AppendixD
FERRULE
A metanic button, usually
cylindrical in shape, normally fastened
to a wire rope by swaging
but
sometimes
by spelter socketing.
FIBER
CENTER
Cord
or
rope
of
nat-
ural
or
synthetic fiber used as the axial
member
of
a strand.
FIBER
CORE
Cord
or
rope
of
natural
or
synthetic fiber used
as
the axial mem-
ber
of
a rope.
FILLER
WIRE
Small spacer wires
within a strand which help position and
support other wires. Also
the
name for
the type
of
strand pattern utilizing filler
wires.
FITTING An accessory attached to a
wire rope.
}i'LATTENED STRAND
ROPE
Wire
rope that is made either
of
oval
or
trian-
gular shaped strands in order to form a
tlattened rope sUlface.
FLEET
ANGLE That angle between
the rope's position at the extreme end
wrap
on
a drum, and a line drawn per-
pendicular to the axis
of
the drum
through the center
of
the nearest fixed
sheave.
GALVANIZED Zinc
<..:Oating
used on
wire for corrosion resistance.
GALVANIZED
ROPE
Wire rope
made up
of
strands
of
galvanized wire.
GALVANIZED STRAND Strand made
lip
of
galvanized wire.
GRADE Wire rope
or
strand classifica-
tion by strength and/or type
of
material,
i.e
..
Improved Plow Steel, Type 302
Stainless, etc.
It
does not imply a
strength
of
the basic wire used to meet
the rope's nominal strength.
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GRADES,
ROPE
Classification
of
wire rope by the wire's metallic compo-
sition and the rope's minimum breaking
force.
GROMMET
An
endless circle
or
ring
fabricated from one continuous length
of
strand or rope.
GROOVED DRUM Drum with a
grooved surface that accommodates the
rope and guides it for proper winding.
The groove may be helical or parallel.
GUY LINE Strand
or
rope, usually gal-
vanized, for stabilizing
or
maintaining a
structure
in
fixed position.
HAULAGE
ROPE
Wire rope used for
pulling movable devices such as cars
that roll on a track.
HAWSER Wire rope, usually galva-
nized, used for towing
or
mooring
marine vessels.
HOLDING LINE Wire rope on a
clamshell or orange peel bucket that sus-
pends the bucket while the closing line is
released to dump its load.
IDLER Sheave
or
roller used to guide
or
support a rope.
IMPROVED
PLOW
STEEL
ROPE
(IPS) A grade
of
wire rope.
INCLINE
ROPE
Rope used in the
operation
of
cars
on
an inclined haulage.
INDEPENDENT
WIRE
ROPE
CORE
(IWRC) A wire rope used as the axial
member
of
a Jarger wire rope.
INNER WIRES All wires
of
a strand
except the outer
or
cover wires.
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