Shade accessories
Swaged threaded terminal (threaded stud)
Threaded stud pressed onto wire rope, with nut, for a cable end you can tighten.
A swaged threaded terminal is a steel stud pressed onto the end of a wire rope with a hydraulic press, then fitted with a nut and washer. The threaded end passes through a hole in a corner plate, a wire cup or a steel bracket, and turning the nut draws the cable tight. On shades and tensile structures it is the simplest way to set the tension of an edge cable or a tie-back cable after the fabric is fixed. A terminal matched to the rope size and pressed correctly gives a clean, strong end.
Also called threaded stud, swage stud, anchor stud, threaded cable end
Where it is used
- Edge cables of tensile and sail shades
- Tie-back cables from a mast to a ground anchor
- Cable ends through corner plates and wire cups
- Parking shade and canopy edge cables
- Cable façades and green-wall trellis cables
Materials and sizes
Commonly made in stainless steel 304 or 316 with matching nuts and washers. Thread size and length follow the rope diameter; common sizes on request.
Questions about this part
Can you make the cable to length with the threaded ends already pressed?
Yes. Our factory in Al Saadah, Riyadh presses wire rope assemblies to length on its own hydraulic press. Send the length, the rope diameter and the end type for each side.
Threaded terminal or turnbuckle: which one do I need?
A threaded terminal gives a short adjustment with the nut at one point. A turnbuckle gives a longer take-up. On short edge cables a threaded end is often enough; long spans and main corners often use a turnbuckle as well.
Does it come with left-hand thread?
Most plate-and-nut connections use a normal right-hand thread. Systems that tension by turning the cable use a left-hand and a right-hand stud as a pair. Tell us which system you use and we will advise.