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A
- A-FRAME
- ABANDONMENT & RECOVERY
- ABANDONMENT COSTS
- ABRASION
- ACCELERATION STRESS
- ACTUAL BREAKING FORCE
- ACTUAL BREAKING LOAD
- ADHESION (coating)
- ADJUSTABLE SOCKET
- AERIAL CONVEYOR
- AERIAL CRANE
- AGEING
- AGGREGATE BREAKING FORCE
- AGGREGATE BREAKING LOAD
- AHT
- AHV
- AHTSV
- AIR DRILLING
- AIR SPINNING
- AIRCRAFT CABLES
- ALBERT'S LAY
- ALTERNATE LAY
- ALTERNATE LAY (SPECIAL)
- ALUMOWELD
- ALUMINIZING (of wire)
- ANCHORAGE
- ANCHOR LINE
- ANODE
- ARMOR
- ARMOURED CABLE
- ASPHALTIC (lubricant)
- AXIAL STIFFNESS
B
- BACKSTAY (crane)
- BACKSTAY (bridge)
- BACK TWIST
- BACK TENSION
- BAIL
- BAIL SHEAVE
- BAILING LINE
- BALANCE ROPE
- BARGE
- BARREL AND DRUM HOOKS
- BASKET (ROPE)
- BASKET (SOCKET)
- BAUSCHINGER EFFECT
- BECKET
- BECKET LINE
- BECKET LOOP (rope)
- BEDDING (of a winch)
- BENDING FATIGUE
- BENDING RATIO
- BEND STIFFENER
- BENDING STIFFNESS
- BENDING STRESSES
- BENDING (REVERSE) TEST
- BENTONITE
- BICABLE
- BIGHT LOOP
- BIRDCAGE
- BITT
- BLACK ROPE WIRE
- BLOCK (hoisting)
- BLOCK STABILITY
- BLOCKING COMPOUND
- BLONDIN (aerial crane)
- BOBBIN
- BOLLARD
- BONDER (treatment)
- BOOM (crane structure)
- BOOM LINES
- BOOM PENDANT
- BOOM POINT SHEAVE (WHIP)
- BORAX
- BORRACCIA
- BRAIDED ROPES (STEEL)
- BRAIDED ROPES (FIBRE)
- BRAZING
- BREAKING FORCE (Ultimate)
- BREAKING FORCE (Aggregate)
- BREAKING LOAD (Ultimate)
- BREAKING LOAD (Aggregate)
- BRIDGE CABLE
- BRIDGE (wire rope clips)
- BRIDGE CRANE
- BRIDGE SOCKET
- BRIDGE WIRES
- BRIDLE SLING
- BRIGHT ROPE
- BRIGHT WIRE
- BRITTLENESS
- BRONZE ROPE
- BROOM (socketing)
- BROW SHEAVE
- BRUSH (socketing)
- BUCKET
- BULL PLUG
- BULL WHEEL
- BUNCHER (machine)
- BUNDLE (wire rope)
- BUTTON CONVEYOR ROPE
- BUTTON SOCKET
C
- CABLE (electro-mechanical)
- CABLE-BAND SEIZING
- CABLE CRANE
- CABLE FERRY
- CABLE-GRIP
- CABLE-LAID WIRE ROPE
- CABLE STAYED BRIDGE
- CABLE TOOL DRILLING
- CABLEWAY
- CABLING (block rotation)
- CALIBRATION (Test machine)
- CALIBRATION ROLLERS
- CALIPER
- CANTILEVER BRIDGE
- CAPEL
- CAPSTAN
- CARBON STEEL
- CARGO HOOK
- CAROUSEL REEL
- CARPENTER STOPPER
- CARRYING ROPE
- CASING LINE
- CASSETTE (rope compaction)
- CATLINE
- CAT WALK CABLE
- CATERPILLAR (tensioner)
- CATHODE
- CENTRE
- CENTRELESS STRAND
- CENTRE WIRE
- CERTIFICATE
- CHAFING GEAR
- CHAIN HOOK
- CHAIN
- CABLE FERRY
- CHAIN LINK
- CHAIN-ROPE SOCKET
- CHAIN TONGS
- CHANGE OF LAYER POINT
- CHINESE FINGER
- CHOKER (sling)
- CHOKER HOOK
- CHRISTMAS TREE (offshore)
- CIRCUMFERENCE (OF A ROPE)
- CLAMP (STRAND OR ROPE)
