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2. Glider snatch pick-up - Wikipedia

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   When the hook engaged in the loop, the rope initially paid out from the winch, and then gradually, a brake was automatically applied until up to about 800 ft (244 m) of cable had been paid out. This, and the stretch in the nylon rope, reduced shock loading to less than 1 g for a duration of around 3 to 6 seconds, by which time the glider would ...

3. Come-along - Wikipedia

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   A come-along. A come-along, also known as a power puller, is a hand-operated winch with a ratchet used to pull objects. The drum is wrapped with wire rope.A similar tool that uses a nylon strap is used to straighten trees, as it straightens gradually over time, therefore not splitting the trunk.

4. Anchor - Wikipedia

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   Anchor winch, or windlass, on RV ... Being strong and elastic, nylon rope is the most suitable as an anchor rode. [46] Polyester (terylene) is stronger but less ...

5. Wire rope spooling technology - Wikipedia

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   In offshore applications, huge lengths of rope are often housed on drums. The anchor winches on Saipem's Semac 1 pipe laying barge, for example, each hold 2,800 metres of 76mm (3 inch) diameter wire rope in 14 layers. Saipem's Castorone, the world's largest pipe laying vessel uses a wire rope that is 3,850m long and 152mm in diameter. It weighs ...

6. Winch - Wikipedia

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   The winch consists of a gas-powered engine, spool, rope, frame, and sometimes a simple transmission. The person being towed walks (or swims) away from the winch, while extending the rope. When the winch is engaged, it pulls the boarder in at a speed ranging from 25 to 40 kilometres per hour (16 to 25 mph).

7. Toggle rope - Wikipedia

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   The toggle rope was also used by US Army Rangers [5] and Australia in the Vietnam War as the fibre rope assembly, single leg, polyester fibre, 1in circ. 9ft long [6] [7] Later variants of the nylon rope lacked the toggle and was 10mm x 4m long and was stored in a 1 ft long coil when stashed away. Modern day issued variants are the Platatac ...