For as long as winching has been around, the industry standard has been aircraft-grade steel cable, which is more durable than synthetic rope, but comes at the expense of weight and strength.

If you’re into building large projects, you’ll eventually find yourself looking at wire rope. Multistrand steel wire used as antenna guy wires, bridge supports, and plenty of other uses.

“It is not a money-losing operation.” Wire rope is a steel industry term for the rope-like product commonly called steel cable. Wire rope ranges in thickness from 1/16th of an inch, used for ...

These are the key regions where the steel wire rope and plastic rope market is operating and is predicted to expand soon. The manufacturers and suppliers involved in the steel wire rope and ...

At first glance, replacing steel wire rope and chain, and even conventional synthetic fibres, such as nylon and polyester, with high-performance polyethylene (HPPE), does not appear to be a radical ...