Factory for producing an elongated tension member, and method for constructing such a factory
AssigneeCabin Air Group B.V.
InventorRinze Jan Van Der Schuit
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Abstract
A factory for producing an elongated tension member has a buoyant body, which may be a ship with a hull and an upper deck, arranged to support at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member. The at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member has a feeder, a processing device and at least one end fitting device. The feeder is arranged to provide input material, such as at least one load bearing yarn and/or at least one load bearing wire and/or load bearing fibers. The processing device is arranged to wind and/or twist and/or bundle the input material provided by the feeder. The at least one end fitting device is arranged to provide the elongated tension member with a proximal end fitting and a distal end fitting.
Claims20
A factory for producing an elongated tension member, the factory comprising:
- at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member, the at least one apparatus comprising:
- a feeder arranged to provide input material, the input material comprising:
- at least one load bearing yarn, and/or
- at least one load bearing wire, and/or
- load bearing fibers;
- a processing device arranged to wind and/or twist and/or bundle the input material provided by the feeder;
- and
- at least one end fitting device arranged to provide the elongated tension member with a proximal end fitting and a distal end fitting;
- and
- a buoyant body arranged to support the at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member.
A method for constructing a factory for producing an elongated tension member, the method comprising:
- providing at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member, the at least one apparatus comprising:
- a feeder-arranged to provide input material, the input material comprising:
- at least one load bearing yarn, and/or
- at least one load bearing wire, and/or
- load bearing fibers;
- a processing device arranged to wind and/or twist and/or bundle the input material provided by the feeder;
- and
- at least one end fitting device arranged to provide the elongated tension member with a proximal end fitting and a distal end fitting;
- providing a buoyant body;
- and
- installing the at least one apparatus in or on the buoyant body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.