Welcome to the NEW and extended WDS catalogue from Blue Wave.
We are pleased to present an extensive range of our high quality Danish produced stainless steel fittings. Now with fittings for wire ropes ranging from 2mm to 32mm.
Our products are a result of input received from our customers and our experienced and committed Blue Wave team.
For 75 years we have successfully developed new products and have strived to meet and exceed our clients requirements. With your continued co-operation we intend to continue this trend for many years to come.
It is our hope that the 2007 WDS Catalogue will give you an idea of the wide range of wire expansions that are now possible due to Blue Wave’s extensive new range of fittings.
Looking forward to being able to assist you with your future requiremens and a continued good relationship.
We look forward to your call…

Facts and information
- working with wire fittings.
When planning a wire construction the ultimate break load, as well as the work load, must be calculated, as it will determine the minimum wire size and maybe the wire construction needed.
Blue Wave’s fitting’s, unless otherwise stated, are constructed after termination to meet 90% of the break load on the wire ropes that are standard in the market. PLEASE NOTE : in order to guarantee safety in a wire construction you should calculate a safety factor of 2-3 on static constructions and a minimum of 4 on dynamic constructions. As a general rule working loads should never exceed 25% of the break loads stated in this catalogue.
For further details ask your Blue Wave/WDS distributor or contact Blue Wave A/S.

Attaching terminals
Under each scheme in the WDS catalogue you will find indications to the correct attachment.

For full break load Blue Wave recommends pressing or swaging/rolling the terminals onto the wire ropes. Recommended machines for this purpose are e.g. Presses from TALURIT®, roller swaging machines from WIRETEKNIK or combined press and roller swage machines from TOPREFF 2000. Our terminals are however also suitable for rotary hammer pressing!

Swageless terminals
If the exact length of the final wire is unknown a good solution is only to swage one end and screw a swageless terminal onto the wire for final attachment on site at the other end.

Small terminals
Alternatively the WDS range of Small fittings can be crimped onto the wires using a hand tool, however due to reduced amount of material in the small fittings, only a 50% break load of the wire can be obtained by this method.

Correct attachment

Always use the correct size standard dies recommended by the supplier. As correct wire attachment/termination can only be acheived by firmly squeezing the material of the terminal into the strands of the wire.

Most Blue Wave terminals are marked with wire size and a mark indicating the depth of where to start for correct swaging.

Where markings are not possible e.g. on the small terminals, the wire hole depth must be measured before swaging, not only to find the point to start the swaging , but also to get the right length of the final wire including the fittings. CAUTION, by swaging the terminals onto the wire, the shaft will get a little longer. As a rule of thumb the length will be prolonged by approximately the same amount of mm as the diameter of the wire in mm!

Tensioning of wire with terminals

As well as serving as an attachment to a given construction, threaded terminals, once on to the wire, can serve as a tensioner. Where tension cannot be applied to the thread via a nut at the end, the wire can be tensioned by use of e.g. right handed and left handed thread terminals at each end of the wire, by turning the whole wire it will be tensioned.

Further information and contact

You are kindly asked to contact your local Blue Wave dealer/distributor, or Blue Wave direct, should you have any questions or need further documentation.