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With nearly 60 years of experience, Loos & Co. Inc is the market leader for critical assembly applications. We maintain large inventories of both bare and coated cable as well as fittings to satisfy your needs. Loos & Co. electrically cuts the mechanical cable at high speed, fusing all end wires together, reducing waste, cutting inventory and greatly improving your product. We maintain a large inventory of hardware to produce a wide variety of assembly combinations. Why use multiple vendors for your cable and fittings when you can get it all from Loos & Co.? Wire rope, also called wire cable, is an assembly of wire strands formed helically around a central core. It is used for pulling, lifting, rigging, hoisting, and motion-control applications most commonly found in the manufacturing, marine, oil, mining, fiber-optics, aircraft, automotive accessory, and construction industries. A combination of characteristics including material, finish, construction, diameter, length, and breaking strength combines to give each rope its performance ability. Wire rope materials are selected for properties such as strength, elasticity, conductivity, and chemical- and weather-resistance. For strength purposes, most wire rope is made of bright (uncoated or bare) wire. However, it is also produced in a variety of finishes, such as polypropylene (PE), vinyl (PVC), or nylon. These coatings can increase overall durability and strength, and allow for specific use. The breaking strength for wire rope is the strength at which new wire rope will fail under a stationary load. Breaking strength is not considered safe working load (SWL) limit.