In article .com,
"Pete C." wrote:

DrollTroll wrote:

Awl --

You know the loop at the end of wire rope, with a crimped-type band, often
around an "eye", maintaining the loop?

For the life of me, I cain't grok how that crimp holds, at such high load
ratings. It amazes me. It looks inherently weak, but apparently does the
job.
AND, if I have seen correctly, it seems that some of these crimps are
aluminum!

I would have thought some exotic-type brazing or welding would be required
for reliable strength.

Is this crimp method readily performed in a shop with a simple arbor press?

I may be requiring some of this to be done, but it just gives me the
willies, from a liability pov.

--
DT

Not "crimped", try "swaged". Search on that and see the difference.

Both processes are used. Crimping deforms the barrel, as in crimping a
terminal onto a copper wire. Swaging causes the barrel metal to both
deform and flow into the nooks and crannies of the steel wire (which
also deforms).

There is a nicopress barrel splice for solid wire where the barrel is
swaged down onto the wire, and then the barrel and wire within is formed
(crimped) into a zigzag.

Joe Gwinn