Safety cable versus lock wire: Bergen Cable offers its input

Bergen safety cable offers many key advantages over traditional lock wire.

Bergen Cable is renowned as an expert in world-class cable and lock-wire products. In 1987, the company developed its own line of safety cable, with shorter installation time, lower assembly costs, and higher quality. This cable has become a standard in the aerospace industry.

Customers ask Bergen whether safety cable or lock wire works better for retaining fasteners. Here is what the company says.

A higher return on investment

Bergen’s experts believe that its safety-cable products trump lock wire in cost, time savings, worker safety, and more. This is important today, when manufacturing environments require speed and quality.

One major benefit of the Bergen Cable safety-cable system is reduction of potential foreign-object damage. When users remove traditional lock wire from applications, they must cut it many times to remove it completely – resulting in many small pieces that are difficult to track. Unrecovered scraps may damage aircraft and/or injure passengers. But removing Bergen’s safety cable creates only two pieces.

Another advantage of safety cable is better access to tight areas. Bergen Cable designed this product with restricted areas in mind; with short tool length and tool noses that can rotate all the way around, users can handle tight spots. In addition, with standard lock wire, users must determine many details like how much to use and how many twists per inch, and one mistake means they have to begin again. Bergen’s safety-cable system eliminates this guesswork.

There are other key advantages of using safety cable. Minimal training is needed; a new user can get this cable running in less than half an hour. Cutting safety-cable products does not result in the same sharp ends of lock wire, which eliminates worker injuries. Additional benefits include less inspection time, consistent cable tension on each application, and lighter material.

Finally, Bergen safety cable offers a higher return on investment. This system simplifies lock-wiring of fasteners together, resulting in major time savings and higher productivity.

To get a look at safety cable in action, check out this video:

To learn more, contact Bergen Cable.

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