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210 CHAPTER 8 Cables and Connectors
FIGURE 8.53
Spelter socket with wire splayed and technician pouring in epoxy binder.
(Courtesy Ocean Innovations.)
FIGURE 8.54
Pull test of spelter socket termination.
high strength-efficiency and repeatability. It is also used for synthetic strength members, but it is about half as efficient and results are highly variable. Still, this is sometimes acceptable because synthetic strength members have higher break strength to working load ratios.
8.8.13.2 Kellems grip
A Kellems grip is a woven “Chinese-finger grip”: The harder you pull, the tighter it gets. Among the highest strength models is the Hubbell Dua-Pull (Figure 8.55).
(Courtesy Ocean Innovations.)
