IN SEARCH FOR PROTECTION Protection sleeves for ROPES

IN SEARCH FOR PROTECTION Protection sleeves for ROPES & SLINGS

Today’s available protection products § For ropes: § Sleeves and fabrics in polypropylene, polyamide, polyester. § With or without Polyurethane coatings § For slings: § Light sleeves (type “firehose”) § Polyester sleeves § Polyurethane coatings and -sleeves

Today’s product performances § Type Firehose-sleeves: very poor § Polyester & similar sleeves: O. K. for standard ropes § P. U. -sleeves and coatings: § good cut-, poor abrasion resistance § make slings very unmanageable

Why is upgrading indispensable ? § to achieve optimum protection for High Performance ropes § to guarantee safety for soft slings and lashing § to maintain “easy-handling”-soft slings

Let’s think about solutions § the worlds’ strongest fibre § manufacturer of special fabrics § experience on targeted markets

State of the play § § § Prototype A (polyester): § very solid fabric § good abrasion resistance Prototype B (Dyneema®): § strongest material § very solid fabric § very good abrasion resistance § very good cut resistance Further possible tracks: § protection against chemicals § protection against heat

Road Map § I. Lab test Programme § II. Field test programme § III. Evaluation & optimisation § IV. Marketing

I. Lab test programme Tested products in the market § § § Chafe Gear H. D. Nylon sleeve Samson Chafe Gear Progard Dyneema sleeve Samson Cordura sleeve Samson Polyester sleeve Spanset PVC sleeve Technotex Deltaweb fabric Bexco Special roundsling cover-fabric Technotex Polyester braided sleeve Van Beelen Secutex sleeve Spanset Triton sleeve Marathon Zylon sleeve Marathon

Examples of existing products Chafe gear Progard Secutex PET sleeve

I. Lab test programme Prototype products § our newly developed polyester-sleeve § § § without P. U. -coating with P. U. -coating our newly developed Dyneema-sleeve § § without P. U. -coating with P. U. -coating

I. Lab test programme Test series § Abrasion test § Saw test § Cut test § Tear-strength performance

Test equipment – abrasion test

Test equipment – saw test

Test equipment – Cut test

I. Lab test programme Results

I. Lab test programme Results

I. Lab test programme Results

I. Lab test programme Results

I. Lab test programme Results

I. Lab test programme Conclusions § Newly developed polyester-sleeve exceeds all standard products by far. § Newly developed Dyneema-sleeve exceeds all products: § abrasion test: by factor 5 to 10 § saw test: by factor 15 to 50, and more § cut test: by factor 1, 5 to 2, and more § “tear”strength-performance: up to factor 6 (only Chafe Gear Dyneema-sleeve achieves comparable result)

II. Field test programme § At Samson § At Marlow § At Technotex § At Nova-Hessenatie § At Brachot-Hermant

III. Evaluation and optimisation § Lab tests and first field test are more than promising! § Further optimisation, in close cooperation with customers and end-users § Resulting in market-ready solutions

IV. Marketing § “In search for protection”, was our mission § “Let’s think about solutions”, our motto § “To succeed”, remains our target. To be continued …. .