- CLAMP SOCKET
- CLAMSHELL BUCKET
- CLASS (wire rope)
- CLASS (wire)
- CLEARANCE (GAP)
- CLEVIS
- CLIP (STRAND OR ROPE)
- CLOSE WINDING (ON A DRUM)
- CLOSED SOCKET
- CLOSING LINE
- CLOSER OR CLOSING MACHINE
- COARSE-LAID ROPE
- COATING FLAW
- COIL (of wire, strand, rope)
- COMPACTING
- COMPACTING LEVEL
- COMPENSATING SHEAVE
- COMPETENT PERSON
- COMMON STRAND
- COMPARTMENT (reel)
- CONE (socket basket)
- CONE ANGLE (socket basket)
- CONICAL DRUM
- CONSTRUCTION (of a rope)
- CONSTRUCTIONAL STRETCH
- CONTACT ANGLE
- CONTAINER CRANE
- CONTINUOUS BEND
- CONTRA-LAY ROPE
- CONVEYOR ROPE
- CONVEYOR BELT
- CORKSCREW (rope damage)
- CORDAGE
- CORE
- CORE PROTRUSION
- CORING LINE
- CORROSION
- CORROSION FATIGUE
- CORROSION INHIBITOR
- CORRUGATION (rope damage)
- COTTON CENTRE
- COTTON CORE
- COUNTERWEIGHT ROPE
- COUPLING (rope accessories)
- COVER WIRES
- CR SOCKET
- CRACKER (drilling)
- CRADLE (reel)
- CRADLE (machinery)
- CRANE
- CREEP
- CREEP (ON DRUM)
- CROSS-LAY (ROPE OR STRAND)
- CROSSOVER (winch)
- CROSS-OVER WEAR
- CROWD ROPE
- CRAWLER CRANE
- CROWN WIRE
- CROWN WIRE BREAKS
- CRUSHING (rope deformation)
- CUT AND SLIP
- CUT IN (rope damage)
- CUSHIONED CORE
- CUTTING BACK
D
- DAISY SPLICE
- DAMPER
- DEAD END OF A ROPE
- DEADLINE (section of wireline)
- DEAD LINE (drilling)
- DEAD WEIGHT
- DECELERATION STRESS
- DEAD LOAD
- DEAD WRAPS (ON A DRUM)
- DEFLECTION ANGLE
- DEFLECTOR SHEAVE
- DEPTH OF A SHEAVE
- DERRICK (crane)
- DESIGN APPROVAL
- DESIGN DIAMETER
- DESIGN FACTOR
- DEMOUNTABLE REEL
- DIAMETER (OF A ROPE)
- DIAMETER (nominal)
- DIAMETER OVERSIZE
- DIAMETER RATIO
- DIAMOND WIRE
- DIE
- DIRECTIONAL WELL
- DISCARD CRITERIA
- DIVING BELL
- DMA winch
- DOG-LEG (rope damage)
- DOUBLE SEALE STRAND
- DRAGLINE
- DRAIN HOLE
- DRAWING
- DREDGING
- DRESSING
- DROP POINT
- DRUM
- DRUM ANCHORAGE
- DRUM FLANGE
- DRUM HOOK
- DRY DRAWING
- DRY LUBRICANT
- DUAL SINGLE LAYER DRUM
- DUMP ROPE
E
- EDGE ROOF CABLE
- EFFICIENCY (wire rope)
- EFFICIENCY (fitting)
- ELASTIC LIMIT
- ELECTRIC WINCH
- ELECTROMECHANICAL CABLE
- ELECTROPLATING
- ELEVATOR
- ELONGATION (Elastic)
- ELONGATION (at break)
- ELONGATION (After break)
- END CONNECTION
- END FITTING
- END STOPPER
- END TERMINATION
- ENDLESS SLING
- ENDLESS ROPE
- ENDLESS SPLICE
- EPIWRC
- EQUAL-LAY ROPE CONSTRUCTION
- EQUAL-LAY STRAND CONSTRUCTION
- EQUALIZER SHEAVE
- EQUALIZING THIMBLES
- EXTENSION
- EXTENSOMETER
- EXTRA-IMPROVED PLOW STEEL
- EXCAVATOR
- EYE BOLT
- EYE SPLICE
F
- FACTOR OF SAFETY
- FAIRLEAD
- FAIRLEADING
- FALL ROPE
- FATIGUE (OF WIRE ROPE)
- F.D.S.
