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The common and useful type of end fitting for a wire rope is to turn the end back to form a loop. The loose end is then fixed back on the wire rope. Termination efficiencies vary from about 70% for a Flemish eye alone; to nearly 90% for a Flemish eye and splice; to 100% for potted ends and swagings. [citation needed]
This type of compressed sleeve is commonly used to make mechanical or conductive connections. These sleeves join or terminate wire rope, aircraft cable, synthetic cable, fibrous rope, or electrical conductor cables. Oval swaged sleeve
A towing sock or wire rope puller or wire pulling grip is a device that connects to the end of a cable, such as a power cable, in order to pull it through a tube or tunnel. [1] It works by tightening around the cable when pulled, in the same manner as a Chinese finger trap . [ 2 ]
The eye splice is a method of creating a permanent loop (an "eye") in the end of a rope by means of rope splicing. The Flemish eye is a type of circular loop at the end of a thread. There are several techniques of creating the eye with its knot tied back to the line, rope or wire. [3] [4]
Eye splice – A splice where the working end is spliced into the working part forming a loop. Ring splice – Attached the working end of a rope to a ring or clew. [6] Chain splice – Attached the working end of a rope to a chain. [7] Figure-eight "splice" knot – A splice-like bend knot used for joining two ropes.
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An Ashley stopper knot at the end of a line. A stopper knot is tied at the end of a rope to prevent the end from unraveling. It then functions like a whipping knot. A stopper knot is tied at the end of a rope to prevent the end from slipping through another knot, or passing back through a hole, block, or belay/rappel device. It then functions ...