Many customers know Loos & Company for our hand swagers, hydraulic cutters, and battery-powered swaging tools. They’ve used them in the field, in fabrication shops, on job sites, and in maintenance operations. These tools have become familiar not only because they perform reliably, but because they’ve been trusted for decades across Marine, Industrial, Aerospace, and Construction environments.
But like many of our product families, the familiarity customers have with our tools is only part of the story. What’s less known — and often surprising — is the depth of customization, engineering collaboration, and specialty capability that exists behind the standard catalog.
The tools you know are only the beginning.
Tools: Familiar Function, Custom Precision
Everyone recognizes our standard tool lineup:
- Hand Swagers for reliable, repeatable compression
- Cizallas hidráulicas for clean, deformation-free cuts
- Battery-Powered Swagers for fast, portable field work
They’re common in Marine shops, rigging stations, maintenance departments, and industrial facilities. Familiar, reliable, and built to last.
But behind that familiar reliability is a far broader capability. Loos & Company engineers custom tools designed for unique project requirements — specialized diameters, custom jaws, tailored pressure curves, or field-use ergonomics optimized for specific industries.
Most customers don’t realize:
- We design shaped swage dies for non-standard fittings.
- We engineer custom cutters for unique cable constructions and coatings.
- We build tools tailored to field conditions where standard equipment won’t perform.
- We support prototype and early-stage development with tool modifications.
Seismic Cable Systems: Familiar Purpose, Smarter Design
Contractors, engineers, and installers are deeply familiar with rigid bracing — it’s been the default solution for securing nonstructural components in buildings for decades. The purpose is familiar: keep equipment stable, protect structures, and meet safety codes.
But familiarity with rigid bracing is precisely what makes Seismic Cable Systems so compelling. They meet the same safety objectives — often with better efficiency, lighter weight, and easier installation.
What surprises many engineers is how seamlessly cable-based systems fit into projects traditionally using rigid pipe.
What makes Seismic Cable Systems feel immediately familiar?
- They are built using the same quality cable products used in lifting, rigging, and industrial support.
- They follow the same documentation, testing, and traceability standards customers already use on other products.
- They deliver the same strength and reliability — only with greater flexibility.
And yet, the advantages become clear as soon as installers begin working with them:
- Reduced storage and transport weight
- Faster installation, especially in tight spaces
- Code compliance without the bulk of rigid systems
- Easier directional transitions and geometry solutions
The familiar purpose of structural safety is met with a smarter, more adaptable design.
The Shared Foundation: Familiar Quality Systems Behind Both Products
Tools and Seismic Cable Systems may seem like very different product families — one focused on fabrication, the other on structural protection — but they share the same quality backbone.
Customers who know our tools understand our approach to:
- Manufacturing repeatability
- Dimensional accuracy
- Proper material selection
- Testing and validation
- Field performance
Those same engineering principles carry directly into Seismic Cable Systems.
Shared characteristics include:
- Documented compliance for every assembly
- Inspections tied to lot identification
- Application-specific performance data
- Engineering support for installation and design
- Materials chosen for predictable, long-term reliability
Familiar Tools Enhance Familiar Installations
Another underappreciated connection: tools and seismic systems don’t just share engineering DNA — they work together.
Our swagers and cutters are used to create, adjust, and maintain cable systems for structural bracing, tension support, and equipment restraint. The same tools customers already trust in rigging or fabrication shops seamlessly translate to seismic retrofits, overhead support, and nonstructural bracing installs.
What feels familiar in the hand translates into familiarity in the finished system.
When customers recognize a product family and trust its performance, they are far more willing to integrate related products they may not have considered before.
That’s why familiarity is valuable:
It connects what engineers already know to what they can now confidently adopt.
Tools → lead to confidence in custom tooling.
Wire Rope expertise → reinforces trust in cable-based seismic systems.
Consistent manufacturing → reduces risk when shifting from rigid bracing to cable solutions.
The familiarity built across decades of reliable performance becomes the foundation for new capability.
Global Consistency Reinforces Familiar Trust
With facilities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the quality expectations behind our tools and seismic systems are the same across every region.
Whether ordering a hydraulic cutter or a full seismic solution package, customers experience:
- unified testing standards
- shared engineering documentation
- harmonized material quality
- consistent inspection criteria
- identical traceability structures
This is what makes the familiar recognition of Loos & Company products so powerful — customers know that no matter where the order originates, the quality is aligned.
More Than Familiar — Dependable
Tools and Seismic Cable Systems represent two sides of the same engineering approach: precision, repeatability, and performance you can trust. Customers may first know us through a standard tool, an assembly, or a cable — but that familiarity grows into confidence as they discover how wide our capabilities extend.
The products you already rely on are only the introduction.
The performance you’ve counted on for years is woven through every solution we offer.
Next Steps
Explore our Tools y Seismic Bracing Cable to see how Central Wire delivers accountability through testing, certifications, and products built to last.
For project guidance or to request a quote, contact our team today at sales@loosco.com
