Wire rope by the rope, rope shares of wire and cable. Cable, elevator wire rope is a single rope strands around a spiral twist. Usually adopt 50 ~ 65 quality carbon steel or 60 si2mn steel wire. For the sake of safety, elevator wire rope with the monitor or 1, the wire diameter limit between 0.3 ~ 1.3 mm. Commonly used elevator traction rope has west lu (X) and spirit to swallow type (W). At present, the domestic elevator widely used west lu 8 and 6 wire strands wire rope, of which 8 x (19) application.