{"id":26765,"date":"2026-07-13T16:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/news\/steel-why-its-one-of-the-worlds-most-reusable-engineering-materials\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:36:34","slug":"steel-why-its-one-of-the-worlds-most-reusable-engineering-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/uk\/news\/steel-why-its-one-of-the-worlds-most-reusable-engineering-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel: Why It&#8217;s One of the World&#8217;s Most Reusable Engineering Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 wrapper-contained mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\t<strong>Steel: Why It&#8217;s One of the World&#8217;s Most Reusable Engineering Materials<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 wrapper-contained mt-0 mb-20 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<div class='text-md\/5 flex items-baseline gap-1.5 [&amp;&gt;*:nth-child(n+3)]:truncate text-gray-700'><a href='https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/uk\/' aria-label='Home link'>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' width='12' height='12' viewBox='0 0 12 12' fill='none'><path d='M2 10.667h2v-4h4v4h2v-6l-4-3-4 3v6ZM.667 12V4L6 0l5.333 4v8H6.667V8H5.333v4H.667Z' fill='currentColor'\/><\/svg> <span><a href=\" https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/uk\/ \">Home<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 wrapper-contained mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<div class=\"grid grid-cols-12 gap-y-4 gap-x-4\" >\n\t\n<div class=\"flex flex-col col-start-4 max-sm:col-start-1 col-end-span-6 max-sm:col-end-span-12 row-end-span-1 justify-stretch h-full [&amp;&gt;*:only-child]:h-full items-stretch w-full [&amp;&gt;*:only-child]:w-full pl-0 pr-0 pt-0 pb-0 bg-gradient-to-r overflow-visible\" >\n\t\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<div class=\"w-full text-blue-500\" >\n\t\n\t<p>13.07.2026 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/uk\/news\/category\/sustainability\/\" \/>Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<h1\tdata-slug=\"\"\n\tclass=\"font-display text-balance font-synthesis-none scroll-m-20 break-words hyphens-auto text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl leading-normal text-start text-blue-900 [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\"\n>\n\t<strong>Steel: Why It&#8217;s One of the World&#8217;s Most Reusable Engineering Materials<\/strong><\/h1><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<picture\n\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<img\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/seg-f-one-stop-manufacturing.jpg\"\n\t\talt=\"A pewag chain link under construction and glowing molten orange\"\n\t\tclass=\"object-cover object-center\"\n\t\/>\n<\/picture><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tFrom <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pewag.com\/products\/lifting-solutions\/grade-12-plus-lifting-chains-equipment\/\">lifting chains<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pewag.com\/products\/lifting-solutions\/shackles\/\">shackles <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pewag.com\/products\/conveyor-systems\/conveyor-chains\/\">conveyor systems<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pewag.com\/products\/tyre-protection-chains\/\">tyre protection chains<\/a>, many of pewag&#8217;s products are made from steel. Steel&#8217;s strength and durability are well known, but you may be surprised at just how sustainable it is.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tSteel is, by a wide margin, the world&#8217;s most recycled industrial material. Unlike plastics, which lose strength and quality with every reprocessing cycle, steel can be melted down and reformed indefinitely without any degradation in its mechanical properties. That&#8217;s why steel sits at the centre of a genuinely circular manufacturing model.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"h-12\"><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<h2\tdata-slug=\"\"\n\tclass=\"font-display text-balance font-synthesis-none scroll-m-20 break-words hyphens-auto text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl leading-normal text-start text-blue-900 [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\"\n>\n\t<strong>Why Steel Can Be Recycled Without Losing Its Properties<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tTo understand why steel is such an effective material for circular manufacturing, it helps to know what actually happens when it&#8217;s recycled.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tSteel is an alloy, made up primarily of iron with a small amount of carbon. When steel scrap is melted down, the iron atoms don&#8217;t break down or change their fundamental nature &#8211; they&#8217;re simply released from one crystalline structure and reformed into a new one as the metal cools. It&#8217;s a physical transformation, not a chemical one, so the resulting steel is structurally identical to the material that went in.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tThis is very different from how most other common materials behave. Plastics, for example, are built from long polymer chains that shorten and weaken every time they&#8217;re reprocessed, which is why recycled plastic is typically &#8220;downcycled&#8221; into lower-grade applications rather than reused for the same purpose.