Wire rope

Wire rope consists of several strands laid (or 'twisted') together like a helix. Each strand is likewise made of metal wires laid together like a helix...

Wire is a long, thin and flexible piece of metal. Wires are made in many different metals and sizes, and are used for many purposes. Wire rope has been...

A rope is made out of several threads. The material can be organic, like flax, or it can be small threads of steel (in case of a steel rope, wire or cable)...

around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting...

to support the masts, yards and booms. Most modern sailing vessels use wire rope for the standing rigging. Modern standing rigging is regularly checked...

zip wire, aerial runway, aerial ropeslide, death slide or Tyrolean crossing) is a device that allows a person to slide down an inclined wire or rope. The...

pedestrians and livestock, are still constructed, based upon the ancient Inca rope bridge. Suspended from two high locations over a river or canyon, simple...

thin material like: paper cardboard metal foil thin plastic food cloth rope wire hair nail Knives are better than scissors for some uses. Unlike a knife...

ferries used either rope or steel chains, with the latter resulting in the name "chain ferry". Both of these were replaced by wire cable in the 19th century...

materials to create a basket, such as bark, willow rods, leaves, wire, plastic, paper, and rope. There are three basic kinds of baskets—coiled, twined, or woven...

A garrotte is a weapon, usually a handheld length of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line used to strangle a person. Garotte is normal British English...

strength is a measurement of the force required to pull something such as rope, wire, or a structural beam to the point where it breaks. The tensile strength...

canopy. From the top, eight arms supported the vertical cable tracks of wire rope which lifted the baskets. The Sky Cabin ringed the support pole with a...

light tubes and barbed wire. These matches are usually very bloody and have a high level of violence in them. A Barbed Wire Ring Rope match is where wrestlers...

of people. Roper, Caitlin (October 21, 2014). "Big Hero 6 Proves It: Pixar's Gurus Have Brought the Magic Back to Disney Animation". Wired.com. Retrieved...

Welding it is simple, so it is used for shipbuilding, boilers, pipes, fence wire and other purposes where low cost is important. Plain steels are used for...

mimic silk. It is used in making pantyhose. Thicker nylon fibres are used in rope. Spandex is a polyurethane product. It is used to make activewear, bras,...

Core generally is the heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels...

is used to hold pieces of paper together. A paper clip is usually a thin wire in a shape that is wrapped in on itself. It is used to hold two or more pieces...

travels the world and has many exciting adventures with his dog, a white wire fox terrier named Snowy (Milou, in French) and later (starting with The Crab...