METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LOWER DRAG HELIX ROPE FOR PELAGIC TRAWLS

摘要

A process of producing an eye in a rope (35), the process including the following steps: providing a strength member core (37) of the rope and further comprising the steps of: (a) situating a removable elongate object adjacent to at least a portion of the strength member core (37) of the rope; (b) subsequently covering the strength member core (37) of the rope and the removable elongate object with at least a portion of a braided sheath (398) formed of strands (397); (c) attaching to the removable elongate object a portion of a structure formed of the same strands (397) that form the at least a portion of the braided sheath (398); and (d) subsequently removing the removable elongate object from the braided sheath (398) so as to cause the portion of the structure attached to the removable elongate object to be drawn into at least a portion of the space within the braided sheath (398) enclosing the at least a portion of the strength member core (37) of the rope that was originally occupied by the removable elongate object, whereby a rope portion with an eye which a mainly coverbraided is economically produced. Also disclosed is a rope portion obtained with said process and a trawl including such a rope portion. Furthermore a trawl comprising a coverbraided rope sling / grommet, where the respective eye is free of any strand forming the braided jacket of the rope portion is disclosed.