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WIRE ROPE IDENTIFICATION
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Construction Identification
To correctly identify the Construction of a wire rope the following information must be known.
- Number of Wires making up the strands
- Number of Strands making up the wire rope
- Type of Core used
- the Direction the strands and Wires in the Strands are laid to make up the wire rope ("Lay")
- Type of Lubrication in the core and the strands
- Type and Grade of wire used in manufacturing the wire rope
- Type of wire rope Finish

Types of Wire Rope Cores
FIBER:  FC - Fibre Core, PP - Poly Propolene Core, Fiber - hemp or poly core, HC - Hemp Core
WIRE: WSC - wire strand core, IWRC - independant wire rope core

Wire Rope Lays
The most common wire rope used is Right Regular Lay (RRL). However there are many equipment applications where Right Lang Lay (RLL) or Left Lang Lay (LLL) are required. The use of Left Regular Lay (LRL) is minimal and Alternate Lay (Right Alternate Lay - RAL, Left Alternate Lay - LAL) wire ropes are used in special applications only.

RIGHT HAND REGULAR LAY (RRL)
The strands are layed in clockwise direction around the core and the wires in the strand are layed in a counter clockwise direction.
LEFT HAND REGULAR LAY (LRL)
The strands are layed in a counter clockwise direction around the core and the wires in the strand are layed in a clockwise direction.




RIGHT HAND LANG LAY (RLL)
The strands are layed in a clockwise direction around the core and the wires in the strands are laid in clockwise direction.
LEFT HAND LANG LAY (LLL)
The strands are layed in a counter clockwise direction around the core and the wires in the strand are laid in a counter clockwise direction




RIGHT & LEFT HAND ALTERNATE LAY
The strands are laid in clockwise direction for right hand alternate lay and in a counter clockwise direction for left hand alternate lay. The wire in the strands for both RAL and LAL are layed in a clockwise and counter clockwise direction in alternating strands.

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