Single-Part Body Mechanical Splice

Eyes are formed using the flemish eye splice. Ends are secured by pressing a metal sleeve over the ends of the strands of the splice. Pull is directly along the centerline of rope and eye. Gives most efficient use of rope capacity and is economical.

Swaging Provides
Positive Grip

This cutaway of a metal sleeve strands, swaged onto a splice shows how metal “flows” into valleys between strands to positively prevent ends from unlaying when sling is used within its rated capacity.

Flemish Eye Splice

In the standard flemish eye mechanical splice rope is separated into two parts—3 adjacent strands, and 3 adjacent strands and core. These two parts then re-laid back in opposite directions to form an eye, and ends are secured with a pressed metal sleeve.

*Rated Capacities Basket Hitch based on D/d Ratio of 25.
Rated Capacities based on pin diameter no larger than natural
     eye width or less than the nominal sling diameter.

Rated Capacities based on design factor of 5.
Sling angles less than 30 degrees shall not be used.
**See Choker Hitch Rated Capacity Adjustment.

	Rope Diameter	Rated Capacity--Tons*						Min Sling Length	Standard Eye Size (inches) W x L	Thimble Eye Size (inches) W x L	Eye Hook Cap. Tons
		Vertical	** Choker Hitch	Basket Hitch
	1/4	.65	.48	1.3	1.1	.91	.65	1' 6"	2 x 4	7/8 x 1-5/8	3/4
	5/16	1	.74	2	1.7	1.4	1	1' 9"	2-1/2 x 5	1-1/16 x 1-7/8	1
	3/8	1.4	1.1	2.9	2.5	2	1.4	2'	3 x 6	1-1/8 x 2-1/8	1-1/2
	7/16	1.9	1.4	3.9	3.4	2.7	1.9	2' 3"	3-1/2 x 7	1-1/4 x 2-1/4	2
	1/2	2.5	1.9	5.1	4.4	3.6	2.5	2' 6"	4 x 8	1-1/2 x 2-3/4	3
	9/16	3.2	2.4	6.4	5.5	4.5	3.2	2' 9"	4-1/2 x 9	1-1/2 x 2-3/4	3
	5/8	3.9	2.9	7.8	6.8	5.5	3.9	3'	5 x 10	1-3/4 x 3-1/4	5
	3/4	5.6	4.1	11	9.7	7.9	5.6	3' 6"	6 x 12	2 x 3-3/4	5
	7/8	7.6	5.6	15	13	11	7.6	4'	7 x 14	2-1/4 x 4-1/4	7-1/2
	1	9.8	7.2	20	17	14	9.8	4' 6"	8 x 16	2-1/2 x 4-1/2	10
	1-1/8	12	9.1	24	21	17	12	5'	9 x 18	2-7/8 x 5-1/8	10
	1-1/4	15	11	30	26	21	15	5' 6"	10 x 20	2-7/8 x 5-1/8	15
	1-3/8	18	13	36	31	25	18	6	11 x 22	3-1/2 x 6-1/4	15
	1-1/2	21	16	42	37	30	21	7'	12 x 24	3-1/2 x 6-1/4	AH-22
	1-5/8	24	18	48	42	35	24	8'	13 x 26	3-1/2 x 6-1/4	AH-30
	1-3/4	28	21	57	49	40	28	8'	14 x 28	4 x 8	AH-37
	2	37	28	73	63	52	37	9'	16 x 32	4-1/2 x 9	AH-45
	2-1/4	44	35	89	77	63	44	10'	18 x 36	6 x 12	AH-45
	2-1/2	54	42	109	94	77	54	11'	20 x 40	7 x 14	AH-60
	2-3/4	65	51	130	113	92	65	12'	22 x 44
	3	77	60	153	133	108	77	13'	24 x 48
	3-1/2	102	79	203	143	144	102	14'	28 x 56

Above capacities based on EIP rope.