SHEAVES - INTRODUCTION

General

Sheaves come in a variety of models, different in material, size and bearings, in order to meet your specific requirements. In the next tables only the standard sheaves are shown. Apart from these standard sheaves we manufacture a greatmany sheaves of different sizes and bearings. We are able to supply almost any thinkable sheave.

Our sheaves are suitable for applications like:
•ship cranes
•davits
• harbour and shipyard cranes
•mobile cranes
•overhead and portal cranes
• bridges and
•other machines and eauipment usina wire rope

Technical information and warnings

•For selecting a sheave, the rule of thumb to use is that the centre-to-centre diameter of the steel wire over the sheave is 14, 17 or 20 times the wire diameter, depending on its application.
•Avoid afleet angle of over 2°.
•In most of the sheaves, the groove and rim profile is contoured according DIN 15061 NEN 3508 (see next page).