Products for Rope Wires

Here at Rope Services Direct, our range of wire rope products is simply second to none. Whether you require a one-off crane rope or a dozen wire rope slings, we can supply them all. Not only that, thanks to our own riggers and machinery we can make them up to suit your exact requirements. This includes the type of rope, construction and size of rope and end terminations.

Browse our products below and don’t hesitate to contact us on 01384 78004 if you need any more help. You can also contact us by filling in our rapid enquiry form to send us an email.

Wire Rope Products Available

In our wire rope products category you will see there are many different types. Some are for the rope only  such as stainless or galvanised ropes and some are for specific rope products such as winch rope or catenary wire.

Each type of rope product will have its own construction and specifications, thus making them suitable for some applications but not others. Choosing the right rope is essential to the safety and integrity of each and every task whether lifting, pulling, holding or securing. We could go into great detail about where these ropes are used but the list could be rather long. Wire ropes are used in countless areas for a vast array of tasks which is why we have broken them down into smaller, common categories. Each category will provide information  about the ropes use, sizes available, full specifications and the ability to buy online in most cases. 

Decisions to make when Choosing Steel Rope Products

The key requirements you need to consider are the rope diameter, length and end termination if required. The breaking load strength is another important factor, especially when used for lifting and pulling tasks. Secondary, but no less important considerations include the rope construction, a vital decision to get right if you want your application to run smoothly and safely. Will you benefit from a rotation resistant construction or a compacted rope, or both! plastic impregnated or plastic coated ropes are a further option to think about. If you need any help with your decision making then get in touch.

Wire Rope History

It was a German mining engineer who first acknowledged the need for stronger and more robust materials to lift the mined materials to the surface. They commonly used hemp rope which frequently broke, causing many accidents.

The very first wire ropes were experimental, and produced by wrapping bundles of wires together with hemp; although this was not a great success it was a good starting point. Many techniques were tried until they found wrapping wires around a hemp core to make up a thicker strand and subsequently twisted multiple strands around a further hemp core in alternate directions worked it was a much greater success, giving much more stability and strength.

This practice was continually developed over the years, trying out different cores and twisting techniques until coming to the types we see today. They were first mass produced in America by John Roebling who incidentally went on to build the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. This man made many improvements in the design and production of them.

Today they are labelled in a way to make it easier to determine its construction. For example if you see – 6x19 IWRC this would say that the rope has an Independent Wire Rope Core wrapped with 6 individual strands which contain 19 wires each.  Other common abbreviations include FC = fibre core; RHL = right hand lay and NR = non-rotating or RR = rotation resistant. Then there is 'PIR' for plastic impregnated rope; 'C' for compacted and 'W' for Warrington core.