MERLION Steel Wire Rope

These include: 6- and 8-strand, non-rotating | non-compacted, non-rotating | compacted, stainless steel, swaged forestry ropes and branded special wire ropes.

Flemish eye, a patent of Franklin Offshore also known as a super loop, is a splice that is made from the loose end of a single-laid wire rope. This can be on one or on both sides. The strands of the wire are partially unwound, then a loop is formed and the loose strands are plaited back to form the eye. The eye itself is called a soft eye, when a thimble is placed in the eye it is referred to as a hard eye. With special pressing machines a steel sleeve is pressed around the rope ends. This sleeve serves to keep the rope ends in place. Because of operation in harsh environments e.g. the offshore industry we use steel sleeves of higher quality grades which offer greater resistance to corrosion. The quality of slings can be guaranteed by Proof loading.

At Franklin Offshore our test department can perform on request a proof load with witness test according the test regulations stated by the international rules.