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You've selected your mooring rope, now the process of maximising its performance really begins. Measurement of retired rope residual strength can provide a valuable insight into rope performance and inventory management.

The way in which your rope performs in service is the real test of a successful rope selection. Maximising the life of your mooring ropes is where many companies are benefitting from Lankhorst Ropes rope residual strength test programme.

Residual strength testing insights

The Lankhorst rope residual strength programme is based on testing a retired rope for its residual strength. Over 1 to 2 years, a picture begins to emerge of the strength of the retired ropes, providing an accurate measure of the effects of usage on the rope's strength. In this way you are able to optimise mooring rope performance by extending the service life for ropes with a high residual strength, and replacing those ropes with a lower than expected residual strength earlier.

Where ropes are being replaced earlier than expected, Lankhorst Ropes has the technical know-how and in-house test resources to work with you to investigate further.

“When a rope is new its performance is known. However, if the rope has been in service for a while it will have lost some of its strength. Over time Lankhorst Ropes has performed residual strength rope tests and correlated the results with the mooring log, this is then used to predict the residual strength for in-service ropes, giving an indication of the remaining mooring life of each rope. It also helps vessel operators optimise their rope inventory management getting the maximum life from each mooring rope,” says Steven Wardenier, commercial director, Lankhorst Ropes.

Please contact our sales department for more information on Rope Residual Strength Testing.