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Types of wire rope categories:
- Point contact wire rope
- Wire contact wire rope
- Compacted strand wire rope
- Plastic coated compacted strand wire rope
- Anti-rotation ropes
- Sealed wire ropes
- Galvanised steel strand
Point contact round strand wire rope:
the production of the strand of steel wire for the layered twisted many times into a point contact. The work process of the steel wire secondary bending stress is large, easy to break. Metal cross-sectional area is small, the minimum breaking tension of the wire rope is relatively small. But point contact wire rope is relatively soft, suitable for lifting apparatus wire rope rigging.
Wire contact round strand wire rope:
twisted strand production, all the wires in the strand twisting at once. The wire in the strand was wire contact, more point contact wire rope structure is close to the structural elongation of the wire rope is small. The breaking tension is high, the wire rope work between the wire and the wire contact stress is small. The bending fatigue life is high, the product widely using in the small lifting height of the multiplication of the system. And the large lifting height of the need for left and right rotating pair of the use of the double drum system.
Compacted strand wire rope:
Steel wire rope categories and applications: a kind of high-performance wire rope developing on the basis of wire contact wire rope. Comparing with wire contact wire rope, it has the advantages of large metal filling coefficient. Also, high breaking tension, smooth surface wear-resistant, good resistance to extrusion. Besides, widely using in crane hoisting and luffing system, especially suitable for occasions that require multi-layer winding and high breaking tension.
Plastic-coated wire rope:
in the metal core and the outer strand between the increase in plastic coating, wire rope in the load. Reduce the friction between the strand and the strand of the mutual friction between the force. At the same time, the coating will be steel wire and the boundary environment isolation. Wire rope lubricating grease sealed in the strand of the rope, to avoid the lack of lubrication of the wire rope. Due to the lack of steel wire caused by the early failure to prolong the service life of wire ropes. Plastic-coated compacted strand wire rope has all the advantages of plastic-coated and compacted strand wire rope. Which is another high-performance wire rope developing in recent years, mainly using in crane hoisting system. Especially suitable for the need of multi-layer winding and high breaking tension occasions.
Multi-layer strand anti-rotation wire rope:
by the inner and outer strands, rope twist distance, the twist direction of the ratio between the balance of their own stress, the anti-rotation performance of the wire rope itself is relatively good, mainly used in the hoisting of the object is not guided by the low rate of lifting system.
Sealed steel wire rope:
It is a single-twisted steel wire rope, the outer layer is twisted by one or several layers of anisotropic steel wires, and the core of the rope is composed of round steel wires with point-contact or line-contact round strands. It has good sealing performance, high breaking tension, smooth surface and stable structure, and is mainly used in aerial ropeways, suspension bridges, mine pipelines and other occasions.
Galvanised steel strand:
a single-twisted steel wire rope, from at least two layers of steel wire around a central round wire, combined strand or parallel twisted strand spiral twisted into a wire rope. It has the features of compact metal structure, high breaking tension, small structural elongation and high tensile rigidity. Mainly used in aerial ropeways, chimneys, masts, bridges, tension ropes; light structure support ropes and side ropes; suspension bridges, suspension ropes; ropes, wood and steel trusses to stabilise the rope.
Areas of application of steel wire rope:
Classification | Main Uses | |
Classified according to the winding method of wire rope | Tongue twist | It can be used when the hoisted object is bound by the guide rail, usually used as traction rope, not suitable for hoisting rope, and prohibited to be used in free-hanging cranes; |
Interlocking twist | Widely used in lifting field | |
According to the wire rope wire and wire contact state | Point contact | Only for wire rope slings |
Wire contact | Widely used, preferred | |
Face contact | Now the application fields are expanding, such as engineering machinery, ships, mines, smelting, etc. It is very suitable for multi-layer winding. | |
Classified by wire rope strand cross-section shape | Round strand | Wide range of applications: cranes, mines, marine, construction machinery, etc. |
Triangle strand | Vertical shaft hoisting, inclined shaft hoisting, blast furnace winch, etc. | |
Multi-layer strand | Suitable for cranes with large lifting height, such as harbour loading and unloading, shaft hoisting, pile driving and other engineering machinery. | |
Sealed rope | Carrying ropes for ropeways | |
Classification of wire ropes by core | Fibre core | Widely used in crane, can not be used for multi-layer winding |
Steel core | Widely used, strong capacity of shock load, can be used under high temperature or extrusion conditions. |
Wire Rope Application Examples:
Use: Used for 1600 tonnes of wire rope for salvage and floating crane Rated as ‘The First Rope in China’.
Structure: Galvanised 6×37S+IWRC-1770-φ48mm-6000M/rope
Use: for cable hoisting of Zhijing River Bridge
Structure: NAT 8×K36WS+IWRC-1870-φ48mm
Use: 20 cubic metre electric shovel lifting big rope
Structure: 8×36SW+EPIWRC-1870-φ58mm
Use: Ship unloader hoisting wire rope
Structure:NAT 6×36ws+iwrc-1770-φ53mm NAT 6×K36WS+IWRC-1770-φ53mm NAT 4v×39s+5fc-1770-φ32mm
Our steel wire rope factory was establishing in 1993, equipping with technologically advanced, well-equipped production machine. Wide steel wire rope categories and for applications product variety of large, medium and small wire rope manufacturing plant and steel wire manufacturing plant, with a floor area of 113,400 square metres. With an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes, the company produces a wide range of point, wire and surface contact steel wire ropes and cables with diameters of 1.8mm-260mm, and nominal tensile strengths of up to 2,160Mpa and EEIPS, and has become one of the largest steel wire ropes manufacturers in China in terms of both production volume and specifications. If you need help, please contact our wire rope experts.