Much attention from researchers and designers has been focused, over the years, on the essential requirement that toad from a wire rope is transferred safely and efficiently to an adjacent load bearing element. The original survey 1 refers to a number of papers which describe types of end attachments and the variety of zinc and other alloy materials used in the conical (usually) sockets of terminations. Early work en polyester resin as a socketing medium Is reported by Tye 89. The development work of Dodd 90 showed that bonding forces between wire and resin are less important than the wedging action within the socket. The preferred resin type is polyester based with a silica filler since cure times are longer than for epoxide resins and higher temperature dependence also makes for better control.
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