Abstract:
A cable adapted to transmit torque in rigging or furling a sail of a boat includes a core having at least one termination end and a bight, and at least one layer of fiber wound around the core, wherein a fiber in a portion of the fiber layer disposed over a center portion of the bight has a first pitch angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the core and wherein a fiber in a portion of the fiber layer disposed over the at least one termination end has a second pitch angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the core. The fiber layer includes a transition zone disposed between the at least one termination end and the center portion, wherein a fiber in the transition zone has an orientation that transitions from the first pitch angle to the second pitch angle.
Abstract:
A combined cable comprising a core cable of high-strength synthetic fibers, which take the form of a twisted bundle of monofilaments or a plurality of twisted bundles of monofilaments, and comprising an outer layer of steel wire strands, is characterized in that the bundle or bundles of monofilaments is or are stretched, with a reduction in diameter, and held in this state by a sheathing, in particular a braided sheathing. The extension under strain of the core cable under load is thereby reduced, so that the load distribution between the cross section of steel and the cross section of synthetic material of the cable improves.
Abstract:
A method for producing a steel cord from 3 to 6 steel filaments on which a coating is applied to retain the adhesion to a rubber, the steel cord being destined for use to reinforce a rubber product having a flat section, comprising the following steps of preforming steel filaments at a ratio of more than 120% by twisting them together to form an open-structure steel cord; and passing the steel cord through a flattening apparatus provided at each of outlet and inlet thereof with a roller having a groove formed in the center of the circumference thereof, and between the inlet and outlet rollers with at least a roller of which the circumferential surface is flat, to repeatedly bend the steel cord vertically or horizontally.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for transporting and dispersing solid particles into the earth's stratosphere, comprising a conduit connecting a substantially ground level location to an elevated location, a particle transport means, and a deagglomeration means coupled with a dispersal means, wherein the deagglomeration means and dispersal means are located at an elevated location, and to a method of transporting particles of high refractive index into the stratosphere as well as to an aircraft and to a cloud thus formed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for transporting and dispersing solid particles into the earth's stratosphere, comprising a conduit connecting a substantially ground level location to an elevated location, a particle transport means, and a deagglomeration means coupled with a dispersal means, wherein the deagglomeration means and dispersal means are located at an elevated location, and to a method of transporting particles of high refractive index into the stratosphere as well as to an aircraft and to a cloud thus formed.
Abstract:
A wire rope is constructed so that the twisting moment generated in the rope per unit load decreases from one end of the rope to the other . This is accomplished by varying the length of lay along the rope.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a combined cable having a core cable made of high-strength plastic fibers present as a twisted monofilament bundle or a plurality of twisted monofilament bundles, and having an external layer of steel wire strands, characterized in that the monofilament bundle or bundles is or are stretched to reduce the diameter and held in a cladding, particularly braided cladding, in this state. The strain of the core cable under load is thus reduced, so that the load distribution between the steel cross-section and the plastic cross-section of the cable is improved. In the same sense, in reverse, in order to have the strain behavior of the strand layer approach that of the core cable, the cable has an intermediate layer made of an elastic plastic, in which the steel wire strands are pressed at a distance from each other, such that the external layer stretches under load and contracts radially.
Abstract:
A steel cord (20, 30) has two ends and comprises steel filaments (32). At least some of the steel filaments (32) are twisted along the length of the steel cord (20, 30) - except for a local region (26, I) at at least one of the two ends - with a cord lay length L c . The steel cord (20, 30) is additionally cold twisted in said local region (26, I) so that locally the at least some of the steel filaments (32) have a lay length that is less than 60% of the cord lay length L c in order to avoid flare / fraying and to facilitate further processing. A corresponding method is disclosed, too.
Abstract:
Kern-Mantel-Seil (1) mit einem Kern (2) aus einem oder mehreren Strängen (3,4) von lasttragendem textilen Material, wobei das Seil zwei Enden (5,6) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Seil von zumindest einem seiner Enden (5,6) weg einen Abschnitt (A, A') aufweist, in welchem das Seil eine höhere dynamische Leistung nach EN1891A:1998 aufweist als im restlichen Verlauf des Seiles und in welchem der Kern eine größere Menge an lasttragendem textilen Material aufweist als im restlichen Verlauf des Seiles.