General Machine Products Company, Inc. (GMP), based in Trevose, Pennsylvania, recently introduced three grades of Stainless Steel Lashing Wire. Stainless Steel Lashing Wire is loaded into cable lashing machines (or spinners) and used to spirally wind or ‘lash’ telephone, power and multi-media cable to a supporting messenger strand between utility poles.
GMP Stainless Steel Lashing Wire grades include:
Type 430 Stainless Lashing Wire is made of low carbon, 17% chromium wire. It is suitable for general use and in ordinary atmospheric exposure. Type 430 Stainless acquires only a dark surface stain. It is not recommended for use within 25 miles of salt water or industrial operations that emit pollutants.
Type 302 Stainless Lashing Wire is made of 18% chromium and 8% nickel analysis wire. This wire has excellent resistance to corrosion from industrial atmospheres. Another benefit of this wire is its higher tensile strength and breaking load. At .038 in. diameter Type 302 wire provides strength equal to a .045 in. Type 430 wire with better ductility (easier bending and unwinding) and better elongation (less chance of wire breakage from stress).
Type 316 Stainless Lashing Wire is made of a modified 18-10 analysis containing approximately 2.5% molybdenum. More than any other wire, Type 316 Stainless wire is more resistant to the corrosive action of most chemicals, including chlorides and sulfides. The wire is particularly resistant to pitting and pin hole corrosion of the kind commonly caused by salt spray. Type 316 Stainless provides the best insurance against failure under the most severe atmospheric conditions.