US 9,803,316 B2 · Method and device for producing a rope

Abstract

A method and device for producing a rope, in particular a wire rope, a fiber rope or a rope having wire and fibers, wherein the rope is provided with a marking during the stranding thereof. The marking is changed during the stranding operation. Expediently, during stranding, the marking is provided successively with details characterizing the stranding progress. The details include production parameters, for example information relating to the length of the rope already formed, about raw materials used, the stranding speed and/or the current stranding time. The details are provided on a wire, a wire strand and/or a marking strand, wherein the details are printed on the wire, the wire strand or the marking strand or are embossed in the wire, the wire strand or the marking strand, and/or chips, preferably radio chips, are arranged in the rope.

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Dependent claims

A method for producing a rope, comprising the steps of:

stranding the rope;
providing the rope with a marking as the rope is being stranded;
changing the marking during the stranding process;
providing the marking with a succession of codes characterizing progress of the stranding;
and providing the codes on at least one of a wire, a wire strand, a fiber strand, and a marking strand, wherein the wire, the wire strand, the fiber strand, or the marking strand passes in a straight line through the rope and is next to a core rope passing in a straight line through the rope.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and device for producing a rope

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Method and device for producing a rope

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Abstract

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