Grade 80 Alloy Chain

Quick facts: Grade 80 lifting chain

Product	Grade 80 alloy lifting chain
Tensile grade	800 N/mm²
Design factor	4:1 (minimum breaking load = 4 × WLL)
Governing standard	EN 818 Part 2 (adopted as a SANS standard)
Supplied as	Bulk chain, cut to length, and slings made up to order
Use	Overhead lifting (not vehicle tie down or securement)
Certificate	Conformance Inspection Certificate
WLL and size range	Per certificate, confirmed on enquiry
Supplied by	Toco Lifting, South Africa and SADC, since 2002

Toco Lifting is approved by the Department of Labour as a Lifting Machinery Entity (LME No. 008), supplying certified Grade 80 alloy lifting chain across South Africa and all SADC markets since 2002.

Need Grade 80 chain in a specific size, or made up into a certified sling to a set reach and WLL? Call 011 345 8800 or email sales@toco.co.za.

Toco Lifting is approved by the Department of Labour to undertake Conformance Inspections and Performance Testing (Load Testing) per approved SABS, SANS, or relevant OEM Standard. Toco has supplied and tested lifting, lashing and rigging equipment since 2002, operating from a Germiston head office and a Cape Town branch.

What Toco supplies in Grade 80 chain

Toco supplies Grade 80 alloy lifting chain as bulk chain, cut to length, and made up into certified chain slings in single, two, three and four leg and endless configurations, assembled with matching Grade 80 components to the reach and working load limit the lift calls for. Diameters, finishes and assemblies are confirmed on enquiry, and Toco also stocks Grade 100 alloy chain (1000 N/mm²) alongside Grade 80. The standard properties that define Grade 80 lifting chain under EN 818 Part 2 are below.

Specification	Grade 80 standard
Grade designation	Grade 80 (system 8, mark “T” or “8”)
Tensile grade	800 N/mm²
Material	Heat treated alloy steel (quenched & tempered)
Design factor	4:1
Minimum breaking load	4 × working load limit (WLL)
Manufacturing proof force	2.5 × WLL
Minimum elongation at failure	20%
Governing standard	EN 818 Part 2 (adopted as a SANS standard)

Working load limits by chain diameter are confirmed on the certificate supplied with the chain. Contact Toco for the WLL of a specific size.

Chain slings and assemblies

Toco makes Grade 80 chain up into certified slings in single and multiple leg and endless configurations, with shortening and connecting components matched to grade. Assemblies are built to a specified reach and rated WLL, tagged, and supplied certified. Send the configuration and the duty and Toco will quote and make up to order.

Certification supplied with Grade 80 chain

Grade 80 chain and chain slings are supplied with a Conformance Inspection Certificate, the certificate class for lifting tackle that cannot itself suspend or halt motion. They fall within Toco’s LME 008 testing scope. Under Driven Machinery Regulation 18, lifting tackle in use must be thoroughly examined at intervals not exceeding three months, and Toco inspects, tests and recertifies chain and chain slings as part of that scope.

Where Grade 80 chain is used

Toco supplies Grade 80 chain and chain slings into a range of industrial sectors, made up to the configuration each lift calls for.

Sector	Typical use
Heavy engineering	Slinging fabrications, plant and components for overhead lifts
Construction	Site lifting and rigging of structural and precast elements
Mining	Durable lifting chain for plant maintenance and shaft work

Single, two, three and four leg and endless configurations are assembled to order with matching Grade 80 components.