Cut-resistant cable structures and systems and methods for making the same

A cable assembly comprising:

• a first cable subassembly extending along at least a portion of a length of the cable assembly;
• and
• a second cable subassembly extending along at least the portion of the length of the cable assembly, wherein:
• the first cable subassembly comprises a plurality of fibers extending along the portion of the length of the cable assembly;
• at least one fiber of the plurality of fibers comprises a first cross-sectional thickness;
• the second cable subassembly comprises a plurality of wires extending along the portion of the length of the cable assembly;
• the second cable subassembly comprises a plurality of wire groupings;
• each wire grouping of the plurality of wire groupings comprises a sub-plurality of wires of the plurality of wires;
• at least one wire of the plurality of wires comprises a second cross-sectional thickness that is greater than the first cross-sectional thickness;
• and
• at least one wire grouping of the plurality of wire groupings surrounds a cross-sectional outer periphery of at least a portion of the first cable subassembly.

A method of forming a cable comprising:

• twisting a plurality of first elements of a first bundle in a first lay direction along a longitudinal axis of the cable;
• twisting, in a second lay direction along the longitudinal axis of the cable, each one of a plurality of second bundles about the twisted plurality of first elements of the first bundle, wherein each second bundle of the plurality of second bundles comprises a plurality of second elements, and wherein each second element of the plurality of second elements comprises a fiber;
• and
• twisting a plurality of third elements about the twisted plurality of second bundles in a third lay direction along the longitudinal axis of the cable, wherein the first lay direction is the opposite of the second lay direction.