Bishop Lifting Products Finalizes Acquisition of Matex Wire Rope
Matex Wire Rope is joining the Bishop Lifting family!
For over 50 years, Matex has been a premier supplier of lifting solutions including: sling fabrication, wire rope & rigging hardware, fall protection, wireline spooling service, recertification of oilfield blocks, and custom lifting solutions.
Eye bolts are one of the simplest and yet most often misused pieces of rigging equipment. There are several factors that must be considered when choosing and installing eye bolts. Dan Rose, Trainer at Bishop Lifting Products is here to help you learn the 5 factors to consider when lifting with eye bolts.
When eye bolts are used improperly, they can be damaged or broken leading to catastrophic accidents and injuries even when performing fairly basic lifts. For more information and help choosing the proper eye bolts or other rigging gear for your applications, please contact the Bishop Sales Team at 1-800-972-1041 or email them at
sales@lifting.com.
When rigging applications are unique and time sensitive, like installing Frac Iron Piping to Frac Manifold Systems, Bishop Lifting's engineering team is able to provide a "lift specific rigging solution". Our engineering team performs an analysis of the lifting application and can provide 3D modeling, renderings and FEA when needed. Increasing installation safety and efficiencies for oilfield service companies and the production is what our team strives to accomplish. Also, renderings provided to the customer are great tools for training purposes for the oilfield service personnel installing equipment.
Great lift photos from BLP Tulsa branch! Customer loaded the 7 piece furnace system onto 2 deck barges bound for the Houston Ship Channel, it will be an 8 day journey by barge from Catoosa, Oklahoma to Houston, TX. The heaviest of the 7 pieces weighed 108,000 lbs. & all pieces were lifted/ loaded using BLP endless roundslings. The units were all lifted from the 12 pick points at the top of the units & 8 spreader bars were needed to make these lifts.
When rigging applications are unique and time sensitive, like installing 
