When it comes to choosing the right wire rope, you need to ensure you choose the materials best suited to meet your application’s needs, while also being sensitive to budget. This requires working with a wire supplier who who has an excellent Certified product and understands (and can explain) Grades, Structures, and Suitability. Commercial and Domestic builders know that Wire is cost-effective, strong, durable, corrosion-resistant, and heat resistant. This makes stainless and galvanised steel wire rope among the more popular wire materials precisely due to their wide range of applications and affordability.
#1 Cost-Effective
Wire rope suppliers often recommend it over other tension based construction materials because of its cost-effectiveness. But what’s interesting is that its affordability, as compared with more expensive alternatives like rods, bars or hollow section for example is rooted in its low maintenance, longevity, availability and ease of use and installation. Therefore the material’s mechanical malleability, including its lifespan, combined with how readily available it is, makes wire rope ideal in many use cases.
As a premium wire rope supplier, Low Cost Wire works with industry-standard stainless grades such as 304, 316 and 316L as well as galvanised steel grades such as 1570, 1770, and 2070. We are proud to be a supplier of over-the-counter stainless and galvanised steel cable and a manufacturer of an entire family of cable structures created through custom cable assembly.
#2 Strong
Another reason Wire Rope is an industry-standard is because of its inherent strength and durability.
For example, Grade 301 and 304 stainless steel possesses a tensile strength (MBS) of up to 1300 MPa in strip and wire forms. Galvanized steel, with a tensile strength of up to 550 MPa, comparatively, makes stainless steel remarkably strong. However, Stainless Steel Cable will work harden while Galvanised Steel Cable will not. Consequently, properly chosen and installed Wire Rope has a long lifespan making it effective in a wide range of applications over many cycles, making it ideal across many applications.
#3 Easy to Work With
Another feature that makes steel wire rope cable advantageous is that it’s easy to work with, compared to other materials. It is very easily formed, especially in the small-diameter wires inside the cable as well. What’s more, mechanical deploying of wire rope is also easy to lay into the appropriate shape when stranded.
A good idea is to have a deeper understanding of Galvanised Steel and Stainless Steel as a construction material. And this can extend into Choosing between Galvanised and Stainless Steel Wire Rope as there are distinct Benefits to Stainless Steel Wire Rope as well as Benefits to Galvanised Steel Wire Rope
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