both of which can be supplied in metric and UNC threaded and weldable styles. RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG Aalen, Germany RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG website ________________________________________ Tool-Moldmaking.com Site contents copyright © 2007 by Access Communications Inc. 30765 Pacific Coast Highway PMB 351 Malibu, CA 90265-3643 USA Tel. +1 310 589-0066 • Fax +1 310 317-7350

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