Split Ball

Quality Products from McKissick and Crosby Group

Overhaul Balls and Other Premium Products from McKissick and The Crosby Group

The Crosby Group stocks and manufacturers different kinds of overhaul balls for all your crane and wire rope needs. This includes a split ball, that is specifically designed to attach to the wire rope easily. We supply a variety of overhaul balls for customers, with both a top swivel and non-swivel version available. Crosby has a ball to meet all your needs.

The foundation of the work proven and time-tested products demanded by the industry are the expertise and innovative thinking of The Crosby Group. This is achieved through the processes and mindsets that have been developed over the years. Our goal is to demonstrate the quality performance characteristics of all our products that are critical for all lifting operations.

We demonstrate this through:

Innovative Quality Design Systems for Products
The Continual Testing of Steel and Material Throughout the Entire Manufacturing Process and Crosby Laboratory
The Quenched and Tempered Heat Treatment Process

The Crosby Group takes responsibility to maintain confidence within the industry. We do this through ensuring that the core of every decision is relative to the product, the customer and operation practices of the industry – from general construction to offshore drilling to bridge building.

We want to make sure that Crosby products are available throughout the world and operators have confidence in the items they use. Our brand is known for stocking, testing, inspecting, and training on both global and local scales. We want our product users to have assurance in the items they purchase, utilize, and continue to use.

Overhaul balls are used in a wide variety of applications including:

General Construction
Steel Erection
Offshore Drilling
Pipe Laying
Bridge Building

Split Overhaul Ball

A Split Ball creates a convenient and effective way to add overhaul weight to the wire rope directly.

Entire overhaul ball is zinc plated to resist corrosion
Designed with angular contact bearings which maximize efficiency, reliability and service life of swivel and extend the life of the Wireline.
Wide jaw opening available for use of nylon spools and shields
Designed for applications where headroom is critical
Other upper fittings available upon request

All single point hooks are genuine Crosby. This means they are:

Forged Alloy Steel
Quenched and Tempered
Contains Patented QUIC-CHECK markings
Furnished with a Latch

Forged Alloy Steel

Alloy steel forging is done by heat treatment, or hot forging. This ensures that the properties of the product have increased strength, resistance, and toughness.

Quenched and Tempered

The Crosby Quenched and Tempered heat treatment is a process that has been developed and perfected by Crosby over the years. It provides hooks, split balls, and other products with the four most important components that instill confidence in our customers.

Those Four Components Are:

WLL: Working Load Limit for a product
Ductility: This causes the product to deform before ultimate failure if overloaded past its WLL
Fatigue Resistance: This enables the product to endure multiple load uses
Toughness: The products ability to resist fracture

QUIC-CHECK Markings

These markings are forged into the hooks that indicate if the item has undergone abuse and reached deformation. This allows for the product user to know if the item needs to be retired from service. Operators can know if the equipment has become faulty or unsafe to use.

The first is designed to determine if the throat opening has been changed – thus indicating abuse or overload. The second set of marks indicate the maximum included angle that is allowed between two sling legs in the hook, as well as provides the opportunity to approximate other included angles between two sling legs.

Furnished with a Latch

Each hook is furnished with a latch, that when properly attached and secured with the correct device, meets the intent OSHA Rule 1925.550 for personnel lifting.

UB-500 Overhaul Balls

Sizes 4 tons through 10 tons can be furnished with the Crosby SHUR-LOC positive locking style hooks that also meet the intent of OSHA Rule 1926.550g for personnel lifting.

Balls can be furnished with the McKissick US-422T Wedge Socket. They can be adjusted to fit different sizes of wire rope by changing the wedge.

McKissick top swivel utility overhaul balls are available in: