Re: [MV] Winch Cable
Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 20:56:40 -0800 (PST)
---jonathon wrote:
>
> >..... Also the wire rope there are generally
> >two types American made wire core rope and foreign made rope core
cables.
>
> Not sure about that. One of my customers is a rigger. They use
fibre core
> cable for some applications and I know they never buy foriegn stuff.
>
>
> >There is quite a difference in price and also in performance in
winching in
> >that the wire core wears better than a fiber core.
>
> The rigger guy calls the fibre core wire rope 'ski rope', as it (in
larger
> sizes I'm sure) is used for ski lifts. The fibre core offers no
strength to
> the rope but has something to do with giving the splice a place to
go (I
> assume the fibre part is removed in the location of the splice) so
that
> there is no change in outside diameter of the cable, or so I'm told.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I was told that the rope core had something to do with the cable
"assembly's" ability to absorb shock loads as the cable will shrink in
diameter when loaded and the rope core takes the shock better than a
steel core.
Joe F.
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