MULTI-PART BRAIDED SLINGS are wire rope slings fabricated by taking a single long length of aircraft cable or IWRC wire rope and braiding it back and forth along the entire sling design length, including the sling eyes, to form a single, high-capacity sling. Multi-part slings achieve capacities greater than single-part slings of the same diameter wire rope or cable, and in the case of 9-part slings, the capacity increase is significant. Multi-part slings are significantly more flexible than single-part slings of like capacity. Because multi-part slings are made up of many smaller wire ropes or cables, the slings can bend around smaller diameters without taking a permanent set or kink.

The availability of EEIPS wire rope greater than 3-1/2 inches in diameter is extremely limited; slings fabricated with EEIPS rope in these sizes are subject to availability of the rope itself, which may or may not be obtainable