ROPE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FIBRILLATED FILM TAPE
A process for producing a high strength rope comprising the step of i) providing a uniaxially oriented tape (10) comprising ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, the tape (10) having a tensile strength of at least 0.9 GPa, and ii) simultaneously twisting and fibrillating the tape (10) into a twi...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A process for producing a high strength rope comprising the step of i) providing a uniaxially oriented tape (10) comprising ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, the tape (10) having a tensile strength of at least 0.9 GPa, and ii) simultaneously twisting and fibrillating the tape (10) into a twisted strand of fibrillated tape with a coherent network of filaments and fibrils. A rope obtainable by the process and products comprising the rope are also disclosed. |
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