Fiber reinforced plastic impregnated wire rope

A method of making a wire rope comprising the steps of:

• winding individual wires into strands;
• forming a plurality of outer strands about a lubricated core into a multistrand rope while coating the outer strands with a lubricant;
• and impregnating the rope with a coating reinforced with mineral fillers, said coating extending between said core and said outer strands and between said outer strands.

A wire rope comprising a lubricated core including a central strand and a plurality of outer core strands wound therearound;

• a plurality of outer strands wound around said core, and a coating reinforced with discontinuous predispersed fibers filling the spaces between the core and outer strands to retain the lubricant in the core and in the strands.

A wire rope comprising a lubricated core including a central strand and a plurality of outer core strands wound therearound;

• a plurality of outer strands wound around said core, and a coating reinforced with mineral fillers filling the spaces between the core and outer strands to retain the lubricant in the core and in the strands.