Safe Working Load - Proper load which the rope may carry economically and safely Sash Cord - Term applied to small 6x7 wire ropes commonly made of iron, bronze or copper wires Seale - A strand construction having one size of cover wires with the same number of one size of wires in the inner layer and each layer having the same length and direction of lay. Seize - To bind securely the end of a wire rope or strand wfth seizing wire or strand Seizing Strand - Small strand usually of 7 wires made of soft annealed wire Seizing Wire - soft annealed wire   Serve - To cover the surface of a wire rope or strand with a wrapping of fiber cord Shackle - A "U" shaped fitting with pin Sheave - A grooved pulley for use with rope Siemens-Martin Strand - A grade of galvanized strand Slings - Wire ropes made into forms, with or without fittings, for handling loads and so made as to permit the attachment of an operating rope Slings, Braided -A very flexible sling composed of several individual wire ropes braided into a single sling Smooth Faced Drum - Drum with a plain face, not grooved Spiral Groove - Groove which follows the path of a helix around the drum, as the thread of a screw Splicing - Interweaving of two ends of ropes so as to make a continuous or endless length without appreciably increasing the diameter. Also making a loop or eye in the end of a rope by tucking the ends of the strands Stainless Steel Rope - Wire rope made of chrome-nickel steel wires having great resistance to corrosion Steel Clad Rope - Rope with individual strands spirally wrapped with flat steel wire Stone Sawing Strand - Usually a 3-wire strand used in quarrying stone or slate Strand - An arrangement of wires helically laid about an axis. or another wire or fiber center to produce a symmetrical section Swaged Fittings - Fittings in which wire rope is inserted and attached by cold flowing method