Preston Shoe X
Set of 4 (two of each hand)
Designed to suit 16mm and 20mm chains having Working Load Limits of 8.5 ton and 12 ton respectively. Prior to general release, a test to destruction was conducted on one of these lugs and terminated at 64.6 tons for safety reasons.The lug sustained deformation without failure of any component parts.
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STANDARD 8.5t WLL Factor of Safety 7
Suitable for
US Fed Spec 8.5ton shackles and 16mm grade 80 alloy steel chain connector
Lug hole is 32mm dia.
Proof Loaded to 17ton
US Fed Spec 8.5ton shackles and 16mm grade 80 alloy steel chain connector
Lug hole is 32mm dia.
Proof Loaded to 17ton
Universal 12t WLL
Factor of Safety 5
Suitable for:
US Fed Spec12ton shackles and 20mm grade 80 alloy steel chain connector
Lug hole is 38mm dia.
Proof Loaded to 24ton
US Fed Spec12ton shackles and 20mm grade 80 alloy steel chain connector
Lug hole is 38mm dia.
Proof Loaded to 24ton
Preston Shoe History
Handling containers and flats in the 1960’s-70’s was inefficient owing to rate of adoption of containerization and availability of safe reliable freight coupling devices. Accidents were frequent and the Port of Preston Authority commissioned the development of a safe lifting lug suitable for use in ISO corner fittings used in an assortment of freight units that passed through the port before standardisation of containers and platforms.A prototype was developed and patented that complied with the mandatory BS regulations, but required the approval of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before being insured prior to service in The Port of Preston The lug was rapidly adopted by ports bordering the west coast of England and Wales where they where initially called Paddies Feet and subsequently morphed into Preston Shoes?
The lug underwent further refinement and has been in production since 1979 to date for handling any containment unit fitted with ISO corner fittings as shown here in this complex lift of a process unit.