Introduction

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Synthetics Steel  

Aramid

Kevlar

 

Polyester is a synthetic material that has already been used for several years in the mooring industry. Polyester rope is considered  to be reliable due to its good fatigue endurance and has a good price quality ratio.

 

Polyester ropes are suitable for deepwater moorings for expected lifetimes of 20 years and that their potential fatigue performance is at least as good as spiral strand steel wire rope.

 

Polyester ropes do not lose strength when wet and are generally stronger than nylon in wet condition. Thus polyester ropes are now supplanting nylon in many critical conventional marine applications and are good candidates for deep water mooring systems.

 

For deep water applications deep rope polyester is used. Deep rope polyester is a so-called parallel core construction. This construction consists of three parts, namely the core elements, sand and mud barrier and the cover.

Polyamide

Nylon

Polyethylene

Dyneema

Polyester

 

Polypropylene

 

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