TRANSMISSION OF POWER 



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to the durability of the rope. The sheaves for wire rope 

 should have grooves filled with rubber, wood, or other 

 material to give greater adhesion. 



Fig. 21 illustrates how a wire rope may be used to 

 transmit power between buildings. For tables useful in 



FIG. 21 TRANSMISSION OF POWER BY A WIRE ROPE 



determining the size of rope required for a rope trans- 

 mission, see any engineering handbook. They require 

 too much space to be included in this work.* 



53. Rope splice. To splice a rope the ends should be 



FIG. 22 METHOD OF SPLICING A ROPE 



cut off square and the strands unbraided for not less than 

 2^ feet and crotched together as shown at I in Fig. 22. 

 After the strands of one end are placed between the 

 strands of the other, untwist one strand as at C and 



*"Mechanical Engineers' Pocket Book." By William Kent. 



