Hoist and lifting bags for helicopter and offshore operations

Every bag in this range carries a WLL: the heaviest load it is rated to lift, with its contents, on its own lifting straps. Choose by the load you actually send up, not by the volume — a 60-litre bag of bolts and a 60-litre bag of rescue blankets are different lifts.

• Up to 25 kg — tool bags, belt bags and backpacks with a lifting option, for hand tools and small parts at height.
• 26–80 kg — tote, drum and cylinder bags for tool kits, rope and first aid backpacks for the hoist.
• 81–200 kg — bucket, bottle and square bags for heavier parts, gas bottles and filter changes.
• 201–500 kg — solid-cast, square and accumulator bags for component exchange.
• 501–1000 kg — pallet, scaffolding and jumbo bags for the heaviest single lifts in the range.

Several of these models were developed for helicopter work in the first place. EMG built the square half-pallet bag (7029) for special helicopter hoist operations, with a short sling set for an automatic hook used with carabiners and a magnetic ring. The waterproof Ø48 drum bag (4864) was created for a large helicopter operation, and the tall drum bag (5867) for rescue equipment. The first aid backpacks for hoist (5912 blue, 5913 red) carry a medical kit to a casualty on the hoist line and on the rescuer's back afterwards.

EMG lifting bags are made to EN 1492-1, the standard for textile lifting slings, and need periodic inspection like any other lifting equipment — the inspection interval is set by your own procedure. Whether a bag may go under an aircraft is your operator's and the aircraft's approval, not the bag's. We quote each enquiry: tell us the load, the lift and the quantity and we come back with the right model, colour and delivery time. Rescue and PPE bags that are not load-rated are under rescue and tool bags, rope bags and protectors under rope access.