Product range
Wire, Rigging & Lifting
Wire rope, slings, fittings, and lifting assemblies for marine, fishing, and industrial operations.
Services
Inspection & Testing
Rope inspection, wire rope inspection and lifting gear inspection — hands-on, with component replacement and load testing when the job calls for it.
The service
Inspected by hand. Tested when the job calls for it.
Most of this work is physical. Our dedicated inspector goes over rope, wire, hardware and assemblies by hand and eye — wear, damage, deformation, broken or deteriorated components, and the mechanical defects that decide whether gear keeps working — using other inspection tools as the item requires.
Some of it earns a place on the 500,000 lb bed. A great deal of it never needs to go there. Where a component is worn or damaged it can be replaced with new before the equipment returns to service, and each item is supplied with the applicable test certificate and inspection documentation.
Scope
What we take on, and what we don't.
Worth knowing before you load the truck. If your job is on the right-hand side, call the shop anyway — we would rather point you somewhere useful than take the work.
Inspection & Testing covers
- Hands-on inspection of rope, wire rope, cable, hardware and complete assemblies
- Mechanical condition assessment — wear, deformation, broken or deteriorated components
- Lifting and load-lifting equipment, including slings and roundslings
- Replacement of worn or damaged components before gear returns to service
- Proof testing where the job calls for it
- Break testing to failure where a termination or design needs proving
- Field and site inspection for supported work
Worth saying plainly
- Not everything needs the bed. Much of this work is inspection, and we will tell you when a test would only be theatre.
- We are not a third-party test laboratory. The certificate records what we inspected and tested on that item, and nothing beyond it.
- The bed is about 20 ft usable. Longer assemblies are testable, but the extended setup has to be arranged in advance.
- We document what we have inspected and tested ourselves, and nothing we have not.
Capabilities
What we do
Hands-on rope inspection, wire rope inspection and lifting gear inspection — mechanical condition assessment, component replacement, and proof or break testing on our own 500,000 lb bed.
Visual and hands-on inspection
Rope, wire, hardware and assemblies gone over by hand and eye — the bulk of the work.
Mechanical condition assessment
Wear, deformation, and broken or deteriorated components, judged against how the gear is used.
Wire rope inspection
Checked for broken wires, crush, corrosion and deformation.
Defect identification
Worn and damaged components identified and called out, with other inspection tools as the item requires.
Component replacement
Worn or damaged hardware replaced with new before the equipment goes back to service.
Proof and break testing
On the 500,000 lb bed, where the job calls for a number rather than a judgement.
Field and site inspection
On-site inspection available for supported work.
The bench
What we inspect, and how far it goes.
Two routes, and the first one covers most of the work. Testing is what you add when the job needs a number rather than a judgement.
| Gear | Hands-on inspection | On the bed | Goes back with |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wire rope and cable | Broken wires, crush, corrosion, deformation | Proof test where specified; break test on a sample | Test certificate and inspection documentation |
| Synthetic rope and spliced assemblies | Abrasion, cuts, splice condition, exposed strength member | Proof test on request; break test to prove a termination | Test certificate and inspection documentation |
| Rigging hardware — shackles, links, swivels, thimbles | Wear, deformation, pin and thread condition | Proof test where required | Test certificate and inspection documentation |
| Lifting gear — slings, roundslings, webbing | Cuts, wear, damaged fittings, legible markings | Proof test where required | Test certificate and inspection documentation |
| Complete assemblies | Component by component, including the fittings | Proof or break test, as specified | Test certificate and inspection documentation |
Scroll the table sideways for all 4 columns.
Worn or damaged components can be replaced with new before the item goes back to service. Bring the rating and the history if you have them — what the gear is rated to, and what it has been doing, changes how it is inspected.
The test bay
A pair of hands first. The bed when it earns it.
Every photograph below is our own bay. Most of what comes through it is handled, judged and sent back without ever going near the machine — and the machine is here for the jobs where a judgement is not enough.
The inspector
A customer's gear arrives as a crate of shackles, links, eye bolts and hoists, and our dedicated inspector looks at every piece in it on its own — pin and thread condition, legible markings, anything bent, worn or corroded. Most of a crate like this is settled here, at the bench, without the machine.
