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Steve B
 
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"Brian Lawson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:55:48 -0500, "c.henry"
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SNIP

example would be an overhead crane rated for 70 tons is built to
a safety factor of four . and i have personally seen a 35 ton injection
mold break an eye bolt and bring the whole thing to the floor .

SNIP

Ohhhh....what happened? Care to elaborate on that a bit??????

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.


Looks like an eye bolt broke, and the whole thing came down on the floor.

HTH.

Steve