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Kevlar Offers New Pulling Grips

Dec. 15, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, DEC. 14, 2008 -- New Kevlar® Pulling Grips, from Lewis Manufacturing Company, are lightweight yet won't fray or cause cuts and contusions. Kevlar Pulling Grips are the latest addition to Lewis' wire-mesh pulling grips line. These ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, DEC. 14, 2008 -- New Kevlar® Pulling Grips, from Lewis Manufacturing Company, are lightweight yet won't fray or cause cuts and contusions.

Kevlar Pulling Grips are the latest addition to Lewis' wire-mesh pulling grips line. These grips are made of plastic coated Kevlar fibers that are lightweight and yet much stronger than steel wires.

Kevlar grips are traditionally used in overhead or underground operations when pulling or suspending electric or fiber optic cable. These grips do not have the metallic fraying as traditional grips do thereby eliminating the chance of being injured from metallic strands that have been abraded.

The Kevlar strand can be used in essentially all grip configurations. However when used around coastal areas or in corrosive environments the stainless steel option is still superior. Kevlar grips can also be used when a metallic grip is unsuitable, such as when pulling into an energized environment. These grips are available in a wide range of sizes from 1/4" all the way to 8" in 1/4" & 1/2" increments.

Kevlar Grips' features:

•Non Conductive

•Much Lighter yet Stronger than Steel Grips

•Easier to Load and Remove

•No Frayed Wires

•No Wire Cuts and Contusions — “Ouchless”

About Lewis Manufacturing

Since 1936, Lewis Manufacturing Company, a family owned business, has supplied the utility and construction industries with finest Pulling Grips and Swivels for overhead and underground cable and rope pulling and Installation. Other proven and popular products from Lewis Manufacturing include Fall Arrest and Safety Harnesses and Lanyards, weather elements Canvas Barriers and Tarps, Jobsite Debris Tarp, and Cable Suspension and Bundling Grips.

Contact:

Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Lewis Manufacturing can be contacted at:

(888) 398-4719 or http://www.lewismfg.com/.

Kevlar® is a registered trademark of DuPont.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Field Editor

Amy Fischbach is the field editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission & Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].

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