BRIDGE
CABLE
Rope
or
The
all-metallic wire rope
or
strand used as the and sus-
on a
BRIDGE
SOCKET
A wire rope
or
strand end lermination rnade
of
forged
or
cast steel that is with baskets--
bolts
--
for securing
rope ends, There are two
j)
the
closed type has a U-bolt with
or
without
a
in
the U
of
the bolt, and 2) the
open
has
t'lvo
eye-bolts and a pin.
BRIDLE
SUNG.
A wire rope
BRIGHT
ROPE
Wire rope fabricated
from
wires that
an~
not coated,
nULL
WHEEl,
A term
10
a
wire rope SHEAVE, e.g.,
tbe sheaves at the
end
of
a ski lift.
BurTON
CONVEYOR ROPE Wire
rope
to which buttons
or
discs are
attached
at
material as in a
intervals
to
move
CABLE
J\,
term
aVI~WC,U.
to wire
rope.
wire strand
and
electrical conduc-
tors.
CABLE~LAID
WIRE ROPE A
of
wire rope
of
several wire
ropes laid into a si.ngle wire rope 6
x
42
)(
6 x tiller rope).
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TOOL
nRILUNG
LINE
The
wire rope used to
tools in the cable tool
rope
the
method
CASING
LINE
Wire rope used to
install oil well casings.
CATENARY
A curve formed
by
a
strand
or
wire rope when supported hori-
zontally between
two
fixed points, e.g.,
the main spans on a suspension bridge.
CENTER
The
axial
member
of
a strand
about
which the wires are laid.
CHANGE
OF
LAYER
POINT
That
point in the traverse
of
a rope across the
face
of
the drum where
it
reaches the
flange, reverses direction
and
begins
forming the next layer. Also referred to
as the
drum
cross-over
or
TURN-BACK
POINT.
CHOKER
ROPE
A short wire rope
sling that forms a
slip noose around an
object that is to be
moved
or
lifted.
CIRCUMFERENCE
Measured
perimeter
of
a circle that circumscribes
either the wires
of
a strand,
or
the
strands
of
a wire
mpe.
CLASSIFICATION
Gmup,
or
family
designation based
on
wire
mpe
construc-
tions with
common
strengths
and
weights listed under the broad designa-
tion.
CLEVIS
See
SHACKLE.
CLIP
Fitting for clamping two parts
of
wire rope to each other.
CLOSED
SOCKET
A wire rope
end
termination consisting
of
basket and baiJ
made integral.
system
CLOSER
A machine that lays strands
a sus- around a core to form rope.
Wire
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