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WSTDA Members:
It's time to register! WSTDA’s Fall
Meeting is being held October 19-22,
2009 at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel in
Seattle, WA. Don’t miss this
valuable opportunity to meet with your
industry peers and friends.
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Guest Speaker/Educational Session
Mike Parnell
Wire Rope & Rigging Consultants, div. of ITI
"Rigging Applications and ASME B30.9 Changes"
Help your customers pick the right rigging for
the job. Among topics to be reviewed: providing
sling cutting prevention versus abrasion
resistance; How to make rigging hardware
components work in a variety of applications;
and Accident reviews providing insight to good
rigging gone “bad” due to improper use.
The session will include a series of interactive
problem solving exercises that will challenge
participants to determine a load's
center-of-gravity, estimate the weights of
various load types and determine sling tension
using a tape measure.
The session will wrap up with an update of
recently approved changes in B30.9, Chapter 5 -
Synthetic Web Slings and Chapter 6 - Synthetic
Roundslings."
Hints & Tips
Weather in Seattle in October should be
moderate, with daytime highs in the low-60s°F
and evening lows in the high-40s°F.
About Seattle
Seattle is anything but ordinary. It's a place
where bike messengers share elevators with
world-renowned researchers. Where fishermen have
lunch alongside top
surgeons. It's a city where the extraordinary is
commonplace and commonplace is anything but. And
if you look closely, you just might discover
that in Seattle there are amazing things
happening all around you. From a jet engine to
an espresso machine to grunge rock, Seattle's
world-changing events have all had a distinct
sound. But the symphony doesn't end there. Your
visit to Seattle may bring you the sound of an
orca blowing as it surfaces, the roar of the
crowd at Safeco Field or the near silence of the
Olympic rainforest.
If you have any questions or need more
information, please call WSTDA Headquarters at
443-640-1070 ext. 117. We look forward to seeing
you in October!
Sincerely,
Cynthia M. Jordan
Director of Meetings and Member Services.
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