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API 9A Shaped Strands Explained by hesam abbaszadeh is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document is an excerpt from API Spec 9A, which provides specifications for wire rope. It addresses a question regarding section I.3.4.2, which discusses reducing torsion values for ropes with shaped strands that have more than one layer of round wires. The term "shaped strands" refers to all options listed - triangular strands made of round wires for flattened strand ropes, ropes made with compacted strands where outer wires are flattened, and locked coil rope types.
- Author
- hesam abbaszadeh
- Language
- EN