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A rope is a bundle of flexible fibers twisted or braided together to increase its overall length and tensile strength. The use of ropes for hunting, carrying, lifting, and climbing dates back to prehistoric times. Ropes were originally made by hand using natural fibers. Modern ropes are made by machines and utilize many newer synthetic materials to give them improved strength, lighter weight, and better resistance to rotting. More than half of the rope manufactured today is used in the fishing and maritime industries.

History of Ropes:

Although the origin of rope is unknown, the Egyptians were the first people to develop special tools to make rope. Egyptian rope dates back to 4000 to 3500 B.C. and was generally made of water reed fibers. Other Egyptian rope was made from the fibers of date palms, flax, grass, papyrus, leather, or camel hair. The use of such ropes pulled by thousands of slaves allowed the Egyptians to move the heavy stones required to build the pyramids. By about 2800 B.C., rope made of hemp fibers was in use in China. Rope and the craft of rope making spread throughout Asia, India, and Europe over the next several thousand years. By the fourth century, rope making in India had become so specialized that some makers produced rope intended only for use with elephants. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) drew sketches of a concept for a ropemaking machine, and by the late 1700s several working machines had been built and patented. Rope continued to be made from natural fibers until the 1950s when synthetic materials such as nylon became popular. Despite the changes in materials and technology, rope making today remains little changed since the time of the ancient Egyptians.

Raw Materials:

Ropes may be made either from natural fibers, which have been processed to allow them to be easily formed into yarn or from synthetic materials, which have been spun into fibers or extruded into long filaments.

Synthetic fibers include nylon, polyester, polypropylene, and aramid. Polypropylene costs the least, floats on water, and does not stretch appreciably. For these reasons, it makes a good water ski tow rope. Nylon is moderately expensive, fairly strong, and has quite a bit of stretch. It makes a good mooring and docking line for boats because of its ability to give slightly, yet hold.

Shrinkage Nylon ropes can be ‘shrunk’ by processing the rope through steam. The swelling of the fiber expands the diameter, shortens the rope & increases the extensibility.  The steam process makes the rope very firm & resistant to further ‘shrinkage’. As a property, this is preferred by some users. Polyester fiber can be shrunk by heating. At the higher end of working loads, it will give a rope more elongation on the first few cycles but this soon disappears due to the shrink effect being permanently removed. In the Double braid, a core made of heat-treated polyester will permanently elongate as the rope is loaded to high tension, thus transferring more load to the cover, a modest increase in break strength can be attained compared with producing the entire rope out of the untreated fiber. This shrink effect may also have the application where higher extensibility is required for one-time use.

Spliceability The ability to be spliced with relative ease can be an important property of any rope. For many applications, the capability to form an eye in the end of the rope as a termination is essential. To be truly spliceable, the procedure should be standardized for the general purpose uses and carried out with a modest amount of training, skills & tools. Some used ropes, although spliceable when new, cannot be spliced after considerable use or shrinkage, or the splices, if made, can be very weak. Nylon braids that have shrunk fall into this category. Almost any rope can be spliced, but specialist skills and tedious procedures are often required. Unless tested, efficiency and reliability may be questionable.

Knot Retention Knot retention can be an important property for certain applications. Tree service operators, rescue crews, mountain climbers & homeowners trying to secure a ladder use knots. No one wants them to slip. Some ropes hold better than others. Below, are some comments on ropes types:

Manilla fiber ropes are “excellent”

Eight strands plaited ropes that are tightly twisted & plaited are “good”

Polypropylene staple ropes are “good”

Nylon three-strand & braids are “poor”

Polyester continuous filament braids are “fair”

Polyester with staple(fuzz) on the surface is “good”

Polypropylene monofilament three stand & braids are “poor”

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Agriculture Waste & its impact on Environment

A biomass power plant is similar to a thermal power plant but instead of coal, it uses green fuel. It uses the natural fuel in it which comprises of agriculture waste. Agriculture waste such as paddy and wheat straw, cotton stalks and leaves which are left over after the harvesting of the crop. This agri waste is normally burnt in the open.

As its volume is so much it is not possible for farmers to deal with it without incurring a considerable cost to ready their fields for the sowing of the next crop. This is particularly true in case of paddy straw in Punjab which generates about 20 million tonnes of straw yearly, eventually burnt in the open fields. It results in alarming pollution levels in October and November. It causes many respiratory diseases.

Agri Waste to Agri Use with Baler Twine

One way to deal with the problem is the setting up of biomass plants which uses paddy straw as fuel. One such plant produces 15MW of power per hour using biomass.

It can also have a positive impact on the rural economy environment and employment opportunities n the area.

Indirect employment can be generated by fuel collection which entails collection of all types of fuels ranging from leaves to stalks. His job is mostly done by entrepreneurs farmers who already own tractors for their farm operations.

Each baler requires about 20 people for a smooth operation. The bales are then stacked in the fuel yards and transferred to the plant on a daily basis.

These bales are then fed into the boiler through contracted labour. To know more about baler twine, https://www.azukaropes.com/baler-twines-its-uses/.

Another important factor is regarding the fertility of the soil which gets adversely affected when the fields are set on fire.

However, if the straw is collected with balers, the soil does not lose its fertility and microbes and soil bacteria don’t get ruined.

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