Useful Products, distributed by IntegriCert, a load testing, inspection and rigging company servicing the oil and gas industry, and Southwest, has introduced the patented “VIC-LOK” Shackle, the strongest domestically forged shackle in the market.

The VIC-LOK is a captive, permanently attached shackle that improves safety by eliminating the possibility of using incorrect shackles. These shackles cannot be removed without being cut off or destroyed. This patent-pending design has a five-to-one load safety factor and is available in one-half inch, five-eighths inch, three-quarter inch, seven-eighths inch and one inch sizes. The shackles have certified load ranges from three and one-half tons for the smallest to 13 tons for the largest.

“The VIC-LOK is one of the first shackles designed to address the most common shackle-related safety concerns,” said Vic Segura, IntegriCert President. “As shackles are often stored separately from the slings, we designed this permanently captivated shackle to eliminate the dangerous risk of shackles that are too small for the load, or different sizes on the same sling, leading to an unbalanced lift.”

The shackles meet the performance requirements of Federal Specification R-R C-27-1-D, Type 4-B, Grade A. It meets and exceeds A-S-M-E B-30.26 requirements. The entire series of VIC-LOK shackles have A-B-S and D-N-V “pull to destruction” test documents.

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