The smallest component of a rope.
The element of a rope that is composed of a construction of wires which are helically stranded in the same direction in one or more layers around a core.
Single-layer Strand
Seale Strand
Warrington Strand
Filler Strand
Warrington-Seale Strand
The element in the middle of a round rope, around which the strands of a stranded rope or the ropes of a
cable laid rope are helically stranded.
Fibre core FC
Steel core WC
Combination of core and strands.
1. Rope
2. Core strand/rope
3. Strand
4. Wire
Ropes that run over rollers, sheaves or reels and thus assume their bend.
Examples: hoisting ropes, crane ropes, lift ropes, scraper ropes and haulage ropes for cable cars.
Ropes which are for the most part firmly clamped and not moved over rollers.
Examples: anchoring ropes for masts and booms and guide cables for lifts
Ropes on which rolls of conveying devices run.
Examples: carrying ropes for cable cars, cable cranes and gravity return scrapers.
Ropes which are used to suspend loads.
All products and a lot of information about wire, rope and wire rope hoist can be found in our catalog.
Johannes and Wilhelm VORNBÄUMEN, the founders of the company, gave utmost priority to developing the company and improving production and technology right from the beginning