REDWIRE The five benefits of pre-formed wire rope, according to Bergen

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Bergen carries pre-formed wire rope in its lineup.

Bergen Cable has been providing the top selection of cable and wire rope to industrial customers across the continent for eight decades. In addition to these products, the company also supplies alternative solutions such as pre-formed wire rope, which comes with its own unique benefits. What distinguishes pre-formed wire rope is the way its individual wires and strands are pre-formed into a specific shape before manufacturers assemble it into its final form.

No straightening of wires, strands

“Cable” and “wire rope” are often referred to as if they were synonyms. But wire rope specifically means rope that has a diameter greater than 3/8 of an inch, whereas ropes with smaller diameters are known as cords or cables. The process of creating pre-formed wire rope eliminates the tendency for wires and strands to straighten by keeping them in the proper positions.

There are five major advantages of investing in pre-formed wire rope, according to Bergen:

  • Pre-formed wire rope can be cut without the seizing that is required to maintain the structure of standard wire rope;
  • The broken rope ends stay twisted, unlike the untwisting of the ends of standard wire-rope products, and this increases the salvation value of broken rope;
  • This type of wire rope is significantly free of liveliness and twisting tendencies, which makes installation and handling simpler and lowers the risk of damage to the rope from fouling or kinking. Pre-forming allows more general use of long lay and wire core constructions.
  • Removing internal stress increases resistance to bending fatigue, and this expands service in tasks that need the ability to withstand bending. This also allows the use of rope with bigger outer wires when users require higher wear resistance.
  • Outer wires wear thinner before breakage, whereas broken wire ends do not protrude from rope to injure users, nick and distort adjacent wires, or wear sheaves and drums. Because broken ends do not porcupine, they are not as conspicuous as those on standard wire rope. Users require more care during inspection of worn rope to determine its condition.

For more information, contact Bergen.


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