Product detail
Shackles & Connecting Links
The link between rope, chain and the ship. Forged bow (anchor) and dee (chain) shackles with screw pin, safety bolt or nut-and-cotter closure, kenter joining shackles for anchor chain, pear links and Tonsberg / Mandal shackles for mooring tails. Every load-bearing item is supplied with a working load limit, batch number and material certificate.
- Types
- Bow / dee shackle, kenter link, pear link, Tonsberg-Mandal shackle
- Closure
- Screw pin, safety bolt with nut and cotter
- Grade
- Grade 6 (G-209 / G-2130) and Grade 8 alloy
- WLL range
- 0.3 t - 150 t
- Finish
- Hot dip galvanised, self-colour or AISI 316 stainless
- Safety factor
- 6:1 proof tested
Applications
- Mooring tail connections
- Anchor chain joining
- Lifting and rigging assemblies
Standards
- EN 13889 / US Fed. Spec. RR-C-271
- IACS W22 for kenter links
- OCIMF MEG4 tail connections
- Never mix a stainless pin with a galvanised body — galvanic corrosion attacks the pin.
- WLL, grade and traceability code stamped on every body.
Figures are typical values for the fibre type. Exact break loads, weights and tolerances are stated on the certificate supplied with each rope.