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• Wire rope splicing in-house up to 1½"• Wide range of rope, synthetics, chain, and mesh• Custom terminations and end fittings• Large inventory of clips, shackles, hooks, and most essential hardware• Inspections, pull testing, and repair• Largest drilling and exploration inventory in Northwest Ontario• Fall protection, PPE, gloves, and assorted tools

Serving the region since 1951, originally as a wire rope manufacturer and as Sling-Choker Mfg. since 2004. Harmonizing efficiency and customer service, we have the heart of a small business with the backbone of a large corporation.

Providers of expert rigging consultation, we are supported by our personnel, with combined experience of over 100 years in wire rope products and rigging. Our extensive inventory is always stocked with premium rigging products - including major brands like Crosby, Columbus McKinnon, and Gunnebo.

As regional leaders in industrial supply, we"ve constantly added to our portfolio to adequately service our regional industries. We now have significant experience in offering product lines such as: Pumps & Replacement Parts, Conveyors, Belts & Idlers, Tie Downs, Propane Heaters, Power Solutions, Recovery Products, Pressure Washing Equipment, Hose & Fittings, Pole Line Hardware, Scaffolding Master Planks, Canvas Mining Bags, and much more.

There are different ways of creating wire ropes, and each produces a rope that offers unique stress and rotational qualities suited to specific tasks. For most tasks, the two primary types of rope in use are stranded and spiral wire ropes.

Stranded wire ropes—steel strands wound in one or more layers around a core made of synthetic material, a wire strand, or a wire rope—secure loads as wire rope slings or running ropes because, in addition to being stressed by tensile forces, they take stress by being bent over the items that they are securing.

The three types of spiral wire rope, steel strands wound in opposing helical layers to make them nearly non-rotating, offer their own positives and negatives. Open spiral wire rope, made only from round wires, is suited to lighter applications. The half- and full-locked variants have a round wire core surrounded by profile strands that protect the rope and keep it lubricated. Given these qualities, spiral ropes are generally used as stationary ropes and stay ropes as they are good with both static and fluctuating tensile stresses. Full-locked ropes also serve as track ropes for cable cars, ski-lifts, cranes, and similar machines as they experience an increase in their free-bending radius when the tensile force increases, decreasing the bending stresses on the rope. As the roller force increases, however, that tensile force, along with the free-bending radius of the rope, decreases.

Wire rope is available and can be ordered in any custom specification needed for your construction and industrial industry needs. We specialize in producing high performance products that meet or exceed every government standard and all roping products are produced with an immediate production time.

Products: Wire rope; wire rope assemblies; rope: wire; cables: wire rope; clips: wire rope; slings: wire rope; cable assemblies: wire rope; lubricants: wire rope & cable; arresters: fall; blocks: shackle; blocks: snatch; bolts: shackle; cable assemblies; cable: construction; cables: aircraft; cables: mine; cargo tie-downs; chain assemblies;..

Contact us for all of your wire rope needs. We are large scale distributors of premium quality mechanical and electro mechanical drive systems. Visit our website for more information or contact for specific inquiries. Free no obligations quote available on all inquiries

Wire rope strength in the United States is typically shown in tons of 2,000 lbs. The wire rope strength is shown as minimum breaking force (MBF). This is a calculated strength that has been accepted by the wire rope industry. When tested on a tensile machine, a new rope will break at a value equal to- or higher than – the minimum breaking force shown for that rope. The published values apply to new, unused rope. A rope should never operate at – or near- the minimum breaking force. The minimum breaking force of the rope must be divided by the design factor required for the application to determine the maximum load allowed on the rope. During its useful life, a rope loses strength gradually due to natural causes such as surface wear and metal fatigue.

Fatigue resistance involves fatigue of the wire used to make up a rope. To have high fatigue resistance, wires must be capable of bending repeatedly under stress – for example, as a loaded rope passes over a sheave during operation. Increased fatigues resistance is achieved in a rope design by using a large number of wires. It involves both the wire properties and rope construction. In general, a rope made of many wires will have greater fatigue resistance than a same – size rope made of fewer, larger wires because smaller wires have a greater ability to bend as a rope passes over a sheave or around drums. To overcome the effects of fatigue, ropes must never bend over sheaves or drums with a diameter so small as to bend wires excessively. Standard for specific applications contain requirements for minimum sheave and drum sizes. Every rope is subject to metal fatigue from bending stress while in operation, and therefore the rope’s strength gradually diminishes as the rope is used.

Crushing is the effect of external pressure on a rope, which damages it by distorting the cross-section shape of the rope, its strands or core -or all three. Crushing resistance therefore is a rope’s ability to withstand or resist external forces, and is a term generally used to express comparison between ropes. When a rope is damaged by crushing, the wires, strands and core are prevented from moving and adjusting normally during operation. In general, IWRC ropes are more crush

resistant than fiber core ropes. Regular lay ropes are more crush resistant than lang lay ropes. 6-strand ropes have greater crush resistance than 8-strand ropes or 19-strand ropes. Compacted strand ropes are more resistant than standard round-strand ropes.

When a load is placed on a rope, torque is created within the rope as wires and strands try to straighten out. This is normal and the rope is designed to operate with this load-induced torque. However, this torque can cause both single part and multiple part hoisting systems to rotate. Load induced torque can be reduced by specially designed ropes. In standard 6 and 8- strand ropes, the torques produced by the outer strands and the IWRC are in the same direction and add together. In rotation-resistant ropes, the lay of the outer strands is in the opposite direction to the lay of the inner strands, thus the torques produced are in opposite directions and the torques subtract from each other.

Features may include:6", 12" and 15" available2,000 lb ratingGreat for contractors, utilities and construction sites, as well as the rental industryAdjustable available; 8", 11" and 13"Adjustable; Load ratings: 8" is 4,000 lbs, 11" is 3,000 lbs, and 13" is 2,000 lbAdjustable: Pintle hook with safety latch on front plateAdjustable: Excellent for all contractorsQuick-attach availableQuick-attach: Fully welded square tube designQuick-attach: Quick-attach mounting system standardQuick-attach: Pintle hook with safety latch on front plateQuick-attach: Designed for telehandlers with quick-attachHydraulic winch availableHydraulic winch: 3" and 12" availableHydraulic winch: 4,000 lb design on 3" and 2,000 lb design on 12" modelsHydraulic winch: Includes 65" of 7/16" wire rope cableHydraulic winch: Tulsa winch with oil-cooled brake and roller bearing swivel hook with latch

A proven 6×25/31 IWRC construction and specially selected wire tensiles create ropes that have the most suitable characteristics for Dy-Pac enhancement and rope performance.

The Dy-Pac strand compaction process increases the steel area of the individual strands, producing a rope with greater strength and increased lifting capability.

For a small marine company, developing a growth strategy has involved forming partnerships with fabricators such as GOW Group Inc. and fellow Moncton-based Apex Industries Inc. so that they can team together to go after bigger projects, and eventually bridge into commercial shipbuilding and superyachts.

Currently SGD is patenting their height-adjustable Ergo Workstations© for Canada, the United States and Europe, and have assisted on designs outside of Canada.