ssion. Flanged grooves like B are the most commonly usedbecause of this narrow pitch, and because of the beliefthat they give direction to the ropes. This suppositiondoes not appear to hold good, for when ropes are in-clined to oscillate they rebound from side to side asshown in dotted circle, much… … Fig. 6. For all-round good service there is nothing to beatthe flangeless groove with the driving angle carriedthrough to the terminals, as in C. An angle of 45 deg.,however, whilst permitting an extension of % in. inrope diameter, produces a wider pitch than most en-gineers care to adopt. No other…
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