RULES FOR THE MANUFACTURE, TESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF MATERIALS, July 2013

Equipment for Mooring and Anchoring

Chapter 10
Sections 6 & 7

6.4.3
The rope may be subject to cyclic loading for
bedding purposes prior to testing. The rope is to be tested at
a suitable strain rate in accordance with a recognised National
or International Standard.
6.4.4
The load is to be applied until one wire break is
witnessed or 130 per cent of the minimum breaking load is
recorded. The maximum recorded load is to be reported by
the manufacturer.
6.4.5
Tests in which a breakage occurs adjacent to and
as a result of damage from the grips are to be rejected, if the
applied load is less than the specified minimum requirement.
The rope is to be retested to withstand the agreed minimum
breaking load.
6.4.6
With the exception of offshore mooring ropes,
consideration may be given to determining the breaking load
by summation or aggregating actual test results on individual
wires, if facilities are not available for undertaking a breaking
test on a production basis. A suitable spin factor or lay-up
deduction allowance in accordance with a recognised
National or International Standard for the applicable rope
diameter, designated grade and construction is to be applied.
6.4.7
Where spin factors or lay-up deduction allowances
are proposed by the manufacturer, a report on suitable cyclic
load testing of prototype ropes of the same construction,
strength and diameter is to be approved by LR. In addition,
the manufacturer is to show that a satisfactory breaking load
test has been carried out in the previous two years, and
witnessed by LR for the same rope construction, diameter
and designated grade.
6.4.8
LR may give special consideration to spin factors
or lay deductions based on data extrapolated from smaller
diameter ropes of the same construction, provided that these
ropes have been tested in accordance with 6.4.7.
6.4.9
All data arising from smaller diameter ropes for the
extrapolation in 6.4.8 are to have been derived from tests
carried out within two years of the manufacture of the larger
diameter rope.

6.7

Certification

6.7.1
A manufacturers certificate, in accordance with
Ch1,3.1.3(c), is to be issued. The certificate is to be validated
by the manufacturers representative, who is to be independent of the production process and LR.
6.7.2
Each test certificate is to contain the following
particulars:

Purchasers name and order number.

Details of the rope construction.

Core material.

Grade of zinc coating.

Mechanical test results.

Adhesion test results.

Dimensions.

Method of breaking load testing.

Breaking load.

Section 7
Fibre ropes

7.1

Manufacture

7.1.1
Fibre ropes intended as mooring lines may be
made of coir, hemp, manila or sisal, or may be composed of
synthetic (man-made) fibres. They may be three-strand
(hawser laid), four-strand (shroud laid) or nine-strand (cable
laid), but other constructions will be specially considered.
7.1.2
Each length of rope is to be manufactured from
suitable material of good and consistent quality. Rope
materials should, in general, comply with a recognised
National Standard.
7.1.3
Synthetic fibre ropes are to be suitable for the
purpose intended and should comply with a recognised
standard.

6.4.10
The finished rope is to have no more than one wire
connecting weld in any length of 18d, where d is the diameter
of the rope.

7.1.4
Weighting and loading matter is not to be added,
and any lubricant is to be kept to a minimum. Any rot-proofing
or water repellancy treatment is not to be deleterious to the
fibre nor is it to add to the weight or reduce the strength of
the rope.

6.5

7.2

Inspection

6.5.1
A report on dimensional and visual examination is
to be presented to the Surveyor by the manufacturer. The
dimensions and discard criteria are to comply with an agreed
National or International Standard.
6.5.2
Visual and dimensional checks are to be carried out
in the presence of the Surveyor.

6.6

Identification

6.6.1
All completed ropes are to be identified with
attached labels detailing the rope type, diameter and length.
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Tests of completed ropes

7.2.1
The breaking load is to be determined by testing to
destruction a sample cut from the completed rope.
7.2.2
The minimum test length and the initial test load are
to be as given in Table 10.7.1. After application of the initial
load, the diameter and evenness of lay up of the sample are to
be checked. The sample is then to be uniformly strained at
the rate given in Table 10.7.1 until it breaks.
7.2.3
The actual breaking load is to be not less than that
given in an appropriate National Standard.

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RULES FOR THE MANUFACTURE, TESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF MATERIALS, July 2013

Equipment for Mooring and Anchoring

Chapter 10
Section 7

Table 10.7.1

Breaking load test

Material

Test length
mm
minimum

Initial load
%
(see Note)

Rate of straining
mm/min

Natural fibre

1800

150 50

Synthetic fibre

900

100 max.

NOTE
Percentage of specified minimum breaking load.

7.2.4
If the sample is held by grips and the break occurs
within 150 mm of the grips, the test may be repeated, but not
more than two tests may be made on any one coil.
7.2.5
Where difficulty is experienced in testing a sample
of a completed synthetic fibre rope, LR will consider alternative
methods of testing.

7.3

Identification

7.3.1
Each coil of rope is to be identified with an attached
label detailing the material, construction, diameter and length.

7.4

Certification

7.4.1
A manufacturers certificate, in accordance with
Ch1,3.1.3(c), is to be issued. The certificate is to be validated
by the manufacturers representative, who is to be independent of the production process and LR.
7.4.2
Each test certificate is to include the following
particulars:

Manufacturers name.

Purchasers name and order number.

Rope type.

Dimensions.

Test length.

Rate of straining.

Breaking load.

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