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A mooring line is described as being 6x24, 1-3/4 inch wire rope. What do the above numbers refer to?

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A mooring line is described as being 6x24, 1-3/4 inch wire rope. What do the above numbers refer to?

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• Wire rope construction notation (what each number group means) • Difference between strands, wires, and diameter in wire rope • How wire rope size is normally specified in the maritime industry

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• Think about what part of the rope the first number (6) is likely to describe: is it individual wires, groups of wires, or something else? • Consider what the second number (24) usually counts in a wire rope construction: are we usually counting strands again, or smaller elements within the strands? • Ask yourself how 1-3/4 inch is normally used when ordering or describing wire rope on a vessel: are you talking about thickness, length, or something like circumference?

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• Be clear on the difference between strand vs wire in a wire rope: which is the larger unit? • Remember that wire rope size in inches in deck operations is typically given as diameter, not circumference. • Eliminate any option that mixes terms not normally used in wire rope description (for example, yarns are more common in fiber line than wire rope).

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Question 1 of 20

A mooring line is described as being 6x24, 1-3/4 inch wire rope. What do the above numbers refer to?

Strands, wires, diameter

Strands, circumference, wires

Strands, yarns, circumference

Wires, yarns, diameter

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A mooring line is described as being 6x24, 1-3/4 inch wire rope. What do the above numbers refer to?

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A mooring line is described as being 6x24, 1-3/4 inch wire rope. What do the above numbers refer to?

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