Reinforcing rope made of at least two different materials
AssigneeAKZO BM Arnhem, The Netherlands
InventorsWolfgang Weidenhaupt, Gunther Wepner, Peter Dismon, Mattheus G. Remijn
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Abstract
A composite reinforcing rope is made of a cylindrical core of twisted filaments of aromatic polyamides around which a plurality of steel wires of a rectangular configuration are coiled. The steel wires are wound side-by-side in one layer. Each wire is twisted around its own axis to such a degree that its broader side fully engages the periphery of the polyamide core. The edges of respective wires are rounded whereby the convex narrow dides of adjoining wires contact one another substantially along a line.
Claims19
A reinforcing rope comprising at least two components, a first component consisting of steel wires and the second component consisting of filaments of aromatic polyamides, the filaments forming a core around which the steel wires are coiled, each steel wire having a substantially rectangular cross-section defining opposite broad and narrow sides and having rounded corners, and the respective coiled steel wires being twisted along their longitudinal axes such that a broad side of each wire engages in a circumferential direction a corresponding peripheral portion of the core.
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