Suspension Ropes · Kiswire
Kiswire Hoist Rope — 8×19S & 8×25Fi Family
A second engineered source for traction suspension.
Kiswire is the Busan rope maker that has led Korea’s special steel wire industry since 1945, and it publishes a dedicated elevator range: eight-strand suspension in steel and fibre core, six-strand suspension and compensation, and the ten-strand Hyele 10 for high-rise. Re-Ropes supplies it as a second manufacturing source alongside Gustav Wolf.
Stock position
Supplied against the installation specification — constructions, diameters and lead times confirmed at enquiry.
Specification
| Eight-strand, steel core | 8×19S–IWRC · 8×19W–IWRC · 8×25F–IWRC |
| Eight-strand, fibre core | 8×19S · 8×19W · 8×25Fi |
| Six-strand, fibre core | 6×19S · 6×19W · 6×25Fi |
| Compensation | 6×37, fibre core |
| High-rise | Hyele 10 — see the Hyele 10 page |
| Diameters | 7.94–22 mm depending on construction |
| Lay | Right hand regular lay (sZ); Lang’s lay (zZ) on request |
| Rope maker | Kiswire Ltd — Busan, South Korea (est. 1945) |
| Standards | ISO 4344 · EN 12385-5 |
| Duty | Suspension, governor and compensation duty |
| Supply | Cut to length · terminations fitted to order · certificate per rope |
Breaking forces and full mechanical properties are stated on the certificate issued with each rope — supplied against the applicable standard, never quoted generically.
One rope maker is a supply chain with a single point of failure. Kiswire gives the works a second engineered source for traction suspension duty — a genuine alternative construction set, not a substitute chosen on price.
The properties Kiswire specifies its elevator ropes for are exactly the ones that decide rope life: uniform diameter along the length, controlled grease content in the core, minimum elongation in service, and wear behaviour that spares the traction sheave. Supplied like everything else here — cut to measured length in Erith, terminations fitted to order, certificate with the rope.
Why this line
- Uniform rope diameter along the length
- Controlled grease content in the rope core
- Minimum elongation in service
- Wear behaviour that spares traction sheaves and diverters
Typical applications
- Traction lift suspension sets
- Overspeed governor loops
- Compensation on mid- and high-travel installations
Why supply two rope manufacturers?
Availability and fit. Two engineered sources mean a set can still be quoted when one maker’s lead time slips, and it widens the constructions we can put against an unusual duty. Both are dedicated lift-rope makers — this is a second engineered source, not a cheaper substitute.
Can Kiswire rope go onto an installation currently running Gustav Wolf?
Where construction, diameter, grade and lay are equivalent and the installation specification allows it, yes — but never mixed within one suspension set. Ropes in a set have to match so they share load and stretch together, so we replace a set complete, on one designation.
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