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Rope Diameter Limits on Descenders: Why the Marked Range Matters
Every industrial descender carries a marked rope diameter range, and it is one of the few pieces of information on the device that directly governs whether the device will brake when a worker needs it to. Fit a rope thinner than the marked minimum and braking force drops, descent speed becomes hard to control and…
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Choosing a Low-Stretch Rope Diameter: Matching Rope to Devices, Loads and Wear
Rope diameter is a system compatibility decision before it is a strength decision. A low-stretch kernmantel rope that is half a millimetre outside the marked range of the descender or the backup device on the harness is the wrong rope for that system, regardless of how strong it is. Diameter also decides how the rope…