- FENCE ROPE
- FERRIS WHEEL
- FERRULE
- FERRY ROPE
- FIBRE CENTRE
- FIBRE CORE
- FID (spike)
- FIEGE FITTING
- FILL FACTOR
- FILLER STRIP
- FILLER-WIRE STRAND
- FILLER SEALE STRAND
- FILLER WIRES
- FILLING MATERIAL
- FIST-GRIP CLIPS
- FITTING
- FLANGE
- FLARE (tower)
- FLAT DRUM
- FLAT ROPE
- FLAT RIBBON STRAND
- FLATTENED-STRAND ROPE
- FLEET ANGLE
- FLEMISH EYE
- FLOATING CRANE
- FLUX (metallurgy)
- FORK (socket)
- F.P.S.O.
- F.S.O.
- FRETTING CORROSION (General)
- FRETTING CORROSION (Rope)
- FRICTION HOIST
- FRICTION WINDING ROPE
- FUMIGATION
- FUNICULAR
G
- GALFAN
- GALVANIZED ROPE, STRAND or WIRE
- GANTRY CRANE
- GAP (CLEARANCE)
- GELLING
- GIRDER
- GRABBING CRANE
- GRADE of ROPE
- GRADES of ROPE (USA)
- GRAPNEL
- GREASE
- GRIP HOIST
- GRIPPING FORCE (cableways)
- GROMMET
- GROOVE (of a sheave/drum)
- GROOVE RATIO
- GROOVE GAUGE
- GROOVED CONE
- GROOVED DRUM
- GROUND CABLE
- GUIDE ROPE
- GUYS OR GUY LINES (wire ropes)
H
- H-BITT
- HALF-LOCKED COIL ROPE
- HAND LINE
- HANDLING (a wire rope)
- HAND STRAND CABLE
- HAND-TUCKED EYE SPLICE
- HANGER
- HARBOUR CRANE
- HAULAGE ROPE
- HAWSER ROPE
- HDPE
- HEAD ROPE
- HEAT RESISTANCE
- HEAVE COMPENSATOR
- HEAVY LUBRICANT
- HEMP
- HERCULES ROPE
- HERRINGBONE LAY
- HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT
- HIGH CARBON STEEL
- HIGH STRAND
- HITCH
- HOCKLE
- HOIST ROPE
- HOLDING LINE (excavator)
- HOOKING
- HOT DIP GALVANIZING
I
- I.A.B.S.E.
- IDLER (SHEAVE)
- IMPRINTS (of ropes on surfaces)
- IMPROVED PLOW STEEL
- INCLINE ROPE
- INCOLOY
- INDENTATION
- INDEPENDENT WIRE-ROPE CORE
- INNER END
- INNER WIRES
- INSERT
- INSPECTION PLAN
- INSTALLER (cableway installations)
- INTEGRAL SADDLE-AND-BOLT
- INTERNAL FRICTION
- IRON ROPE
- ISOLATION BUSHING AND WASHER
- IWRC
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L
- LADLE CRANE
- LAGGING (reel)
- LAGGING (drum)
- LANG-LAY ROPE
- LANGS LAY
- LANTERN (rope deformation)
- LASHING
- LAYER (strand and rope)
- LAYER (winch)
- LAYING REEL
- LAY ANGLE
- LAY DIRECTION
- LAY LENGTH
- LAY FACTOR
- LDA WINCH
- LEAD LINE
- LEBUS WINCH
- LEFT-LAY
- LEFT HAND LAY
- L.H.L.L.
