Abstract:
A light weight cable bead core 30 is described having an inner core 33 made of a metal wire 34 with an outer sheath 35 of steel cord wires 36. Each cord 36 is made of a plurality of filaments 37. The bead core 30 is particularly suited for heavy-duty service conditions in tires 100 for aircraft, off-road equipment, and commercial trucks.
Abstract:
A light weight cable bead core 30 is described having an inner core 33 made of a metal wire 34 with an outer sheath 35 of steel cord wires 36. Each cord 36 is made of a plurality of filaments 37. The bead core 30 is particularly suited for heavy-duty service conditions in tires 100 for aircraft, off-road equipment, and commercial trucks.
Abstract:
A plastic impregnated wire rope is provided with plastic bands between its core and its outer strands so as to prevent contact between the wires of the core and those of the outer strands during flexing of the rope. This produces a substantial increase in the life of the rope. The method for manufacturing such rope involves wrapping plastic bands on the core just prior to laying outer strands on the core and on top of the plastic bands. Thereafter, the so formed rope is impregnated with molten plastic, which is then allowed to solidify.
Abstract:
A method for producing a cable or cable element from individual elements is provided. The method comprises heating the individual elements before or during a stranding process until they are at least close to plastification and cooling the individual elements to a solidification temperature of a plastic. A cable or cable element comprising individual elements that are twisted together to form the cable is also disclosed. The individual elements are heated either before or during a stranding process until they are at least close to plastification, and are subsequently cooled to a solidification temperature of the plastic until they leave a stranding machine. A stranding device for the production of a cable or cable element from individual elements is also disclosed. The stranding device comprises a heating device which acts on the individual elements and a cooling device located downstream of the heating device in a direction of processing.
Abstract:
A flexible tension member for structural applications comprises twenty or more high strength rods (R) bundled helically with a lay length 20 to 150 times overall diameter, the rod (R) upon introduction being substantially free from curvature resulting in slackness in the bundle and introduced without flexural stresses significantly exceeding the yield point of the rod structure. The invention may utilize rods of solid circular or non-circular cross-section, or tubular and formed of metal, e.g., steel, and/or non-metallic material, more particularly fibre reinforced plastics, and results in a smooth uniform appearance, with good integrity and no signs of slackness despite the unusually long lay length employed.
Abstract:
A wire rope is provided having a central core strand about which are wound outer strands. Non-linear spacer wires are present in the gaps between outer strands to assure the uniformity of such gaps and provide passageways from the interior to the exterior of the wire rope. A coating, usually of a suitable thermoplastic, is extruded into such rope to extend continuously from the core and between adjacent outer strands and through the passageways.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hybrid rope comprising a core element, a first and a second metallic closed layer surrounding said core element. The core element includes a bundle or construction of synthetic yarns. The first metallic closed layer includes a plurality of first wirelike members helically twisted together with the core element in a first direction. The second metallic closed layer includes a plurality of second wirelike members helically twisted together with said core element and said first metallic closed layer in a second direction. The cross-sectional area of the core element is larger than the total cross-sectional area of the first and second metallic closed layers.