One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
To break a strand of (a rope).
Normally an untwisted bundle or assembly of continuous filaments used as a unit, including slivers, tow, ends, yarn, etc. Sometimes a single fiber or filament is called a strand.
A single filament of fiber.
In the roving process or shop - a primary group of bundles gathered together in a creel. A strand is that which is pulled out of a doff. A plurality of drawn and elongated individual filaments combined together to form an individual strand. Strands are held together and protected by the sizing.
A component of wire rope consisting of wires spirally wound together which is then helically laid around the core to form the rope.See wire rope.
A wire rope strand is made up of wires; the strands are then laid (q.v.) into a wire rope.
A bundle of continuous fiberglass filaments.
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
a collection of continuous filaments
A group of filaments coated and gathered together in a bundle.
A single filament of fibre.
A single fiber, filament, or Monofilament.
An assembly of simultaneously produced parallel continuous filaments, slightly bonded and without intentional twist (according to ISO/DIS 13922).
Yarns twisted together form a strand. Strands twisted or plaited together form a rope.
A single or multiple yarn used as a component of a rope or cable. The term also refers to a strand of raw silk which is composed of filaments reeled from several cocoons at the same time.
Usually a 3-wire strand used in quarrying stone or slate.
A single uninsulated wire
A steel support wire to which the coaxial cable is lashed in aerial construction.
an assembly of parallel filaments simultaneously produced and lightly bonded
One of the wires of any stranded conductor.
An assembly of several high strength steel wires wound together. Strands usually have six outer wires wound in long-pitch helix around a single straight wire of a similar diameter.
