Green Pin Standard Shackles

The Green Pin® shackles listed on this page are made by Van Beest, a company established over 90 years ago in the Netherlands to supply the dredging industry. Their top quality certified shackles are now used worldwide in many safety conscious industrial sectors. Please note, Van Beest make their shackles to a metric tonne [t], but mark them with a capital T - don’t get confused!  Van Beest safety design factor is 6 to 1, and they are suitable to be used in a temperature range from -20°C to + 200°C

The bodies and pins are made from high-tensile Grade 6 steel which is quenched and tempered. The finish is hot dipped galvanised with a painted green bolt. Marked with WLL, batch mark and CE mark. In accordance with EN 13889.

Meets performance requirements of US Federal Specification RR-C-271, Type IVA Class 2, Grade A (Bow Shackles), and Type IVB Class (Dee Shackles).

Choose Dee shackles when lift is from one rope, and Bow shackles when the lift is from more than one rope.

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