Steel wire ropes
Steel wire ropes
Steel wire rope plays an important role in deep-sea towing. As operating conditions and vessel size can vary widely, it is critical to select a suitable wire rope to warrant a safe and efficient passage.
For steel wire rope maintenance, we use our high quality lubricants.
Why use steel wire ropes?
Most cranes come with a recommended type of wire rope to use on the different functional components. Proper application of the wire rope to each crane function is necessary to extract best performance, prevent accident, and avoid damage to the equipment.
Selecting the right wire rope for mooring is important for optimum performance and safety. It is crucial for oversized vessels whose numbers are increasing OCIMF strongly recommends the use of 6 × 36 class drawn galvanised wire rope with Independent Wire Rope Core (IWRC) as mooring lines. TEHO’s range of 6 × 36 class wire ropes strictly follows the EN10264-2:2002 standard for galvanisation, as well as the other OCIMF guidelines.
End Terminations
Towing wire rope requires an end termination that can safely and easily attach the towed vessel to the tugboat. Typically, this is a thimble eye or a socket.
Socket
Usually open and closed spelter sockets and Anchor Pendant sockets (Pee-Wee sockets) are used. All our sockets are poured with Wirelock, the original cold socketing resin and the first socketing system to meet the performance criteria of DNV for offshore wire mooring rope, currently the DNV-OS-E304 standards.
Our sockets are made of high quality cast steel supplied in hot dipped galvanized finish and comply with EN10204 3.1/3.2, JIS F3432 or RR-S-550D, Type B standard.
We are the authorized distributor for SILVERLINE (Germany) sockets.
Thimble
Sometimes thimbles are used for reinforcement at the eye. Our thimbles are manufactured according to the BS 464, JIS B2802 (Type A) or FF-T-276b Type III (G414) standard. The expertise and the Talurit splicing system in place at TEHO produce safe and reliable thimble terminations.