Worn, and replaced
Finding it is half the job. A lifting frame back from service with new chain, new shackles and connectors fitted and the steel repainted — worn components changed out for new before the gear returns to work, rather than written down and handed back.
Setting the run
Specimen, length, initial load and upper limit go in before anything moves, and the trace records the load as it climbs. A break test is set up differently from a proof test, and the controller is where that difference is made.
Rigged for the pull
A wire rope assembly made off at both ends before any load goes on it — master link, bow shackle and anchor point at each end of the bed. How it is rigged is part of the test, because it decides what the number afterwards means.
The bed, under load
Powered carriage on a bolted steel bed, operated from a handheld pendant, with anchor points along both rails so the setup moves to suit the assembly. Photographed with a spliced synthetic assembly under load between a bow shackle and a master link — our own splicing work, on our own bed.
- Rated capacity
- 500,000 lb (226.8 t · 2,224 kN)
- Usable bed
- approx. 20 ft (6.1 m), extends by arrangement
- Modes
- Proof test and break test
- Calibration
- On a regular schedule
Back out, and logged
Wire rope pullers gone through as a batch — hooks, wire rope, pawls and gripping jaws. Worn or damaged parts are replaced as needed, including wire rope and handles, and each tool is documented before it goes back. What was inspected is recorded. What was not is not.
What you get back
The gear, fit to work — and the paperwork that says so.
Nothing leaves the bay on a verbal. What comes back is the item itself, any component we had to change out, and the documentation that records what was done to it.
- 01
The inspected item
Ready to go back to work — or withdrawn, and you are told exactly why.
- 02
New components where they were needed
Worn or damaged hardware replaced before the equipment returns to service.
- 03
Test certificate and inspection documentation
The applicable documentation, issued by the inspector who did the work.
Process
How we work
One conversation starts it — we scope the job, do the work, and stand behind it through the season.
- 01
Book it in
Tell us the gear, what it is rated to, and what it has been doing.
- 02
Inspect
Hands and eye first — wear, deformation, broken or deteriorated components — with other tools as the item requires.
- 03
Repair or replace
Worn or damaged components changed out for new where that is the right call.
- 04
Test, if the job calls for it
Proof or break test on the 500,000 lb bed. Plenty of items never need this step.
- 05
Document
The applicable test certificate and inspection documentation go back with the item.
Typical workPeriodic lifting gear inspectionWire rope condition assessmentWorn components replacedProof testing before return to serviceSite and field inspection
Solutions
Inspection & Testing, and everything around it.
We supply the gear and we do the work. Both halves come from the same four shops.
Gear we supply for this work
All products
Product range
Rope & Cordage
High-performance rope, mooring lines, and towing solutions for fishing, marine, and offshore.
Where this work shows up
All industries
Local support
Inspection & Testing at four Atlantic Canada branches.
Bring gear to the nearest shop or call — every request routes to the right crew, and in-season work is scheduled around your openings.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
No — and most of it does not. The majority of this work is hands-on inspection: checking rope, wire, hardware and assemblies for wear, deformation and broken or deteriorated components. The bed is for the jobs that need a number rather than a judgement, and we will tell you which yours is.
Both. Where a component is worn or damaged it can be replaced with new before the equipment goes back to service, rather than sending you away with a list.
The bed is rated to 500,000 lb — 226.8 tonnes, or 2,224 kN. The usable bed is about 20 ft, and the setup extends for longer assemblies by arrangement, so length is more often the limit than load.
Both. Proof testing is for gear returning to service. Break testing takes a sample to failure, which is how a termination or a new design gets proved rather than assumed.
Each tested item is inspected by our dedicated inspector and supplied with the applicable test certificate and inspection documentation.
No, and we would rather say so plainly. We test on our own bed and issue the certificate for the item we tested — a record of that item's test. It is not external approval of your wider system. If your buyer or insurer needs that, tell us up front and we will point you to the right route.
Field and site inspection is available for supported work. Testing on the bed means the item comes to the shop.
Start a quote. We route it to the right branch.
Send specs, photos, drawings, or inspection and testing requests. Your reply comes from the branch that will do the work.