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Hoist ropes made from synthetic polymer fibres instead of steel wire, and electric winches instead of hydraulic ones are making an impact on the industry. Laura Hatton investigates

The Wire Rope Technical Board in the USA has published an electronic version of the Wire Rope User’s Manual, 4th Edition

Alps Wire Rope Corporation has announced several promotions and new members at the company in the USA

New materials and technologies, for example, synthetic fibres and automatic rope adjustment technology, are changing the way that ropes and winches are designed. Laura Hatton reports

US manufacturer of synthetic fibre rope, Samson, and United Offshore Services (UOS) have started a partnership

UK wire rope manufacturer Bridon International opened a new state-of-the-art factory at Bridon Neptune Quay (BNQ) on the banks of the River Tyne earlier this month. The new facility will manufacture the world’s largest offshore ropes

A wire rope test machine that overcomes all the flaws of conventional bending fatigue testers has been introduced to the market, claims its inventor. The new machine is the brainchild of Roland Verreet, owner of steel wire rope failure analysis company Wire Rope Technology Aachen, in Germany.

Rope maker Bridon is installing what it claims as the world's largest closer machine for producing wire rope at its new state-of-the-art facility in Newcastle, UK

Verope has opened a service centre in Zweibrücken, Germany, to provide specialist equipment and increased warehousing. To assist its growth plan, the special wire rope company's 3,600 square metre facility

Bridon International has invested £30m in a factory to produce multi-strand ropes in gross package weights of up to 650 tonnes

FibreMax has performed a record-breaking 9000 kN (more than 900 tonne) break load test on an aramid fibre cable as part of a Lloyd's certification project for one of its customers

Cris Seidenather, managing director at Lebus International Engineers, offers some remedies

Korean rope manufacturer Kiswire is building a new plant for the production of very large wire ropes for offshore and mining applications

FibreMax is a new Netherlands-based company specializing in the manufacture of lightweight precision ropes out of synthetic fibres. "By means of a unique endless winding production process we are capable of producing precision cables that are far lighter, stiffer, stronger and thinner than conventional steel wire ropes

MacGregor will deliver the world's first subsea knuckle jib crane fitted with a system to handle its synthetic fibre lifting rope

A group of rope industry professionals from Casar Drahtseilwerk, Tension Technology International, Wire Rope Technology Aachen and Teijin Twaron BV, considered the merits of composite and tapered mass rope, containing steel and fibre, for deep hoisting applications

Performance expectations of cranes are getting higher and higher, according to rope manufacturer Teufelberger

Flexibility is very much the trend in the wire rope industry, as it is for crane manufacturers. With it come pitfalls. Euan Youdale reports

By Jorn Boesten market segment manager industrial, DSM Dyneema