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Why Lever Blocks Fail First: The Chain Block Mistakes That Cost You Gear

Does a chain block need a safety latch

A chain block that comes back to the workshop is usually worn. A lever block that comes back is usually broken. Not because of build quality, since both come off the same lines to the same standards, but because of how they get used. Almost every chain block and lever block failure in Singapore’s yards […]

Non Destructive Testing for Lifting Gear: What a Load Test Cannot See

Non destructive testing for lifting gear

Singapore’s lifting equipment rules no longer require periodic overload testing once equipment is registered. MOM’s reasoning, set out when the requirement was revised in September 2025, was blunt: repeated overload testing was fatiguing the very gear it was meant to prove. Non destructive testing is what fills the gap that leaves behind. A proof load […]