- L.H.O.L.
- LEVEL WIND
- LEVER WINCH
- LIFE LINE
- LIFTING BEAM
- LIFTING POINT
- LIGHT LUBRICANT
- LINE (rope)
- LINE JOINT (rope)
- LINEAR WINCH
- LINING (sheave coating)
- LIVE LOAD
- LOAD-EXTENSION CURVE
- LOCKED-COIL ROPE
- LONG LAY STRAND
- LONG SPLICE
- LOOP SPLICE
- LOOSE WIRE
- LOOSE STRAND
- LOW-ROTATING WIRE ROPE
- LUBRICATION
- LUBRICATION AGENT
- LUFFING
M
- MAINTENANCE
- MAGNETIC ROPE TEST
- MANIFOLD
- MANILA
- MANTA ANCHOR
- MARBLE CUTTING ROPE
- MARLIN SPIKE
- MARTENSITE
- MASS FACTOR (Km)
- MAST CRANE
- M.B.F.
- MBF FACTOR: KR Nominal
- MBF FACTOR: KR actual
- MECHANICAL SPLICE
- MELTING POINT
- MESSENGER ROPE
- METAL POURED SOCKET
- MFP
- MICROBENDING
- MICROMETER
- MILD PLOW STEEL
- MILKING
- MINER'S RULE
- MINING ROPE
- MININUM BREAKING FORCE
- MININUM BREAKING LOAD
- MOBILE CRANE
- MOBILE LUBRICATOR
- M.O.D.U.
- MODULUS OF ELASTICITY
- MOLYBDENUM BISULPHITE
- MOLLY HOGAN (wire rope splice)
- MONEL
- MOON POOL
- MOORING
- MOORING LINE
- M.P.V.
- M.R.T.
- MULTIPLE-LAYER STRAND
- MULTIPLE-LAYER ROPE
- MULTIPLE-LAYER WINCH
- MULTIPLE-OPERATION
- MULTIPLE-PART REEVING
- MULTISTRAND ROPE
N
O
- OIL
- OIL (lubricant)
- O.I.T.A.F.
- O.I.P.E.E.C.
- ONE-OPERATION STRAND
- OPEN SPIRAL ROPE
- OPEN SOCKET
- OPEN WINDING (ON A DRUM)
- ORANGE-PEEL BUCKET
- ORDINARY-LAY ROPE
- ORKOT BUSHING
- OUTER END (winch/reel)
- OVAL STRAND
- OVAL-STRAND ROPE
- OVALIZATION (deformation)
- OVERHEAD CRANE
- OVERLOADING
- OVERSIZED GROOVE
- OVERSIZED ROPE
- OVERWIND ROPE
P
- PAD EYE
- PAD EYE (rope termination)
- PARALLEL LAID ROPE
- PARALLEL LAID STRAND
- PARALLEL WIRE STRAND
- PATENTED WIRE
- PATENTING (metallurgy)
- PAY-LOAD
- PC STRAND
- PEAR SOCKET
- PEDESTAL CRANE
- PEELING
- PEENING
- PEE WEE SOCKET
- PELICAN HOOK
- PENDANT LINK (or CABLE)
- PERLITE
- PERMANENT SERVING
- PETROLATUM
- PETROLEUM
- PHOSFATING
- PHOSPHOR BRONZE
- PICKLING
- PILE ANCHOR
- PILING
- PILING CRANE
- PIN (socket)
- PIN HOLE (reel)
- PIPE EFFECT (wire rope)
- PIPELINE
- PIPELAYING SHIP
- PITCH (Lay)
- PITCH (Grooves)
- PITCH DIAMETER (sheave)
- PITCH DIAMETER (strand)
- PITTING CORROSION
- PLAIN OR SINGLE BENDING
- PLASTER
- PLASTIC COATED ROPE
- PLASTIC CORE
- PLASTIC IMPREGNATED ROPE
- PLATFORM (offshore)
- PLOUGH
- PLOW STEEL
- PLUG (fiege fitting)
- POINT SHEAVE
- POISSON RATIO
- POLYAMIDE
- POLYMER FIBRE
- POLYAMIDS (aromatic)
- POLYESTER
- PONTOON
- POPPED CORE
- POST-FORMING
- POURED FITTING
- PREECE TEST
