Built from carbon steel, the Machining & Welding 1/4 IN Wire Rope Ferrule swages onto 1/4 inch wire rope to form a rated eye or splice.

This sleeve is swaged with a hydraulic press to permanently secure a wire rope loop, eliminating the need for clips or knots at the termination point.

Material choice between carbon and stainless steel lets you match the ferrule to the wire rope's own material and the assembly's environment.

Keeping the right size ferrule on hand for each wire rope diameter you work with speeds up assembly and repair work in house.

Maintenance departments, fabrication shops, warehouses, and construction crews all rely on equipment in this category to handle lifts that come up again and again. Having the right beam or crane on hand means operators are not left rigging a load with mismatched slings or borrowed hardware, which keeps every lift consistent regardless of who is running it that day.

Rated capacity should always be treated as a hard limit, not a target, and a quick visual inspection before each lift is one of the simplest ways to keep a lifting operation safe. Make sure your operators are trained on the specific rigging setup this equipment requires, and confirm that anyone signing off on a lift understands how to read the working load limit and match it against the actual load being moved.

Rigging hardware like this sees repeated use, so look for equipment that is properly rated, clearly marked, and traceable to a manufacturer that stands behind its specifications. Keeping documentation on hand for each piece of equipment also makes routine inspections and any future certification requirements easier to manage.

The full spec sheet is below, covering capacity, dimensions, and construction details at a glance.

Order the Machining & Welding 1/4 IN Wire Rope Ferrule sized to match your wire rope diameter and material.

Product Info:
•  Wire Rope Diameter: 1/4 in
•  Ferrule Outer Diameter: 0.75 in
•  Ferrule Length: 1.125 in
•  Material: Carbon steel
•  Shipping Weight: 0.13 lbs