AppendixD
STRAND
A plurality
of
round or
shaped wires
helicaUy laid
about
an axis.
STRANDER
A machine that lays wires
together helically to fonn a strand.
The elongation
of
a wire
rope under load.
SWAGED
FITTING
Fitting into which
wire rope can be inserted and then per-
manently attached
by cold pressing
(swaging) the shank that
encloses the
rope.
TAG
LINE
A small wire rope used to
prevent rotation
of
a load.
TAPERING
AND
WELDING
Reducing the diameter
of
a wire rope at
its end, and then welding the wires so as
to
facilitate reeving.
TIDMBLE
Grooved metal fitting to
protect the eye,
or
fastening
loop
of
a
wire rope.
TRACK
CABLE
On an aerial convey-
or
it is the suspended wire rope
or
strand
along which the carriers move.
TRACTION
ROPE
On
an aerial con-
veyor or haulage system
it
is the wire
rope that propels the carriages.
TRACTION
STEEL
ROPE
A specific
grade
of
wire rope.
TRAMWAY
An aerial conveying sys-
tem for transporting multipJe loads.
WARRINGTON
The name for a type
of
strand pattern that
is
characterized
by
having one
of
its wire layers (usually the
outer) made
up
of
an an-angement
of
alternately large and small wires.
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WEDGE
SOCKET
Wire rope fittings
in which the rope end is secured
by
a
wedge.
WHIPPING
A synonymous
tenn
for
SmZING.
Also. it has been suggested as
punishment for those who neglect the
cautionary rules in this publication.
WIRE
(ROUND)
A single, continuous
length
of
metal, with a circuhu cross
section that
is cold-drawn from rod.
WIRE
(SHAPED)
A single, continu-
ous length
of
metal with a non circular
cross
secti~)n
that is either cold-drawn
or
cold-roHed from rod.
WIRE
ROPE
A plurality
of
wire
strands helically laid about an axis.
WIRE
STRAND
CORE
(WSC)
A wire
strand used as the axial member
of
a
wire rope.
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