- PRE-FABRICATED STRAND
- PRE-FORMING
- PRE-FORMED STRANDS
- PRE-FORMED ROPE
- PRE-FORMED WIRES
- PRESSED FITTING
- PRESSURE LUBRICATOR
- PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRAND
- PRESTRESSING (a wire rope)
- PRESTRETCHING (a wire rope)
- PROOF-LOADING
- PULLEY
- PURSING WIRE
- PWRC
- PWS
R
- RADIAL STIFFNESS
- RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING
- RATED CAPACITY
- RECOVERY ROPE
- REEL
- REEVED EYE
- REEVING
- REFERENCE BENDING (cableways)
- REFERENCE POINT
- REGULAR-LAY ROPE
- RELAXATION (wire rope)
- RELOCATION (of a rope portion)
- RE-LUBRICATION (of a wire rope)
- RESIDUAL TORQUE
- RESIN (socket)
- RESIN POURED SOCKET
- RETENTION SYSTEM
- RETRACT ROPE
- REVERSE BENDING
- REVERSE LAY
- REVOLVING CRANE
- RIG (machine)
- RIGHT HAND LAY
- R.H.L.L.
- R.H.O.L.
- RIGHT LAY
- RISER STRIP
- RISER
- RISER TENSIONER
- ROLLER CHAIN
- ROLLERS
- ROPE CONSTRUCTION
- ROPE GRADE
- ROPE INDICATOR
- ROPE SIGNATURE
- ROPE UNTWISTING
- ROTARY DRILLING
- ROTARY DRILLING LINE
- ROTATION FACTOR
- ROTATION-RESISTANT ROPE
- ROUND-STRAND ROPE
- ROUND-WIRE TRACK STRAND
- R.O.V.
- RUNNING ROPE
- RUST (oxidation)
S
- S-HOOK
- S-LAY (pipelay vessel)
- SADDLE (wire rope clips)
- SADDLE (SUPPORT)
- SAFETY CLIP
- SAFETY FACTOR
- SAFE WORKING LOAD (SWL)
- SAG (rope type)
- SAG
- SAND LINE
- SASH CORD
- SCRUBBING (rope damage)
- SCUFFING (rope damage)
- SEALING (socket)
- SEALE STRAND CONSTRUCTION
- SEALE-WARRINGTON STRAND
- SEALE FILLER STRAND
- SECONDARY BENDING
- SEIZE (rope)
- SEIZING WIRE
- SEIZING (SERVING) MALLET
- SEMISUBMERSIBLE VESSEL
- SERVE (rope)
- SERVING (a wire rope)
- SETUP (rope production)
- SEWING WIRE (for flat ropes)
- SHACKLE
- SHAPED WIRE
- SHEAR STRESS
- SHEATING (wire rope coating)
- SHEAVE
- SHEAVE GROOVE GAUGE
- SHOCK LOAD
- SHOE (rope protection)
- SHORT SPLICE
- SHOVEL
- SIGNAL ROPE
- SINGLE-LAYER ROPE
- SINGLE-LAYER STRAND
- SINGLE-OPERATION STRAND
- SINGLE-PART LINE
- SINKING ROPE
- SISAL
- SKIP (mine)
- SKY CRANE
- SLACK WIRE
- SLACK STRAND
- SLEEVE (swage fitting)
- SLEW (crane)
- SLING
- SLING, BRAIDED
- SLIPPING FORCE
- SMOOTH-COIL TRACK STRAND
- SMOOTH-FACED DRUM
- S:N CURVE
- SNAP HOOK
- SOCKET
- SOCKET BODY (wedge socket)
- SOCKETER
- SOCKET WINGS
- SOCKETING
- SOCKETING TOWER
- SOLID POLYMER CORE
- SOLID THIMBLE
- SPAN (bridge)
- SPAR (offshore platform)
- SPIKE (rope splicing)
- SPINDLE (spooler)
- SPINNING LOSS
- SPIRAL GROOVE
- SPLASH ZONE
