A lifting belt is mainly divided into two parts: an eye and a body. The eye is located at both ends and the body is in the middle. The eye is a circular structure on both sides, designed to connect the lifting belt to the hook or other lifting slings, ensuring its safety. Recently, some netizens have raised a question about the lifting belt eye. Is the lifting belt eye stronger than the belt body?
The main difference between the strength of the eye and the body of the lifting belt is the difference between the lifting belts produced by different manufacturers. Some manufacturers may thicken the eye part of the lifting belt, such as Chenghua. Therefore, the strength of the eye of this type of lifting belt is indeed stronger than that of the body. However, some manufacturers do not thicken it, so the strength of the eye and body of this type of lifting belt is comparable.
However, even if the strength of the eye is comparable to that of the belt body, it still has advantages in wear resistance, because the eye is directly connected to the lifting target and hook, and under strong loads, it will generate continuous friction. This requires the eye to have stronger wear resistance than the belt body to cope with this friction, thereby ensuring work safety. Therefore, manufacturers generally carry out special treatment on the lifting belt eye.
In summary, the strength of the eye part of the lifting belt may not necessarily be higher than that of the body part, but the wear resistance of the eye part must be better than that of the body part, which is a basic condition to ensure the safety of lifting operations.