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Aircraft Cables - Strands, cords and wire ropes made of special strength wire primarily for aircraft controls and miscellaneous uses of Aircraft Industry

Back-Stay - Guy used to support a boom or mast: or that section of a main cable, as on a suspension bridge, cable-way, etc., leading from the tower to the anchorage

Breaking Strength (aggregate wire) - The sum of the breaking strength in tension of all the wires of a wire rope when the wires are tested individually

Critical Diameter - Diameter of the smallest bend for a given wire rope which permits the wires and strands to adjust themselves by relative movement while remaining in their normal position

Products & Services
Wire rope and mechanical cable is wound from high-strength metal strands for structural, mechanical actuation and motion control applications.
Wire rope fittings includes clips, sleeves, stud ends, eyes, forks and other hardware used to construct mechanical cable assemblies.
Wire manufacturing services providers focus on drawing wire from raw wire stock to a specified size, or on twisting wire into cables.
Cordage, rope and webbing is a collection of many natural and/or synthetic fibers twisted and/or braided or woven into a length of cord, rope or webbing.
Wire and cable harness accessories are used to bundle, clip, clamp, label, guide, and protect wires and cables.
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Product Announcements
Loos & Co., Inc. - Wire rope & cable for mechanical applications
From lashing wire to aircraft control cables, we do everything except make our own steel ! We draw our own wire from rod, strand our own component strands, close our own cable and wire rope, extrude... (read more)
Loos & Co., Inc. - Mechanical Cable and Wire Rope
Commercial quality "aircraft" grade cable and wire rope are mechanical devices consisting of multiple wires or strands, helically wound or laid about an axis. They are made from ferrous or non-ferrous... (read more)
Loos & Co., Inc. - Wire Rope & Cable
Loos & Co. manufactures all constructions of strand, cable and wire rope up to 1.25" in diameter with breaking strengths of less than 10 pounds to over 100,000 pounds. (read more)
Loos & Co., Inc. - Custom Wire Rope & Cable
Their plant has the finest wire drawing, annealing, stranding and cable closing equipment in the world, allowing them to produce hi-carbon steel, stainless alloy wire and cable products. At Loos &... (read more)
Loos & Co., Inc. - Domestic Manufactured Aircraft Cable & Wire Rope
Our plant in Connecticut has the finest wire drawing, annealing, stranding and cable closing equipment in the world, allowing us to produce hi-carbon steel, stainless alloy wire and cable products. (read more)
Wire Rope Corporation of America - PowerMax MD dragline ropes
PowerMax MD --the unique, new drag rope designed specifically for exceptional performance and extended service life on draglines with reverse bend fairlead systems. Only from WRCA. (read more)
Loos & Co., Inc. - Mil-Spec Wire and Cable
LOOS & CO., INC. MANUFACTURES WIRE ROPE, CABLE AND STRAND TO THE MILITARY, O.E.M. OR INTERNATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS... (read more)
Loos & Co., Inc. - Specialty wire rope honors legacy of John Roebling
From a historical perspective, the presentation of a 325-ft-long stainless steel wire rope by Loos & Co, to the National Park Service at the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site near... (read more)
Wire Rope Corporation of America - Apex extend/retract wire rope
Apex™ offers crane manufacturers a powerful new wire rope to optimize the performance of their equipment. Unitized construction allows each strand to nestle snuggly into the valleys of the... (read more)
Wire Rope Corporation of America - Custom-Fabricated Socket Assemblies
Wire rope assemblies with swaged and spelter sockets. Boom pendants, guylines, raising lines, backstays, lifting bridles and more. Those are the uses of our wire rope assemblies, offered in both... (read more)
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Wire rope cable testers are designed for the detection of surface or subsurface cracks, flaws, internal wrapping, construction defects, internal corrosion or inclusions in cable or wire rope. Wire... (Read More)
WIRE ROPE NEWS & SLING TECHNOLOGY is edited for manufacturers and distributors of wire rope, chain, cordage, related hardware, and sling fabricators. Content includes technical articles, news, and... (Read More)
American Wire Gauge (AWG): A U.S. standard set of non-ferrous wire conductor sizes. Typical data wiring is AWG number 24, 26 or 28. The higher the gauge number, the smaller the diameter and the... (Read More)
In addition to energy flowing down a wire, it can flow between wires due to the electrostatic and magnetic effects that occur when voltages or currents in the wire change. In understanding... (Read More)
Web coaters and roll coaters are used to rapidly apply controlled layers of paint, protective films, adhesives and other types of coatings onto the surface of paper, plastic film, coil stock, metal... (Read More)
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Technical Articles
Glossary of Wire Rope Terms - Stock Fabricated Materials and Components
Design Criteria for Rugged Enclosures - Material Handling and Packaging
Designing Electronic Enclosures: A Balancing Act - Enclosures
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