EEK chain & shackle heritage mark — Estd. 1910
Estd. 1910 · Mumbai
E. E. Karachiwala & Co.
Product · 03 / Hooks

Crane & Shank Hooks.
Forged. Machined. Tested.

EEK is India's leading manufacturer and OEM supplier of machined shank hooks, ramshorn hooks and crane block assemblies. Forged in-house, machined to specification, NDT-inspected and proof-load tested in our 250-tonne Government-approved Test House — with full material traceability on every piece.

Manufactured to IS 3815, IS 15560, IS 5794 and BS 3017 — capacities up to 80 t as standard, larger by enquiry.

EEK forged hook variants — Eye, Clevis, Swivel and Self-locking hooks
80-tonne hook block at EEK Kamani Works
Ramshorn hook block under proof-load test
Hot hook forging at EEK Kamani Works
Machined shank hook for EOT crane application
Hook
EEK Hook Range · Eye, Clevis, Swivel, Self-locking
Hooks · Forged in-houseTested · Mumbai
Standard capacity
80t
OEM supplier to
Majorcrane mfrs.
Standards/ choose
01IS
02BS
03DIN
Test house
250t
— Manufacturing process

From billet
to certified hook.

Every EEK hook passes through four stages — each documented, each signed off. The same protocol governs the smallest 1-tonne shank hook and the heaviest 80-tonne crane block.

01
Stage
Forging

Open-die forging from traceable steel billet at the right grain flow. Fully heat-treated — normalised, quenched, tempered.

02
Stage
Machining

Finish-machined to the specified standard — IS 3815 / 15560 / 5794 / BS 3017 — on dedicated CNC and conventional mills.

03
Stage
NDT Inspection

Magnetic particle, dye-penetrant or ultrasonic non-destructive testing. Critical zones inspected per the standard.

04
Stage
Proof Load Test

Loaded in our 250-tonne in-house test house. Certificate witnessed and countersigned by a Competent Person.

Material traceability · Heat number on every piece · EEK stamping
— Hook families

Three families.
Each forged in-house.

OEM catalogue products covering EOT, hot-metal, port and offshore cranes — plus bespoke hooks and hook-block assemblies built to drawing on request.

Hooks with collar (IS 15560), DIN single & double hooks (DIN 15401 / 15402), full crane hook-block assemblies up to 80 t, and specialty eye / clevis / swivel / self-locking hooks are built to your drawing on request — see the quote form below.

— Quality assurance

Three guarantees
on every hook.

Guarantee · 01
Material traceability

Every hook is stamped with the heat number that ties it back to the steel mill certificate. Lot-level traceability from billet to finished product.

Guarantee · 02
NDT inspection

Magnetic particle, dye-penetrant or ultrasonic non-destructive testing of critical zones — saddle, neck and shank — per the relevant standard.

Guarantee · 03
Proof-load test

Tested in our 250-tonne in-house Government-approved Test House. Certificate signed by a Competent Person — Director General & Chief Inspector, Dock Safety.

— Critical safety

A hook is the last link in the lift.

  • Inspect the saddle, throat & latch before every shift.
  • Discard a hook with throat opening > 15 % of original.
  • Discard if the hook is twisted > 10° from the plane of the eye.
  • Use the latch — keep slings & chains seated in the saddle.
  • Never side-load or tip-load a hook.
  • Match the WLL of every fitting — sling, shackle, hook.
  • Avoid shock loading — replaces working life with fatigue.
  • Retain the test certificate with the hook.
— OEM supplier · India's crane builders

Forged for India's cranes.
Stamped to standard.

Each tile opens the relevant PDF — capacity tables, dimensions, materials and the manufacturing procedure. Hook also stamped with the standard, heat number, WLL and EEK identifier on every piece.

— Also built to
By drawing · By spec
IS 15560
Hook with collar
Indian — collared shank hooks for thrust-bearing trunnion blocks.
DIN 15401 / 15402
Single & double hooks
German — supplied on request to drawing.
ISO 9001 : 2015
Quality system
Audited annually — material traceability, NDT logs, proof-load records.
— Request a Hook Quotation

Got a drawing?
We'll forge & certify it.

Send the standard, the WLL and your drawing — we'll come back the next working day with price, lead time and a sample test certificate signed by the Competent Person.

Email Sales · sales@eekarachiwala.comWhatsApp · +91 99200 80575