Applied Fiber Manufacturing makes a case for replacing steel cables with high-tech fibres as the material of choice for supporting the massive booms of cranes and draglines. Tests showed their fibre-fitted product reduces vibration that causes damage to surface mine draglines and shovels.
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Acteon, through its Moorings and Anchors Business Line, InterMoor, and Applied Fiber have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on mooring solutions for various global offshore markets, from oil and gas...
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UMEA SWEDEN Floating solar is a fast-growing technology with huge potential as they not only help to conserve land resources but also promote sustainable energy production. The Seaflex mooring...
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Applied Fiber is on the end of the line for the first Fiber Rope Crane Offshore developed by MacGregor. The termination is fully certified with approval of manufacturer under...
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Troy Rybicki, Bridon Bekaert, USA, and Applied Fiber review the advantages of fiber rope boom suspension pendants, highlighting their substantial weight reduction, damping properties, reduced metal fatigue, and extended...
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Applied Fiber, the world’s leading provider of socketed terminations for synthetic fiber rope systems, announced its recent celebration of 20 years in business. The Florida-based company has been developing...
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Fiber ropes are generally terminated with a splice which is a manual process, and consequently variable, requiring highly trained individuals. Repeatability in high volumes is considered a barrier for...
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Applied Fiber, USA, examines the advantages of utilising fibre pendants as a connection point technology, and how they can be used as an effective alternative to steel wire.
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Applied Fiber and Knowix today announced their partnership to bring to market the first truly comprehensive, reliable, digital IIoT termination solution for high-performance cable and rope systems.
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7 Years of Operating Service – Surpass Life of Steel Wire. Now entering their 7th year of service on a Marion 8200, as expected, Applied Fiber’s Synthetic Fiber Pendants...
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MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract with Otto Candies, LLC to deliver an active heave compensated FibreTrac offshore crane. The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2022 first...
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Thrilling view of the launch early this morning over Florida. Today’s launch, going to the moon and back, is the first of several in the Artemis program. Future launches...
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Applied Fiber is celebrating the first images returning from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). As one of NASA’s most ambitious and technically complex missions, the $10 billion James...
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Paul Badeau, Applied Fiber, USA, explains why fibre pendants are being adopted by dragline and shovel operators. The adoption of new technologies is often a long and sometimes difficult...
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Morecambe, United Kingdom — Balltec can now offer direct fibre rope connection to Balltec’s MoorLOK™ mooring connector utilising Applied Fiber’s rope termination technology. Balltec customers now have access to...
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To support worldwide demand, Applied Fiber is licensing its fiber rope socketed termination technology to select industry partners. Licensed partners will have access to Applied Fiber’s substantial portfolio of...
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Applied Fiber, the world’s leading provider of fiber rope termination technology, and BRIDON-BEKAERT ROPES GROUP (BBRG), the world’s premier supplier of mission-critical ropes, have signed a technology license agreement...
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For nearly 100 years, heavy steel wire rope pendants were the only product available to support the massive weight of dragline and shovel booms. However, with a focus on...
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Bridon-Bekaert and Applied Fiber are combining their expertise to develop and bring to the market advanced solutions that improve efficiency and safety in heavy industrial operations. The companies will...
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Applied Fiber, with close cooperation with Cortland, has solved the historical challenge of large rope socketed terminations – achieving 100% rated rope efficiency in a compact package. This milestone...
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A copper mining company in Arizona recently installed a Shock Damping Fiber Pendant set on its 4100 shovel. The fiber pendants were part of a recent shovel refurbishment. The...
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Cloud Peak Energy installed the first set of synthetic fiber main boom pendants on its Marion 8200 dragline two years ago – with numerous benefits demonstrating a compelling ROI....
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This announcement comes after Applied Fiber successfully installed the mining industry’s first synthetic fiber main pendant cables on a Marion 8200 dragline for Cloud Peak Energy. “Following thousands of tests and...
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Applied Fiber, a world leader in high performance fiber rope terminations and tension systems has received type approval for fiber rope terminations under DNVGL – ST – 0378 for...
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