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In offshore applications, huge lengths of rope are often housed on drums. The anchor winches on Saipem's Semac 1 pipe laying barge, for example, each hold 2,800 metres of 76mm (3 inch) diameter wire rope in 14 layers. Saipem's Castorone, the world's largest pipe laying vessel uses a wire rope that is 3,850m long and 152mm in diameter. It weighs ...
Steel wire reel in Muurame, Central Finland Cable reels in Muurame, Central Finland RG-59 cable reel Shipping Roll trailer carrying cable reels Retractable cable reel. A cable reel is a round, drum-shaped object such as a spool used to carry various types of electrical wires. [1]
[2] Twine could be used to fasten points and blades to arrows, spears, harpoons and other tools and to make snares, bags, baby slings, fishing and hunting nets and marine tackle, not to mention to secure firewood, haul goods and anchor tents and shelters. Twine is the foundation to both textile and rope making.
Winders have a center roll (a bobbin, spool, reel, belt-winding shell, etc.) on which the material is wound up. Often there are metal bars that travel through the center of the roll and are shaped according to their intended purpose. A circular bar facilitates greater speed, while a square bar provides a greater potential for torque.
[1] [2] Guide lines are also useful in the event of silt out. [3] A cave diver running a distance line into the overhead environment to facilitate a safe exit. Distance lines are wound on to a spool or a reel for storage, and are laid in situ by unrolling. [4] The length of the distance line used is dependent on the plan for the dive.
One video featured an elementary school-age girl wielding a handgun; another showed a shooter using a .50 caliber gun to fire on a dummy head filled with lifelike blood and brains.
A reel is a tool used to store elongated and flexible objects (e.g. yarns/cords, ribbons, cables, hoses, etc.) by wrapping the material around a cylindrical core known as a spool. Many reels also have flanges (known as the rims ) around the ends of the spool to help retain the wrapped material and prevent unwanted slippage off the ends.
The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch-bore (64 mm) gun became the standard line-throwing gun and came to be known as the Lyle gun. [13] [14] In 1855, the Boxer rocket was developed, a two-stage rocket used in rescue line applications until World War II. [citation needed]