Flexible Cable with Increased Life Span, and a Method for Producing a Flexible Cable

A method for producing a flexible endless winding cable, comprising the steps of:

• positioning a first thimble and a second thimble at a predetermined distance from one another, which distance corresponds to a required cable length,
• providing at least one yarn, which yarn comprises high modulus synthetic or natural fibers with Young's modulus of at least 55 GPa as determined by ASTM D7269,
• winding the at least one yarn from the first thimble to the second thimble, a half turn around the second thimble, back to the first thimble, and a half turn around the first thimble,
• repeating the previous step until a predetermined number of layers of yarn turns is provided in both the first thimble and the second thimble, corresponding to a required cable thickness,
• applying an adhesive to the layers of yarn turns in at least one of the thimbles, and
• curing the adhesive to connect at least two of the layers of yarn turns so that the layers of yarn turns in at least one of the thimbles retain a tangential orientation with respect to each other when the flexible endless winding cable is subject to a load, and so that the flexible endless winding cable remains flexible between the first thimble and the second thimble.