Warnings Sales Contacts Terms and Nomenclature Sleeves are fittings used to form eyes or loop terminations at the end of a piece of wire rope. They are designed to contain two parts of the wire rope and are swaged onto the wire rope at the base of the eye or loop to hold the eye or loop in place. Duplex refers to swage sleeves intended for use with double-back, fold back, returned loops, or turn back eyes formed by laying the wire rope back on itself to form a loop. Single refers to swage sleeves intended for use with rolled, Farmers, or Flemish eyes formed by unlaying the strands of wire rope, crossing the strands and relaying the strands around themselves to form a loop.
Ferrules are fittings used to form a holding point on a piece of wire rope.
Ferrules are also called stops, buttons, knobs or end fittings. Ferrules are designed to fit one part of wire rope and may be applied with zinc, with wedges, or by swaging. Sockets are a loop, clevis, or pin eye terminal attached at the end of a piece of wire rope. Sockets are designed to fit one part of wire rope and may be applied with socketing media, wedges, or by swaging. All ratings refer to short tons of 2000 pounds unless otherwise noted.