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CounterWeight Lift

Tower Safety Rigging Lab · Forces Are Not Hidden

CounterWeight Lift Simulator

Show how the counterweight changes the load path and how unequal loads create force imbalance at the top pulley and tower anchor.

Inputs

Load A / Lifted Load (lb)

Counterweight Load B (lb)

Friction / System Loss (%)

Top Pulley Height Above Ground (ft)

Load A Height Above Ground (ft)

Load B Height Above Ground (ft)

Pulley to Load A Distance (ft)

Pulley to Load B Distance (ft)

Horizontal Distance to Hoist (ft)

Warning Limit / WLL Reference (lb)

Balance Status wording: Stable Lift, Load Drift Detected, and Dangerous Imbalance.

Scenarios - Click to Load

Results

Load A Force

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Load B / Counterweight

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Hoist Imbalance Tension

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Top Pulley Force

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Resultant Anchor Force

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Fx / Fy

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TOWER SAFETY RIGGING LAB 19 Lifting Configurations

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1 Top Pulley with Tag Line 2 Top Pulley and Heel Pulley with Tag Line 3 Trolley/Self Tagging 4 Static Tag Line with Trolley 5 Static Tag Line with Dedicated Top/Heel Pulley 6 Barber Lift 7 2:1 with a Change of Direction

8 V Rig / M RigCOMING SOON

9 3:1 with a Change of Direction

10 Top Pulley with Heel Pulley with a 4:1 (on the ground)COMING SOON

11 Counterweight Lifting

12 Top Pulley Redirects with Pulleys/2:1 Tag LineCOMING SOON

13 2 Rope Offset / 2 Tag LinesCOMING SOON

14 2 Rope Offset/Tag Line with Cross Haul Deflection LineCOMING SOON

15 Teasley Trolley

16 4:1 with no Head RoomCOMING SOON

17 Class 3 Rigging Exception with Lifting Device/Light Gin PoleCOMING SOON

18 Class 3 Lightweight Hoisting ExceptionCOMING SOON

19 Skylotec Auto Ascender - ICX TrolleyCOMING SOON

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CounterWeight Lift

CounterWeight Lift Simulator

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