1) Steel wire ropes store and maintenance

Wire rope should be stored in a clean dry place under cover, in coils and Reels kept off the ground and supported by timber. They should also be examined and re-lubricated periodically

Reels should be mounted on jacks and care taken to see that the reel rotates as the rope unwinds. Timber should be applied as a lever to one of the flanges to act as a brake, keeping the rope tight and preventing the reel from overrunning.When the ropes are supplied in coils a turntable or swift should be employed and the free end pulled out with event tension as the swift, or turntable revolve. Over-winding should be avoided at all times to obviate kinking. Coils may also be unwound by securing the free outside end of the rope and then rolling the coil along the ground; care being taken at all times to ensure that the coil is held firmly together, avoiding tight coils or kinks

3) Seizing
It is important that before cutting ropes are properly seized with annealed mild steel wire or strand to avoid slack wires and possible rope distortion.