The Patented Lifting Eye™ offers a safer, more efficient, and uncomplicated solution to handling concrete pipe that is designed to streamline operations and reduce costs.
For years I have said that the “Single Offset Joint” is the single most important change in Reinforced Concrete Pipe in the past 100 years. But that was before I saw the Patented Lifting Eye in person. The Lifting Eye is the first major patent made on concrete pipe since 1849.
Many manufacturers make lift holes in their pipe to help with installation. Ask yourself this question. Why would anyone put a hole in a perfectly good pipe, just to come back and plug it after installation? The very thought of doing so defies common sense!
The other option is pipe with no lifting hole, which has its own issues. Neither a cable nor pipe slings offer a safe work environment and both lead to injuries in the field. Many minor, some deadly.
That said, the Patented Lifting is by far the safest manner to unload, move and install Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
Wayne Atkinson, Inc. 