Phillystran announces the Ultra 12 Dyneema and Dura 12 polyester pulling lines for stringing line equipment during transmission cable installation. Said to be easier to splice and stronger than other ...

This announcement comes after Applied Fiber successfully installed the mining industry’s first synthetic fiber main pendant cables on a Marion 8200 dragline for Cloud Peak Energy. “Following thousands ...

Professional riggers are consummate tinkerers: Put a length of rope in their hands, and they’ll immediately start thinking of ways to splice it, strip it, taper it, and ultimately avoid using any sort ...

New materials and technologies, for example, synthetic fibres and automatic rope adjustment technology, are changing the way that ropes and winches are designed. Laura Hatton reports... There has been ...