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  2. Wire rope - Wikipedia

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    Steel wire rope (right hand lang lay) Wire rope is composed of as few as two solid, metal wires twisted into a helix that forms a composite rope, in a pattern known as laid rope. Larger diameter wire rope consists of multiple strands of such laid rope in a pattern known as cable laid. Manufactured using an industrial machine known as a strander ...

  3. WireCo WorldGroup - Wikipedia

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    It acquired the wire rope division of A.H. Leschen & Sons of St. Louis, Missouri in 1962; the Armco Steel wire rope division in 1988; the Rochester Corporation wire rope division in 1998; the Broderick Bascom Rope Company and MacWhyte Wire Rope Company of Wisconsin in 1999; the Aceros Camesa in Mexico in 2005; entered into a joint agreement ...

  4. John A. Roebling - Wikipedia

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    John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

  5. Usha Martin - Wikipedia

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    Wire rope manufacturing: The company has supplied wire ropes for various applications in sectors such as oil and gas, mining, elevators, cranes, bridges, and general engineering. [ 11 ] Infrastructure and construction projects: The firm has been involved in supplying steel products, including wire ropes and strands, for infrastructure and ...

  6. Andrew Smith Hallidie - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836 – April 24, 1900) was an American entrepreneur who was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. This was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the inventor of the cable car and father of the present day San Francisco cable car system, although both claims are open to dispute.

  7. Robert Stirling Newall - Wikipedia

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    R. S. Newall and Company established a factory in Gateshead, England, and commenced making wire ropes for "Mining, Railway, Ships' Rigging, and other purposes". From this point forward, Newall was instrumental in developing substantial improvements to submarine telegraph cables, devising a method involving the use of gutta percha surrounded by ...

  8. Gripple - Wikipedia

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    A Gripple wire joiner is a device used to join and tension wire, to terminate and suspend wires and wire ropes, and also to support false ceilings, cable baskets, and similar items. They are manufactured in Sheffield, England by Gripple Ltd. [1] The name derives from the fact the device both "grips" and "pulls" wire.

  9. John Brunton (manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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    The company made specialist wires such as piano wire. In 1888 they began making wire rope (mainly for shipping or dock use). In 1909 he first created streamlined galvanised aircraft wire and offered it to the War Office. The War Office was impressed but effectively stole his idea, patenting it as "RAF Wire".

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