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| Safe Working Load |
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Proper load which the rope may carry economically and safely |
| Sash Cord |
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Term applied to small 6x7 wire ropes commonly made of iron, bronze or copper wires |
| Seale |
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A strand construction having one size of cover wires with the same number of one size of wires in the inner layer and each layer having the same length and direction of lay |
| Seize |
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To bind securely the end of a wire rope or strand with seizing wire or strand |
| Seizing Strand |
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Small strand usually of 7 wires made of soft annealed wire |
| Seizing Wire |
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Soft annealed wire |
| Serve |
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To cover the surface of a wire rope or strand with a wrapping of fiber cord |
| Shackle |
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A "U" shaped fitting with pin |
| Sheave |
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A grooved pulley for use with rope |
| Siemens-Martin Strand |
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A grade of galvanized strand |
| Sleeve |
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A style of hardware that allows wire rope to be doubled back on itself in order to create a loop end |
| Slings |
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Wire ropes made into forms, with or without fittings, for handling loads and so made as to permit the attachment of an operating rope |
| Slings, Braided |
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A very flexible sling composed of several individual wire ropes braided into a single sling |
| Smooth Faced Drum |
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Drum with a plain face, not grooved |
| Spiral Groove |
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Groove which follows the path of a helix around the drum, as the thread of a screw |
| Splicing |
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Interweaving of two ends of ropes so as to make a continuous or endless length without appreciably increasing the diameter. Also making a loop or eye in the end of a rope by tucking the ends of the strands |
| Stainless Steel Rope |
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Wire rope made of chrome-nickel steel wires having great resistance to corrosion |
| Stake Eye |
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A style of hardware stamped from sheet metal to include an eye and a U-Shaped shank for swaging onto wire rope or aircraft cable. This hardware is similar to, but much sturdier than, wire ends used in the electrical industry |
| Steel Clad Rope |
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Rope with individual strands spirally wrapped with flat steel wire |
| Stone Swaging Strand |
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Usually a 3-wire strand used in quarrying stone or slate |
| Strand |
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An arrangement of wires helically laid about an axis. or another wire or fiber center to produce a symmetrical section |
| Stretch, Elastic |
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The actual physical elongation of individual wires under load |
| Stretch, Structural |
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The lengthening of the lay in construction as wires adjust under load |
| Stud |
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Swaged fitting that is often threaded to provide a method of attaching a cable assembly to some other item or end point |
| Swaged Fittings |
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Fittings in which wire rope is inserted and attached by cold flowing method |