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WE have received the Safety in Mines Research Board Paper No. 97 upon "The Effect of Fibre Cores on Internal Corrosion in Colliery Winding Hopes", by J. E. O. Mayne*. The author states that the fibres used for the cores belong to the 'hard' group, the object of which is to provide a firm support for the steel strands of the rope. The material arrives in Great Britain in bales containing a number of so-called 'heads' and are subjected to the following four processes: (1) 'hackling', (2) spinning the fibre into yarn, (3) spinning the yarn into strands, and (4) spinning the strands into a complete core. To enable the fibre to be spun, it must be wetted by a so-called 'batching' fluid, which is 5–15 per cent of the weight of the fibre in thin mineral oil ; the core is then treated with heavy mineral oil, which forms a lubricant ; severe internal corrosion has been found in ropes containing Stockholm tar, and this material should on no account be used; this is perhaps one of the most valuable observations in the whole work. It is stated that "It is understood that the use of coal tar is also objectionable."
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Fibre Cores in Winding Ropes. Nature 140, 818 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140818a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/140818a0