Galvanized Steel Wire Ropenet (GSWR)

Galvanized Steel Wire Ropenet (GSWR)

Galvanized Steel Wire Rope (GSWR) is a patented system jointly developed by Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd. and Konkan Railway Corporation Limited. GSWR is made of high strength galvanized steel wire ropes having a minimum breaking strength of 4.5 tons.  The intersections of the vertical and horizontal chords of the GSWR have a tucked joint fixed with specially designed clamps.

Adjacent nets are laced using specially designed spiral springs. The GSWR comprises of an upper hang portion with only vertical chords for anchorage and a lower net portion with both vertical and horizontal chords so as to retain the boulders.