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Steelwrist FGX

5 models in this series

Steelwrist FGX6 to FGX26 – grapples for excavators from Sweden: 260 to 835 kg dead weight, 3,000 to 10,000 kg load capacity

Steelwrist FGX6
Pictured: Steelwrist FGX6

The FGX range from Steelwrist comprises grapples for excavators, from the FGX6 to the FGX26. Steelwrist, a Swedish maker of quick couplers, tiltrotators and attachments for the construction industry, marks with the number in the type code roughly the excavator class in tonnes the respective grapple is designed for. Unlike the sorting grab, the grapple works with closed, mostly smooth-edged jaws and serves purely to grip and relocate material, tree trunks or scrap.

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The register lists here 5 versions with dead weights from 260 to 835 kg and load capacities from 3,000 to 10,000 kg.

Grapples such as the FGX range are used in earthworks, forestry and scrap and recycling handling, where material has to be gripped, turned and relocated without being separated by size as with the sorting grab; the range thus covers the field from mini-excavators to upper mid-range mobile excavators. As a quick-coupler attachment, the FGX range fits Steelwrist's wider programme of tiltrotators and other grabs. Steelwrist develops its attachments chiefly for the Scandinavian and Central European market, where recycling operations place high demands on wear parts.

On used grapples, the condition of the hydraulic cylinders and hoses, wear on jaws and bearing pins, play in the slew bearing and compatibility with the existing quick coupler count; parts run through the Steelwrist network.

Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Steelwrist FGX, Steelwrist (manufacturer)

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