Layer – All wraps of wire rope around a winch drum that are on the same level. Item: The capacity of a winch decreases as more layers of cable wrap around the drum. Every winch has a rating; a ...

Synthetic Rope: Stronger and Safer. If you insist on using steel cable, you might as well embrace the 100-plus-year-old technology and replace your electric winch motor with a steam-driven unit.

Flexibility is very much the trend in the wire rope industry, as it is for crane manufacturers. With it come pitfalls. Euan Youdale reports "When a crane maker designs a crane, first he has to choose ...

Commercial quality "aircraft" grade cable and wire rope are mechanical devices consisting of multiple wires or strands, helically wound or laid about an axis. Commercial quality "aircraft" grade ...