THE FDNY has been rope-burned – spending years evaluating rescue ropes but taking no action, then rushing to judgment on a device that failed during testing last week, critics charge. The department ...

Strength testing of ropes is extremely difficult as they have a tendency to break suddenly and unexpectedly. Due to their explosive nature, a suitable measurement system is required that can directly ...

A ballyhooed rope- and-harness safety device distributed to city firefighters just last week has already been suspended from use – after one of the lines used in the survival gear frayed during a ...

Greenlee, part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, released its new HDE RT-10 rope tester, offering crews a portable and easy way to test a rope’s dielectric strength in the field. The RT-10 ...

The science pros at TKOR test how strong rope made entirely from old VHS tapes really is, combining recycling, tension, and ...

This video illustrates the tensile strength testing of a consumer-grade rope carried out using the Admet's eXpert 7603 universal testing machine. The tensile rope grips are modeled in such a way that ...

Leading deepwater rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division has invested Euro 2M in a synthetic fibre rope test machine that, for the first time, will enable naval architects to run 'what ...

RopeQ uses electromagnetic technology to assess the inner and outer wires and strands of a wire rope. Konecranes, a manufacturer and servicer of overhead cranes and other lifting equipment, has ...

Rosetti Marino, a turnkey builder of oil platforms and service vessels for the offshore sector, has chosen a Lankhorst LankoForce rope for bollard pull testing for its new platform supply vessels (PSV ...