6 Strand Wire Rope Eye Splice
A common method of splicing wire rope is the long splice in which the two rope ends to be spliced are overlapped a predetermined length and the complemental strands of the rope ends are severed at longitudinallyspaced points.
6 strand wire rope eye splice. Thornton streetferndale wa usa splice 6strand class the ropesteptape the rope 36 crowns from the endsteptape the core at six to eight inch intervals and lay it step length of 36 crowns plus length of eye l the monotype corporation plc data the monotype corporation plctype solutions inc 19901992 all rights regularversion 260 for swisscccl thornton. Eye splice in a three strand rope rope. In the animation the mark would be where the first tuck of the eye splice is to be threaded. It also forces you to buy your line in one of the available lengths.
This is what is known as a maori splice. We use heavy duty thimbles with all uni loc wire rope slings. A splice you put in yourself will be just as strong as one done by a professional rigger and splicing an eye into three strand rope is really very easy. Thimble and steel sleeve for 6 strand wire rope only.
In tightly laid or large diameter rope it may be difficult or impossible to pass each strand under the standing strand without a suitable tool. Really quick wire rope eye splice. Note that you can not feed this thimble through an identical. P classic classic twist oldtimer.
Uni loc flemish eye thimble splice. This is a handy trick if you ever find yourself in need of an eye in a wire rope and you don t have wire rope grips bulldog grips or the time or know how to make a proper splice. At least that was what i. Create the required size of loop and mark the rope.
In general wire rope refers to diameters larger than 3 8 inch. Sizes smaller than this are designated as cable or cords splicing a wire rope together is one way of making use of wire ropes that are either too short or too damaged to be used on their own or to form an eye to serve for example as a mooring cable. Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintai. The following have all worked for me under.
Eye splice for class 1 6 strand ropes. Putting in your own eye splice can be a better option. 287 78 the present invention relates to a wire rope pressed sleeve splice and to a method of making such a splice. All dock lines should have an eye splice in one end.