Rope splicing is a passion.It is a demanding technical manual work, in which precise procedures must be followed for specific types of ropes. Different type of rope means different construction - hollow braid ropes, double braid ropes with a braided core and braided cover, kernmantle ropes. Different rope = different number of strands, materials (polyamide, polyester, dyneema, vectran, aramid, ...), if the core is braided or if it has parallel threads - all of these these affects a lot of splicing procedure details. Exact adherence to the work procedure is decisive for the strength of the spliced eye.
SKYMAN.CZ - we splice the ropes for arboriculture, rope access, forestry, rescue operations and sailing.
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We are a distributor of specialized equipment for rope splicing. D-SPLICERandSELMA
If you are dedicated to this beautiful specialized activity yourself, we can offer you the best equipment, which every splicer needs.
Comment: Splicer is a person who splice the ropes. Splice = eye termination of the rope
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It is a specialized program with accreditation and subsequent certification, which is organized and guaranteed by the number one synthetic manufacturer andTeufelbergersteel ropes, on whose ropes you may unknowingly travel by cable car during skiing adventures in many places in the Alps and elsewhere. As part of this program, our Teufelberger Tachyon and drenaLINE cable ties are annually tested in the Austrian TÜV cable laboratories. Here you can find a list ofTeufelberger spLIFE PROGRAMpartners.
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Why splice termination?
The goal of splicing is to end the rope with an eye.The spliced eye has 2 main advantages:
1. SIZE- The eye is small - the size compared to the end of the rope with a knot is a benefit that everyone can imagine. Where you cannot get the rope with the knot into the pulley, ring or other element (for example arborist abseiling brakes), has a rope with a spliced eye for smooth passage. Also compared to a sewn eye, i.e. a rope with an eye created by machine stitching, the permeability of a rope with a spliced eye is significantly higher. (The diameter of the spliced eye is only slightly larger than the diameter of the rope itself.)
2. STRENGTH-A knot reduces the strength of the rope by approximately 50 %- it should be noted that each knot has a different effect on reducing strength. But for simplicity and visualization: in a rope knot there is a "break" of the rope over the rope and a "cutting" of the fibers in the knot with a melting load. Therefore, the strength of the rope is significantly reduced with each knot. It is possible to find a large amount of information on this topic, so we will not elaborate on it here. Spliced eye has the fibers of the braid and the core (in the case of Double Braid ropes) overlapped in parallel in the opposite direction, and the eye is held on the basis of a self-locking mechanism. For hollow ropes of the Single Braid type (also Hollow Braid), these are "only" braid fibers - these ropes do not have a core (or soul). But the principle is the same - let's simplify again: the more we load the rope, the more the eye holds.Spliced eye reduces the strength of the rope by 10 - 15% depending on the type.And that can be a critical difference to a knot.
Here again, a few numbers are useful for a better imagination: A rope with a strength of 30 kN - such a rope can hold a load weighing 3,000 kg. But it depends on how we attach the load to the rope! If we make a knot, we suddenly reduce the strength limit to approximately 15 kN (1,500 kg). But if we connect the rope by spliced eye, it can hold a load of up to 25,5 - 27 kN (2,550-2,700 kg). And this could be a huge difference.
