A Wire rope is composed of several strands twisted together in a helical fashion. Arranged around a central independent core, Strands may be made of one or more steel wires. Popular types of wire ropes include high carbon stainless steel wire ropes, swaged wire ropes, combination wire ropes, cushion-core wire ropes, compacted wire ropes, and non rotating ropes. Wire Ropes are found to exhibit any one of the following lay characteristics- right hand lay, left hand lay and lang lay.