One-eighth-inch wire rope galvanized cable costs about $0.27 per foot in 2011 while the corresponding stainless steel cable costs $0.70. For larger, three-eighths-inch cables, the corresponding ...

Workers at the World Trade Center got a scare Thursday when a crane cable snapped — and thousands of pounds of steel fell 40 stories down on a flatbed truck. The metal beams demolished the ve… ...

Steel wire winch cable has been the mainstay of the winching, recovery, and hauling industry for many years. With the introduction of synthetic winch rope in the early ’90s and its subsequent ...

Benefits of this rope include maximum weight savings of about 80 percent (similar to Samson’s K-100) compared with steel rope, no rope lubrication, a long service life and clear discard criteria.

Kolkata: Usha Martin Limited, currently in financial distress, is contemplating selling its wire rope or steel business for which it has appointed a consultant. “We have hired a consultant which ...

Another potential application for HPPE fibre in heavy lifting is replacing steel wire running rigging on cranes to increase the net load capacity. Crane hoisting lines could potentially be replaced by ...