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Steel Wire Rope ebook

Steel wire ropes are widely used in the exploration drilling industry for hoisting drill rods, casing, and wireline inner tube assemblies. Frequently, wire ropes are used inappropriately or beyond their safe working limit, which often results in failure of the rope. In order to ensure that steel wire ropes are used within their capability, it is important to understand the strength of the ropes, which is determined by some key features.

This ebook covers wire rope construction, important properties of wire rope, aspects to consider when selecting wire rope, wire rope terminations and their impact on the safe working load of the wire rope