- SPIRAL ROPE
- SPIRAL STRAND
- SPLICING
- SPOOLER
- SPOOLING
- SPREADER BAR
- SPRING-LAY ROPE
- STAGE SINKING ROPE
- STANDING ROPE
- STARTER STRIP (reel)
- STATIC BENDING
- STAYED BRIDGE
- STEARATE
- STELMOR
- STERN ROLLER
- STIFFENER (rubber sleeve)
- STINGER (pipelay)
- STIRRUP (bridge socket)
- STOCKBRIDGE
- STONE CUTTING ROPE
- STONE SAWING STRAND
- STORAGE WINCH
- STRAIGHTENING ROLLERS
- STRAND
- STRAND CENTRE
- STRAND CORE
- STRANDED ROPE
- STRANDER
- STRANDING MACHINE
- STRANDING MACHINE Tubular
- STRANDING MACHINE Planetary
- STRANDING MACHINE Single twist
- STRANDING MACHINE Double twist
- STRANDING LOSS
- STRAP (lashing)
- STRENGTH
- STRESS
- STRESS CORROSION
- STRESS RELIEVING
- STRESS-STRAIN CURVE
- STICKY (lubricant)
- STITCHING (flat rope)
- STROKE (of heavy compensator)
- STRUCTURAL STRAND
- SUCTION PILE
- SURFACE LIFT
- SURFACE MINING
- SWAB (drilling)
- SWAB (well completion)
- SWAGE
- SWAGED FITTING
- SWAGED ROPE
- SWAGING Rope
- SWING FERRY
- SWIVEL
T
- TACKLE (hoisting device)
- TAGLINE (hoisting)
- TAKE-UP (device)
- TAIL (splicing)
- TAPERED AND WELDED END
- TAPERED DRUM
- TARPAULIN
- TELESCOPIC MOBILE CRANE
- TEMPERING
- TENSILE FAILURE
- TENSILE TEST
- TENSILE STRENGTH
- TENSIONER
- TENSION LEG PLATFORM
- TENSION ROPE
- TENSION-TENSION FATIGUE
- TENSIONING DEVICE
- TENSOSTRUCTURE
- TERMINATION
- TEST HEAD
- TEX (unit of measure)
- THIMBLE
- THOROUGH EXAMINATION
- THREADED PLUG
- TIBETAN BRIDGE
- TIE BACK STRAND
- TIED ARCH BRIDGE
- TILLER ROPE
- TIMBER
- TIRFOR
- TORQUE
- TORQUE-BALANCED ROPE
- TORQUE FACTOR
- TORSION TEST
- TORSIONAL MOMENT
- TORSIONAL STIFFNESS
- TOWER CRANE
- TOWERS (bridge)
- TOWING
- TOWLINE
- TRA winch
- TRACK ROPE (STRAND)
- TRACTION ROPE
- TRACTION STEEL
- TRACTION WINCH
- TRAINING (of a wire rope)
- TRAMWAY
- TRIANGULAR-STRAND ROPE
- TRAWL WARP
- TRAWLER ROPE
- TROLLEY (of a crane)
- TROT LINE
- TRUCK ROPE
- TURNBUCKLE
- TUCK
- TURN-BACK POINT
- TWISTED WIRE-ROD GRIP
U
W
- WAVINESS
- WARRINGTON STRAND
- WARRINGTON-SEALE STRAND
- WAX
- WEAR
- WELL LOGGING
- WELL INTERVENTION
- WELDED AND TAPERED
- WELDED EYE
- WET DRAWING
- WHIPPING VIBRATION
- WHIPPING
- WHIP POINT SHEAVE
- WHIP LINE
- WHITE METAL (socketing)
- WIDE BODY SHACKLE
- WINCH
- WINDING ROPE
- WIRE
- WIRE DRAWING
- WIRE ROD
- WIRE ROPE
- WIRELINE
- WIRE-STRAND CORE
- WORKING LOAD
- WORKING TENSION
- WORN SHEAVE GAUGE
- WRAP (WINDING) ANGLE
- WRAP
- WRAP TEST
- WRAPPING