Rope Inspection, Handling, and Maintenance Use and Care of Wire Rope Wire Rope is a Machine INSTALLATION OF WIRE ROPE: Foreword, Measuring the rope diameter If you have to cut a rope Unreeling the rope Connecting the old rope to the new rope Rope lay direction versus Drum Grooving Winding the Rope onto a Multiple Layer Drum System Installation of Wedge Sockets Using your rope for the first time Efficiency ratings of end connections INSPECTION OF WIRE ROPE: How to inspect Wire Rope Crown- and Valley Wire Breaks Number of broken Wire Discard Tables Reduction of diameter, Rope Wear Rope Stretch, Core Wire breaks Mechanical damages Corrosion, Rope Removal and Cause MAINTENANCE: Inspection of Sheaves and Drums, Dimensions of Groove Radius Cut and Slip Procedure, Lubrication ROPE PROPERTIES & DATA Tensile Strength and Fill Factor HiPacᵀᴹ and ForcePacᵀᴹ Compaction Rotation Resistant and Non-Rotating Wire Rope Sheave and Drum Dimensions Relative Service Life, Loss of Strength over Pins, Why Multistrand Ropes