Stainless Rigging Screw Toggle & Swage Stud – ideal for marine conditions

Also known as adjusters, bottle screws, tensioners or simply rigging screws, these traditionally designed toggles are created from excellent quality 316 grade solid stainless steel bars. This bar is then polished to produce a mirror finish.

Stainless steel rigging screws with toggle ends and swaged studs represent a specialized category of marine and industrial hardware designed for applications requiring both adjustable tension and reliable terminal connections. These components combine the versatility of traditional turnbuckles/rigging screws with the permanence and strength characteristics of swaged fittings, making them particularly valuable in sailing, architectural tensioning systems, and structural cable applications.

With the screw body itself and the toggle at one end, and the swage stud on the opposing end, these studs are specially manufactured for crimping on to the end of stainless steel wire rope.

Ample toggle straps are also designed to take the full weight of the load on either side of the eye and pin. This adds extra safety in that they won’t fail due to an unbalanced or moving load. Generally used in conjunction with locking nuts, rigging screw toggles come in a mix of different combinations and are also suitable with Marine Bodies or Open Bodies. They are also resistant to humidity, salty air and sea water.

Rigging screw toggles / swage studs are particularly deployed in wire rope rigging jobs on yachts and sail boats and in leisure and sporting industries.

Toggle End Rigging Screw

The toggle end provides exceptional articulation capabilities, allowing the rigging screw to accommodate angular loads and movement without binding or creating stress concentrations. Unlike fixed eye terminals, toggles can pivot freely in multiple directions, making them ideal for applications where the load direction may vary or where the connected components experience relative movement.

Swage End  Rigging Screw       

The swaged stud end offers a permanent, high-strength connection that eliminates the potential failure points associated with threaded terminals or mechanical fittings. During the swaging process, the stud is cold-formed into the cable or rod end under tremendous pressure, creating a connection that often exceeds the breaking strength of the parent material.                                                   

Get ordering your stainless rigging screw today

Here at Rope Services Direct we sell rigging screw toggles / swage studs in a massive range of sizes. To place an order for your rigging screw(s), all you need to do is fill out our enquiry form here and we’ll get back to you. To speak to us about rope fittings, simply call us on 01384 78004. We’ll be pleased to help.