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Although professional riggers will undoubtedly have their own preferences in applying swaging crimps in sequence, we have found the following suggestions to be helpful:
...Cable splicing is much easier if the cable is cut clean without frayed ends. We highly recommend FELCO C7, C9, C12 or C16 cable cutters as shown in the Loos & Co. Cableware Division catalog. Locoloc® Oval and Stop sleeves in a complete range of sizes are avail...
It is recommended that all rigging professionals use Felco brand cable cutters to achieve fast and easy cuts. The unique triangular cutting design of Felco cable cutters gives a very clean cut to the cable and minimizes the fraying of the individual cable wire strands.
...Cable splicing is much easier if the cable is cut clean without frayed ends. We highly recommend C7, C9, C12 or C16 cable cutters as shown in the Loos & Co. Cableware Division...
There are inconsistencies in cable diameters and specifications from import suppliers of wire rope and import suppliers of hand swaging tools. When swaging Locoloc brand copper sleeves using Locoloc brand swaging tools, Loos recommends using only wire rope that is certified to MIL-DTL-83420, RR-W-410E, or ASTM-A-...