Low slip splice
AssigneeDsm IP Assets B.V.
InventorsHans Schneiders, Karel Jozef Wetzels, Michael Hubertus Helena Meuwissen
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Abstract
A rope system (10, 20) comprising a splice structure (12, 22) with an intact portion (23) comprising at least 8 intact strands (32, 34), and a disassembled portion (26) comprising at least 4 loose strands (30), wherein the intact portion (23) is a braid of at least 4 S oriented (32) and at least 4 Z oriented intact strands (34), wherein at least one loose strand (30) of the disassembled portion (26) passes under and over intact strands (32, 34) of the intact portion (23), and at least one loose strand (30) passes under at least one X-tuck (38) of intact strands (32, 34). By this means the splice length can be minimized resp. slippage of the splice at high loads can be avoided.
Claims30
A rope system comprising a splice structure, wherein the splice structure comprises:
- an intact portion comprising at least 8 intact strands, and
- a disassembled portion comprising at least 4 loose strands, wherein
- the intact portion is a braid of at least 4 S-oriented intact strands and at least 4 Z-oriented intact strands, wherein the braid comprises X-tucks of intact strands which comprise at least one of the S-oriented intact strands and at least one of the Z-oriented intact strands, respectively, and wherein
- at least one of the loose strands of the disassembled portion passes under and over intact strands of the intact portion such that the at least one loose strand passes at least once under and at least once over at least one first X-tuck and at least one second X-tuck of intact strands, respectively.
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