Method of securing a termination element to an end portion of a wire rope

A method of securing a termination element to a terminal end of a wire rope, the termination element having an elongated, ductile tubular sleeve portion and an integral socket portion, comprising:

• positioning the terminal end portion of the wire rope within the tubular sleeve portion of the termination element, said sleeve portion having a cylindrical external surface;
• positioning said sleeve portion of said termination element between co-acting dies, said dies having abuttable lands and having an opening that is quasi-polygonal in cross-section with n sides, where n is an even number greater than four, said co-acting dies having at least one of said sides forming a reservoir area wherein a pair of said reservoir areas are on oppositely facing sides said reservoirs accommodating flashing from said sleeve portion;
• fully closing said dies upon said sleeve portion to form a preformed quasi-polygonal swage opening said dies;
• rotating said sleeve portion with respect to said dies an amount V, where V is equal to 360° /n;
• fully closing said co-acting dies whereby said lands abut to form a final quasi-polygonal opening of predetermined after swage dimension, said reservoir again accommodating flashing from the sleeve;
• and
• opening said dies to remove said swaged termination element, said swaged termination element having a quasi-polygonal external surface.