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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Paulus Johannes Hyacinthus Marie Smeets, Geulle, NL;
Xavier Amils, Kortrijk, BE;
Inventors:
Paulus Johannes Hyacinthus Marie Smeets, Geulle, NL;
Xavier Amils, Kortrijk, BE;
Assignees:
DSM IP Assets B.V., Heerlen, NL;
NV Bekaert S.A., Zwevegem, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D07B 1/06 (2006.01); D07B 1/16 (2006.01); D07B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D07B 1/0686 (2013.01); D07B 1/025 (2013.01); D07B 1/165 (2013.01); D07B 2201/2048 (2013.01); D07B 2201/2056 (2013.01); D07B 2201/2065 (2013.01); D07B 2205/2003 (2013.01); D07B 2205/2014 (2013.01); D07B 2205/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a hybrid rope having a core containing high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) yarns surrounded by an outer layer containing steel wire strands, wherein the core is coated with a plastomer, the plastomer being a semi-crystalline copolymer of ethylene or propylene and one or more C2 to C12 α-olefin co-monomers and the plastomer having a density as measured according to ISO1183 of between 870 and 930 kg/m.