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tSteel doesn&#8217;t have that limitation. Any batch of recycled steel can be returned to the highest-grade application, including structural beams, load-bearing chains, or precision-engineered components, provided the composition is properly managed during melting.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tThat quality control happens in a stage called secondary steelmaking, where fluxing agents such as lime are added to the molten bath to remove &#8220;tramp elements&#8221; like copper or tin that could otherwise affect the final steel&#8217;s performance. Get that process right, and there is effectively no limit to how many times a given tonne of steel can be melted down and reused.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tSteel&#8217;s magnetic properties also make it unusually easy to recover from the general waste stream. Ferrous scrap can be separated from other materials quickly and cheaply using magnets, which is one of the reasons steel recycling infrastructure is so well established compared with other materials and one of the reasons steel is consistently the world&#8217;s most recycled material by tonnage, more than paper, plastic, aluminium and glass combined.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"h-12\"><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<picture\n\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<img\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/steel-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-recyclable-materials.webp\"\n\t\talt=\"Steel is one of the worlds most recyclable materials\"\n\t\tclass=\"object-cover object-center\"\n\t\/>\n<\/picture><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"h-12\"><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<h2\tdata-slug=\"the-environmental-case-for-recycled-steel\"\n\tclass=\"font-display text-balance font-synthesis-none scroll-m-20 break-words hyphens-auto text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl leading-normal text-start text-blue-900 [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\"\n>\n\t<strong>The Environmental Case for Recycled Steel<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tThe environmental savings from using recycled steel over virgin material are substantial and well documented:<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tProducing steel from scrap requires an estimated <strong>60\u201375% less energy<\/strong> than producing it from virgin iron ore.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tEvery tonne of recycled steel avoids the need to mine approximately 1.4 tonnes of iron ore, along with the associated coal and limestone.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tMore specifically, recycling a single tonne of steel is estimated to <strong>conserve around 2,500 pounds of iron ore<\/strong>, <strong>1,400 pounds of coal<\/strong>, and <strong>120 pounds of limestone<\/strong>, plus all the energy that would otherwise go into mining and transporting them.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tIn the UK specifically, the overall average end-of-life recovery rate for steel from buildings has been <strong>estimated at 96%<\/strong>, based on industry surveys and because this is true closed-loop recycling, every tonne of scrap recovered substitutes one tonne of primary steelmaking, again and again, without any drop in performance.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tRecycling rates are similarly high across other steel-heavy sectors: around <strong>95% for end-of-life vehicles<\/strong> and more than <strong>90% for appliances<\/strong>, driven by steel&#8217;s high economic scrap value as much as by regulation.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"h-12\"><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<h2\tdata-slug=\"\"\n\tclass=\"font-display text-balance font-synthesis-none scroll-m-20 break-words hyphens-auto text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl leading-normal text-start text-blue-900 [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\"\n>\n\t<strong><strong>How This is Demonstrated in pewag Group&#8217;s Own Operations<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tSteel and its recyclability sit right at the centre of pewag group&#8217;s resource use and circular economy strategy, as set out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/about-us\/sustainability\/sustainability-reports\/\">our latest Sustainability Report<\/a>. A few figures from the 2025 reporting year illustrate what that looks like in practice:<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tpewag Austria GmbH and its subsidiaries generated <strong>3,466 tonnes of waste<\/strong> in 2025, of which <strong>83% was recycled<\/strong> &#8211; consistent with the 80% recycling rate achieved the previous year.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tOf that recyclable waste, <strong>steel scrap accounted for 2,030 tonnes<\/strong> &#8211; by far the largest single recovered material stream, ahead of paper and cardboard, wood, plastic, and other recyclables combined.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tTotal resource inflows for production stood at 23,995 tonnes, the large majority of it steel and aluminium sourced regionally wherever possible.