Lifting Sling, Support Structure, ICBC, IMAX

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Object Details

Manufacturer

IMAX Corporation

Summary

This lifting sling was available to hold the IMAX payload bay camera during installation in the special pressurized container that held the camera in the payload bay of the space shuttle. Tags affixed to the sling indicate that it is rated to hold up to 115 kg (250 lbs), but was proven to be capable of holding up to 245 kg (540 lbs).

This appears to be a spare sling as NASA typically used one made of wire cables to prevent any instability caused by rope stretching during lifting.

Gift of the IMAX Corporation in 2011.

Credit Line

Gift of the IMAX Corporation

Inventory Number

A20120259018

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

EQUIPMENT-Photographic

Materials

Aluminum

Synthetic Rope

Adhesive Tape

Copper Alloy

Dimensions

3-D: 77.5 × 10.2 × 2.5cm (2 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 4 in. × 1 in.)

Country of Origin

Canada

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv904e5c409-bd7e-43f5-abbd-81b6bca6bf58

Record ID

nasm_A20120259018