seismic wire rope supplier

Loos & Co., Inc. manufactures and sells pre-stretched, color-coded, break strength certified Seismic Bracing Cable for use in satisfying the requirements of the laws, codes, standards, and specifications for earthquake resistance of architectural, mechanical, and electrical components and systems.

Loos & Co’s Seismic Bracing Cable Assemblies are the very best cable sway braces! Loos & Co. manufactures the most cost-effective, code-compliant seismic bracing system on the market today. The system installs in half the time of conventional rigid pipe bracing systems. The AISI Standard for structural cable includes a requirement for pre-stretching cable, a requirement for using permanent end fittings that are recommended by a cable manufacturer, and a requirement that permanent end fittings develop the break strength of the cable. The Loos & Co., Inc. Seismic Bracing Cable products satisfy these requirements and, therefore, may be used with the best safety factor. This reduces the sizes required to carry the earthquake loads and the smaller sizes employ less expensive end fittings that are faster to install.

Manufacturer and supplier of custom and standard wire and cable, cable assemblies and wire harnesses. Custom wire and cable can be provided with many different jacket and insulation materials and various conductor and shielding options. Standard wire and cable offerings include commercial, Mil-Spec, UL/CSA approved wire and cable, molded cord sets, and tubing/sleeving/wire management. Custom assemblies include cable assemblies, wire harnesses, box builds, cable jumpers, overmolded cable assemblies, and wire lead manufacturing. Full engineering and design services available. Certified woman-owned business/women"s business enterprise (WBENC), ISO 9001 certified, and ITAR registered.

For over 60 years, Loos & Co., Inc. has pioneered and thrived in the highly critical profession of wire, wire rope, and hardware manufacturing for use in applications where critical outcomes are directly at stake. This valuable experience has taught us “the ropes” about what a difference quality and performance make in your applications. Now, we can help make the difference for you with your pulley and sheave applications, too.

We’re proud to offer a wide variety of military specification and commercial wire rope, aircraft cable, and fittings to compliment your complete sheaves or pulley system. These products are the perfect compliment to the high performance products offered by esheaves.com. Pairing Loos & Co., Inc. tools, hardware, and accessories with the highest quality pulleys and sheaves will repay you with the performance you have come to expect from our products.

The cables are ” preformed, 6 x 19, wire strand core or independent wire rope core (IWRC), galvanized in accordance v:ith the requirements in Federal specification RR-W-410C, right regular lay, manufactured of improved plow steel with a minimum breaking strength of 23 tons.

nVent CADDY cable bracing is a simple seismic bracing method for mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and fire sprinkler systems, including CPVC pipe systems. Cable bracing is the only option when brace lengths exceed the brace length limitation of 9"-7" (3 m) for strut or when confined/crowded spaces make rigid systems difficult to install. The system includes steel cables complying with the ASCE® 19 pre-streching requirements, attachment fittings, swaged oval sleeves & related tools, as well as pre-assembled kits.

The major portion of our manufacturing is devoted to the production of Military Specification wire rope fittings, connectors and terminations. These products are on the QPD (Qualified Producers Database) for the US Government. Several hundred product numbers are manufactured and warehoused in our Naples facility. Additionally, we manufacture the swaging machines and tools needed to connect our manufactured hardware to the various types of wire rope. We are proud to be able to offer fast turnaround and complete delivery from our large supply of finished inventory.

We have become a major supplier of UL Listed Seismic Bracing Products to the construction industry. Loos’ Seismic Cable Bracing is fast becoming the preferred product for mechanical contractors in many types of commercial construction projects all over the world.

2.  Fit retro-fit bracket to existing primary support. Ensure seismic restraint washer is included, and bracket orientation is in-line with the brace.

Seismic design standards require that non-structural services must be braced at regular intervals. Appropriate brace spacings must be determined by a qualified structural engineer.

QuakeLoc™ seismic cable restraint connector quickly and easily fastens cables used in the seismic restraint of piping, duct, electrical cable trays, and suspended equipment.

Seismic Cable Restraint Systems carry tension only loads along the axis of the cable. They are used in pairs 180-degrees apart to restrain pipe, duct, electrical distribution systems or equipment in each axis. Cable restraints provide a load path between the building and the restrained component to ensure that it moves with the building. Bracing is required on both primary axes for all restrained systems. Spacing is determined by the building code and specifying engineer. Cable restraints are required for isolated systems as rigid restraints such as strut will short circuit the isolation.

We are the first ISO accredited PCA ISO-17065, third-party certification body for special seismic certification of non-structural building components and their mounting configurations by the ICC’s International Accreditation Service.

We are the only ISO 17025:2005 Accredited Seismic Simulation Test Laboratory with a triaxial shake table owned and operated by California licensed Structural engineers.