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Wire Rope Types and Terms

Types of Wire Rope

• Aircraft cables are strands, cords and wire ropes composed of special strength wire. Aircraft cables are mainly for aircraft controls and various aircraft industry uses.
  
• Cable assemblies are fittings which are attached to the end of bundled wires.
  
• Cable railing is used in the barriers that run along the edge of stairs and landings, especially in industrial or outdoor locations.
  
• Push pull cable are used as remote-access latch release cables and safety break cables.
  
• Stainless steel cable is resistant to corrosion.
  
• Steel cables are strong metal ropes used for various applications.
  
• Steel wire rope is composed of non-galvanized carbon steel (bright), stainless steel wire, or galvanized carbon steel. The scope of diameters and compositions of steel wire rope include 1/16 inch to five inches or greater. But, whichever the kind of steel, diameter, or the specific composition, all stainless steel wire has the same physical construction of multiple strands of wire wound helically about a central core.
  
• Wire rope assemblies are wires ropes that have their ends changed through a splice or fittings add-on. Their uses include running controls, incorporation into machinery and equipment or as slings or hoists.
  
• Wire rope hoists are hoists that use wire ropes as the means for lifting and consist of a rope storage drum, motors, gearbox and braking system. A trolley suspends the hoist from a bridge beam or monorail, although a stationary mounting is also possible.
  
• Wire rope slings are short lengths of wire rope made especially to accommodate lifting attachments. Slings use Independent Wire Rope Cores (IWRC) and may consist of Improved Plow Steel, Extra Improved Steel, or Extra, Extra Improved Plow Steel.

Wire Rope Terms

Breaking Strength – A calculation of the load necessary to break a wire rope that is in tension.

Core – Element of a wire rope around which the strands are helically laid. The core could be made of fiber (cloth), independent wire rope or wire strand.

Drum – A round and flanged barrel, which is tapered or uniform in diameter for storage or operation, around which rope is wound.

Extra Improved Plow Steel – Steel that is designed for applications, which require greater safety features with no increase in diameter size and the highest resistance to abrasive wear. This steel is fifteen percent stronger than Improved Plow Steel, and the tensile strength of this grade ranges from 280,000 to 340,000 psi.

Fitting – Any accessory that serves to attach wire ropes.

Galvanize – To coat with zinc for the protection of the wire, strand or rope from corrosion.

Grade – A classification according to breaking strength.

Guy Line – Steel wire or strand, typically galvanized, that braces or supports a structure.

Improved Plow Steel (IPS) – A high-carbon steel having a tensile strength of approximately 260,000 psi that is roughly fifteen percent stronger than Plow Steel. Most commercial wires are made from IPS.

Independent Wire Rope Core (IWRC) – Wire rope that serves as the core for a greater rope.

Iron – A low carbon steel wire of approximately 10,000 psi, which is pliable and capable of repeated stresses from bending around small sheaves. This grade is effective for tillers, guys and sash ropes.

Lay/Laid – The manner in which the wires are helically wound to form rope. Lay refers specifically to the direction of the helical path of the strands in a wire rope; for example, if the helix of the strands are like the threads of a right-hand screw, the lay is known as a right lay, or right-hand, but if the strands go to the left, it is a left lay, or left-hand.

Rope Grades – A classification of wire rope according to its breaking strength. The rank of grades according to increasing breaking strengths is as follows: Iron, Traction, Mild Plow Steel, Plow Steel, Improved Steel, Extra Improved Steel.

Sheave – A pulley wheel with a channel, mounted in a frame, that guides or alters the direction of the cable or rope.

Strand – An assembly of wires that are helically wound around an axis, fiber or wire center (core) to create a symmetrical portion.

Strand Grades – Classification of strands according to breaking strength. The ranking of increasing breaking strengths is as follows: Common, Siemens Martin, High Strength and Extra-High Strength; a utility's grade strand is available for certain requirements.

Swage – The act of fastening a termination to a wire rope through physical deformation of the termination about the rope via a hydraulic press or hammering. The strength is one hundred percent of the wire rope rating.

Swaged Fittings – Fittings into which wire rope can be inserted and fastened through a cold flow method.

Traction Steel – A grade of rope material that has a tensile strength range of 180,000 to 190,000 psi. Traction steel has great resistance to bending fatigue with a minimum of abrasive force on sheaves and drums, which contributes to its long use in elevators, from which the steel gets its name.

Wire – A continual span of metal that has been cold drawn from a rod.