Manufacturing

Process

From filament to finished sling

Five stages, the same for every sling, whatever its size.

1. 
   01

   Filament · NX-98

   UHMWPE filament from an audited, ESG-compliant supply chain, each lot checked against supplier certification before release.

2. 
   02

   Yarn · NX-T110

   Twisted in-house on best-in-class machinery and tested beyond industry practice. Superior twisted yarn engineered for strength and consistency.

3. 
   03

   Core · parallel-laid hank

   Yarn wound as a continuous parallel-laid hank under controlled, consistent tension: tight length tolerance and uniform elongation, so matched slings stay matched.

4. 
   04

   Cover · NEXOS & options

   Double-bonded NEXOS (PES) body cover as standard, with NEXOS HD hybrid HMPE/PA at the bearing points. Full HMPE covers, sand filters and other options to suit the job.

5. 
   05

   Sewing & identification

   Structural lock stitching and hard-wearing ID tags carrying the sling’s full identification, sewn by trained NEXUS sewers, then on to 100% proof load testing.

Where it’s made

One standard, two sites

The CORE in Singapore supplies the yarn, the materials and the engineering rules. Slings are built at the CORE and at Franklin Offshore Europe in Rotterdam, to the same specification and the same test protocol.

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