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Challenge

Dynamica Ropes wants to reuse expensive synthetic fibre material from their lifting slings in other plastic and composite products.

Solution

With advice from FORCE Technology, they cracked the code and found a way to recycle the raw material from the expensive slings.

Result

By developing a take-back system, Dynamica Ropes reduces its CO2 footprint and gains a competitive advantage when recycling lifting slings.

Dynamica Ropes rolls out new take-back system for used lifting slings. The expensive synthetic fibre material should not be discarded as bulky waste, but recycled and used in other plastic and composite products.

Lifting slings should not be thrown away – they should be reused.

Even if you are a company with just 35 employees, you can still have major sustainability ambitions.

As part of a MADE FAST project, Dynamica Ropes, which manufactures heavy lifting ropes, slings for hoisting wind turbine towers and blades, received support to develop a take-back system.

'We joined the MADE FAST project to investigate whether it is possible to recycle materials from slings that have been used and are destined for bulky waste. This is high-value material with a CO2 footprint, it should not go to waste', says Kate Christensen, Sales Manager at Dynamica Ropes.

The project lasted about a year and during the process, Force Technology helped the SME by asking the right questions and providing guidance, making it possible to crack the code to recycle the raw material:

'It is wonderful that a company like Dynamica Ropes has some ambitions in the area of sustainability', says Andrew Hoff, Senior Consultant at Force Technology.

Rolling out the take-back system across Europe

Dynamica Ropes are also pleased with the result, and they are curious to see how many customers will accept the offer to return used slings.

'Now we are set to roll out this take-back system across Europe. We are already aware that this gives us a competitive advantage because it is something our customers and, in the end, offshore companies and installation firms notice', says Kate Christensen, adding that they will test the solution over the next six months hoping to receive slings back on a large scale.

Now we are set to roll out this take-back system. We are already aware that this gives us a competitive advantage.
Kate Christensen / Dynamica Ropes

MADE has released a video presenting the implementation process of the take-back system for Dynamica Ropes.

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Dynamic Ropes ApS

The SME has replaced steel wires and chains with lighter synthetic fibre materials to produce ropes and lifting slings for, for example, the offshore and wind industries.

Dynamica Ropes is located in Fredericia and is an SME with 35 employees.