Friday, July 8, 2016

Big Steel Rope

John W. Coke posted
I'm trying to imagine how this rope would be used. Is it going to be wound onto a winch? It would take a BIG winch to hold that rope.

Update: OK, this gives me a clue as to how these ropes can be used. But I do wish I could see a picture of what those hooks are attached to and what they would lift.

Ahmad Akhras posted

Here is another example of something big enough to need big steel ropes --- a ring crane.

Screenshot from video





Where did that big piece of metal come from that they crimped on the end of the splice?



Science Channel Impossible Engineering, S3 E3, World's Biggest Ship @ 51:32: In 1831, mining engineer Wilhelm Albert invented steel rope for mine hoists because chains were too dangerous. The continual up and down movement of the chain caused metal fatigue link failures. And it took only one link to fail to cause a dramatic crash.

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