How wire rope is made - GIF

How wire rope is made.

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Previously:

3 trucks transporting a 145-ton steel wire rope - video
Rope handle knot for 5-gallon bucket - GIF
Thick wire rope break test - video

Uhmmmmm that is not showing how it is made, that is just showing the end run through a mandrel and we don't actually see that happens when that happens, as it could be really ugly (my guess)...

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Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

Uhmmmmm that is not showing how it is made, that is just showing the end run through a mandrel and we don't actually see that happens when that happens, as it could be really ugly (my guess)...

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I don't think it's a mandrel. They're terminating the end of that wire rope with an eye. I think if the video went a bit longer we'd see them pouring in molten metal around those bare strands to form a wedge plug.

Edit: Looks like it doesn't even have to be metal. They have some sort of epoxy that can be poured in to make those "Spelter Socket" wire rope ends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ET6eLcBk5c