How to take care of synthetic fibres?

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How to take care of synthetic fibres?

Answer 1

Aramid,  nylon,  polyester,  polypropylene,  and polyethylene, in the descending order of strength are the synthetic fibers used to make line

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Synthetic  fiber  line  has  several  advantages  over manila.Because  of  the  characteristics  of  synthetic  line, safety precautions more explicit than those for manila line must be observed.

some of the more important safety  precautions  to  be  observed  are  listed  below:

  Because of the lower coefficient of friction of synthetic fiber line, exercise extreme care when a line is being payed out or eased from securing devices (bitts, cleats). For control in easing out, take two round turns and no more than two figure-eight bends. Any more than this will present danger to personnel and difficulty in handling the line. All lines on capstans and gypsy heads shall be payed out using power and never by surging.

Synthetic line has higher breaking strengths than equal sizes of manila line. Failures of blocks, pad eyes, shackles, and line couplings can be caused by improper substitutions.

Synthetic line has poor knot-holding character- istics. Some knots that offer good characteristics for securing manila line, such as the square knot, are not adequate for belaying or securing synthetic line.

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