Diamond Products SL - Manual (Page 29)

7 Repair
7.1 Connection and repair of rope
Do not join ropes with different degrees
of wear:
Difference of the two Ø: max. 0.2mm
(~8 mil)
The rope can be joined or repaired by the follo-
wing locking devices:
– Joint lock
– Repair sleeve
– Threadlock
Needed are:
– Pressing tongs, sleeve, knife
– Angular grinder/shearing cutter
additionally for joint lock
– Mounting kit for joint lock
7.2 Connecting the rope by joint lock
Pressing the lock on
1) Cut rope at both ends at 11 mm di-
stance from the first bead (Attenti-
on: take care to make a straight cut).
2) Remove rubber sleeving cleanly by
pulling reinforcement spring off with
pliers, and shorten free rope ends to
max. 8 mm.
3) Slide loose fork head part of the joint
lock onto the rope end (blank portion
of rope must extend to the bore
dead end)
4) Press with TYROLIT-Original pres-
sing tongs.
5) Slide the preassembled lock part
onto the other rope end (similar to
pt. 3)
6) Press as described under pt. 4
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