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tpewag&#8217;s products: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/lifting\/\">lifting solutions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pewag.com\/products\/tyre-protection-chains\/\">tyre protection chains<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/news\/surplus-material-is-100-recycled\/\">forestry chains<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pewag.com\/products\/conveyor-systems\/\">conveyor systems<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pewag.com\/products\/hoist-industrial-chains\/hoist-chains\/\">hoist chains<\/a> are deliberately engineered for a long service life, with spare parts and repair services extending that lifespan further and improving recyclability at end of life.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tIn 2025, pewag launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/uk\/news\/pewag-sustainability-report-2025-our-progress-towards-co2-neutral-production\/\">pewag recycling<\/a>, a pilot project giving used textile lifting accessories a second life: customers can return selected products to the company&#8217;s Austrian headquarters, where the materials are processed together with external partners and recovered resources are redirected into new applications such as insulation solutions.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tPackaging is designed with the same circular thinking: pewag&#8217;s wooden crates are intended for multiple reuse cycles rather than single use.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\tNone of this happens by accident. It&#8217;s built into pewag group&#8217;s stated approach to resource use and circular economy, which focuses on four principles: longevity, reusability, repairability and recycling with steel&#8217;s near-limitless recyclability doing much of the heavy lifting behind that strategy<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 mt-0 mb-4 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal text-start text-black [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\">\n\t<strong>You can read the full breakdown of pewag group&#8217;s resource use, waste, and circular economy performance, along with the rest of our environmental, social and governance data, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/about-us\/sustainability\/sustainability-reports\/\">2025 Sustainability Report<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"h-20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 wrapper-contained mt-0 mb-20 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<h2\tdata-slug=\"discover-more\"\n\tclass=\"font-display text-balance font-synthesis-none scroll-m-20 break-words hyphens-auto text-6xl md:text-7xl leading-tight text-start text-blue-900 [&amp;&gt;a]:text-blue-700\"\n>\n\tDiscover More<\/h2><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"scroll-my-24 bg-blue-950 wrapper-contained-wide mt-12 max-sm:mt-8 mb-0 pt-0 pb-0 w-full\"\n\t>\n\t<div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div\n\t\tid=\"featured-content-es-98\"\n\t\tclass=\"grid gap-6 grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 -translate-y-16 md:-translate-y-24\"\n\t\taria-live=\"polite\"\n\t>\n\t\t<a class=\"w-full md:max-w-md overflow-hidden group text-start text-white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/uk\/news\/pewag-pump-chains-support-welsh-water-over-a-decade-of-proof-in-the-chain\/\">\n\t<picture\n\t\t\tclass=\"w-full !block bg-gray-100 overflow-hidden\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<img\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welsh-water-stainless-steel-pump-chains-cover.webp\"\n\t\talt=\"Water running through fingers\"\n\t\tclass=\"object-cover object-center w-full aspect-3\/2 group-hover:scale-110 transition-transform duration-300\"\n\t\/>\n<\/picture>\n\t<div class=\"py-4 pr-2\">\n\t\t<button\tclass=\"font-sans transition duration-300 flex w-fit items-center focus-visible:ring focus:outline-none text-lg disabled:cursor-default [&amp;&gt;svg]:flex-none max-w-full leading-tight cursor-pointer [&amp;&gt;svg]:size-6 gap-3 text-left button mt-2 !text-bold !font-display [&amp;&gt;svg]:size-5\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"min-w-0 break-words hyphens-auto\">pewag\u00a0Pump Chains Support Welsh Water:\u00a0Over\u00a0A Decade of Proof in the Chain<\/span>\n\t\n\t<svg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none'><circle cx='12' cy='12' r='12' fill='#E20031'\/><path fill-rule='evenodd' clip-rule='evenodd' d='m13.757 6.697 4.773 4.773a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06l-4.773 4.774a.75.75 0 0 1-1.06-1.061l3.492-3.493H5.25v-1.5h10.94l-3.493-3.492a.75.75 0 1 1 1.06-1.061Z' fill='#fff'\/><\/svg><\/button><p class=\"font-sans [&amp;&gt;a]:underline font-synthesis-none break-words hyphens-auto text-base leading-normal mt-2\">\n\tpewag\u00a0pump chains have delivered over a decade of reliable service for Welsh Water. Find out how building longevity into procurement decisions can reap benefits for years to come.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/a><a class=\"w-full md:max-w-md overflow-hidden group text-start text-white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/uk\/news\/chain-hoist-replacement\/\">\n\t<picture\n\t\t\tclass=\"w-full !block bg-gray-100 overflow-hidden\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<img\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.pewag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/replacement-hoist-chains-1024x571.webp\"\n\t\talt=\"Hoist chains in action in an entertainment setting. 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