. Strength and other properties of wire rope. . 4inches were tested in the1 150 000-pound Emerymachine of the Bureau at The specimen is clamped as shown and molten zinc poured t . into mold at upper end. The finished socket is shown at W aSfringtOn. lowerend A diagrammatic sketch of a cable in position in the 600 000-pound machine is given inFig. 6 to indicate the methods pursued in making tests. This isalso typical of the method used with the 100 000-pound ma-chine, except that the split blocks were used, as previouslydescribed, for convenience in handling and inserting the speci-mens in the
. Strength and other properties of wire rope. . 4inches were tested in the1 150 000-pound Emerymachine of the Bureau at The specimen is clamped as shown and molten zinc poured t . into mold at upper end. The finished socket is shown at W aSfringtOn. lowerend A diagrammatic sketch of a cable in position in the 600 000-pound machine is given inFig. 6 to indicate the methods pursued in making tests. This isalso typical of the method used with the 100 000-pound ma-chine, except that the split blocks were used, as previouslydescribed, for convenience in handling and inserting the speci-mens in the machine. Power was applied at the slower speeds during the earlierloadings. This gives an opportunity for the strands and wiresto properly bed upon one another during the application of the 5 A description of the methods of preparation and tests of the cables of 2 to 3><-inch diameters is givenin Engineering Record, 74, p. 81; July 15, I Fig. 5.—Alignment apparatus Tests of Wire Rope 21 loads. The speed was decreased a little after the earlier power was then removed, when strain measurements weretaken. Proximity to the breaking load was usually indicated
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