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Title:
HYBIRID ROPE OR HYBRID STRAND
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/160139
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A hybrid rope (40) or a hybrid strand (50) comprising a core element (42, 52), a first (44, 54) and a second (46, 56) metallic closed layer surrounding said core element (42, 52). The core element (42, 52) includes a bundle of synthetic yarns. The first metallic closed layer (44, 54) includes a plurality of first strands of wires helically twisted together with the core element (42, 52) in a first direction. The second metallic closed layer (46, 56) includes a plurality of second wires or strands helically twisted together with said core element (42, 52) and said first metallic closed layer (44, 54) in a second direction. The cross-sectional area of the core element (42, 52) is larger than the total cross-sectional area of the first (44, 54) and second (46, 56) metallic closed layers. A corresponding method of producing such a hybrid rope or hybrid strand is also disclosed.

Inventors:
AMILS XAVIER (BE)
DURMUS BESTE (BE)
SMEETS PAULUS JOHANNES HYACINTHUS MARIE (NL)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2013/057834
Publication Date:
December 19, 2013
Filing Date:
April 15, 2013
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Assignee:
BEKAERT SA NV (BE)
DSM IP ASSETS BV (NL)
International Classes:
D07B1/06
Foreign References:
EP0293263A11988-11-30
US3977174A1976-08-31
Other References:
DATABASE WPI Week 197848, Derwent World Patents Index; AN 1978-86940A, XP002685035
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MESSELY, Marc (Zwevegem, BE)
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