Rigging is both a noun, the equipment, and verb, the action of designing and installing the equipment, in the preparation to move objects. A team of ''riggers'' design and install the lifting or rolling equipment needed to raise, roll, slide or lift objects such as with a crane, hoist or

block and tackle A block and tackle or only tackle is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift heavy loads. The pulleys are assembled to form blocks and then blocks are paired so that one is fixed and o ...

. ''Rigging'' comes from ''rig'', to set up or prepare. Rigging is the equipment such as

wire rope Steel wire rope (right hand lang lay) Wire rope is several strands of metal wire twisted into a helix forming a composite ''rope'', in a pattern known as ''laid rope''. Larger diameter wire rope consists of multiple strands of such laid rope in a ...

turnbuckle A turnbuckle, stretching screw or bottlescrew is a device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes, cables, tie rods, and other tensioning systems. It normally consists of two threaded eye bolts, one screwed into each end of a small metal ...

s, clevis, jacks used with cranes and other

lifting equipment Lifting equipment, also known as lifting gear, is a general term for any equipment that can be used to lift and lower loads. Types of lifting equipment include heavy machinery such as the patient lift, overhead cranes, forklifts, jacks, buildin ...

material handling Material handling involves short-distance movement within the confines of a building or between a building and a transportation vehicle. It uses a wide range of manual, semi-automated, and automated equipment and includes consideration of the pro ...

and

structure relocation A structure relocation is the process of moving a structure from one location to another. There are two main ways for a structure to be moved: disassembling and then reassembling it at the required destination, or transporting it whole. For the la ...

. Rigging systems commonly include

shackle A shackle (or shacklebolt), also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. The term also applies to handcuff ...

s, master links and slings, and

lifting bag A lifting bag is an item of diving equipment consisting of a robust and air-tight bag with straps, which is used to lift heavy objects underwater by means of the bag's buoyancy. The heavy object can either be moved horizontally underwater by th ...

s in underwater lifting. In the United States th
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
regulates workplace safety including rigging in CFR 1926.251.Reese, Charles D.. ''Annotated dictionary of construction safety and health''. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2000. Print.

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Winch A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). In its simplest form, it consists of a spool (or drum) attac ...

Procedures

Safety

Gallery

File:A Humvee is rigged at the Heavy Drop Rigging Facility near Pope Field on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 7, 2012 120607-A-FC254-001.jpg, A Humvee is ''rigged'' for being airdropped at the Heavy Drop Rigging Facility near Pope Field at Fort Bragg, N.C. File:The Royal Danish Navy submarine Her Danish Majesty's Ship HDMS Saelen is lifted aboard the German contract vessel Grietje -c.jpg, The rigging is the two frameworks, spreaders, wire ropes and related fittings used by the crane to pick up this submarine. File:Blade Dragon, Installing a single blade, Liftra.jpg, An advanced rigging challenge assembling a

wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year ...

. File:Kölner Dom - Abbau südöstliches Gerüst Nordturm-2933.jpg, An adjustable spreader bar with

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slings.

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