Wire Rope Storage and Handling: How to Protect Rope Before It Ever Takes a Load

Most wire rope is damaged before its first lift, not during it: wet ground, stacked drums, dropped reels and careless unreeling create kinks, birdcages and corrosion that no inspection can undo. A crane rope specialist’s complete guide to storing, handling, unreeling and maintaining wire rope from delivery to installation. By Andri, Aulone.