Members: Slings and wires
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pull tests Archive
Members: Sling contaminants
How do common sling materials respond to a range of contaminants? These tests show that perhaps modern Dyneema slings are not as robust as hoped.
Members: Device slip
Can we rely on devices to slip on ropes at predictable forces given the possible range of physical and environmental conditions? Here we test the Petzl Shunt on several different ropes.
Members: Cantilevered tripod tubes
Details of a set of tests on 6061-T6 aluminium cantilevered tubes assessing the relevance of theory to observed test results.
Members: Old Slings (2)
A new set of tests checking the strength of some Nylon and Dyneema climbing slings which are more than 10 years old.