How often should You Inspect Lifting Equipment?

The most important thing to be considered for the use of lifting equipment is the best manufacturing standards. But you cannot rely solely on the quality of your lifting gear to expect remarkable productivity. Just like quality standards, you need to focus on the safety requirements.

Lifting equipment are often designed with safety in mind, but still, you need help from professionals offering lifting equipment inspection services to ensure that your lifting hardware is always operating under safe conditions.

Types of Inspections

These days lifting equipment are designed and operated with adherence of rigid industry standards. In order to maintain the safer operational requirements, you can get your equipment checked with help of the following inspections:

• Dye Penetrate Testing

• Eddy Current Testing

• Thickness Gauging

• Magnetic Particle Testing

• Thermal Imaging

• Load Testing

How often should you conduct inspections?

Basically, there are two types of inspections for lifting equipment: in-service and periodic. 

The in-service inspections are conducted for visually inspecting the lifting gear before every use. In this inspection the slings, hooks and end fittings are checked for signs of wear and tear. 

Secondly, the periodic inspections are said to be more careful and detailed. Thus, you need to seek assistance from inspectors who are well versed to render industry compliant lifting equipment inspection services. Such inspections are adequately documented and can be performed within a specified period. For instance:

• Synthetic Slings: Within 3 months

• Blocks and Hoists: Within 3 months for intensive use and within 12 months for general use

• Chains and Wire Rope Slings: Within 3 months of intensive use and within 12 months for general use

Lifting equipment inspections are often performed by third party professionals who are trained and well credentialed to use the latest techniques. Saudi Dutest is a leading entity in the industry that has a dedicated inspection division to conduct inspections of lifting equipment from globally recognized brands like Kone, Liebherr, Kato and Tadano. Their highly qualified inspection engineers and highly reliable services are continually audited to ensure their compliance with the rigid industry standards. You can seek their assistance to get services compliant to the ISO 9001:2008 standards.