Raw material // Manufacturing process // Wire surfaces // Wire forms // Wire tensile strength

Lay length of a strand // Lay direction of a strand // Diameter of a strand // Strand design // Compacted round strands // Fill factor of a strand

Wire rope diameter // Measuring Devices and their correct handling // Types of measuring devices // Lay direction of a wire rope // Rope design // Fill factor of a rope // Lay types of wire ropes // Low-tension wire ropes // Types of rope cores (abbreviated designations according to EN 12385-2) // Semi rotation-resistant wire ropes // Rotation-resistant wire ropes // Wire rope lubricant & Re-lubrication

Breaking strength // Bending fatigue resistance // Flexibility // Efficiency factor

Changes in line pull will cause changes in the rope length. Rope sections lying on a sheave or on...

Modulus of elasticity // Radial stability // Structural stability // Diameter reduction of a special wire rope

Standard ropes often do not meet the high requirements of many applications of wire ropes. Higher demands for rope...

Breaking strength and Swivel

Bending fatigue when using steel or plastic sheaves // Bending fatigue of ungalvanized and galvanized ropes // Bending fatigue in dependence on the groove diameter // Bending fatigue in dependence on the line pull // Bending fatigue in dependence of the sheave diameter

Modulus of elasticity // Elongation // Diameter reduction // Lateral stability with and without load

Flexibility // Efficiency factor

(ISO 4309) Correct allocation of our verope® special wire ropes for determining the replacement state based on visible wire breaks according to ISO...

Drums // Sheaves

Application view

Rope view // "Hoist Application" // Usage of a swivel on hoist ropes // More crane applications

Ordinary lay ropes // Lang’s lay ropes

The magical rope When selecting a rope it should always be checked carefully, which operating and which rope demanding conditions...

Points of reference to determine the rope length precisely // Efficiency factor KT of rope end connections

Handling and Storage of ropes // Handling of reels // Rope Storage

Control of the new rope // Inspection of sheave grooves // Rope Installation Process // Initial operation after installation process // Rope installation with multi-layer spooling // Importance of preliminary tension of ropes with multi-layer spooling

Please note that wrong selectionand use of wire ropes can be dangerous!  Protect yourself and others!  Failure of wire rope or...

When using mm-ropes on inch-cranes or vice versa, often the wrong rope diameter is selected. Here the following selection...