Wire rope clip
What is a Wire Rope Clip?
Wire rope clips can be used to form a load bearing eye at the end of a cable or wire rope, or to connect two cables together with a lap splice. Wire rope clips are popular because they can be installed in the field and provide 80-90% efficiency of the rope breaking strength, depending on the diameter of the wire rope.
As a general guideline, they are NOT to be used for making slings, as ASME B30.9 Slings standard states: “Mechanical wire rope terminations requiring periodic adjustment to maintain efficiency shall not be used to fabricate slings.”
Examples of situations where a wire rope clip could be utilized include:
Wire rope end termination on a crane cable or winch
To run a length of wire rope through an eye bolt or shackle
Perimeter cables on d…