Why is there no reduction in the capacity of wire rope sling when the flemish eye is forced to bend around a pin that does not allow for a 251 Dd ratio?

Answer 1

I think one reason why nobody has answered this question yet is that it should read 25:1 instead of 251 and D/d instead of Dd. But here is my answer: On the one side of the sleeve, you pull with one rope fall. On the other side the load is taken by two rope falls. This means that in the rope section where the bending and the bearing pressure on the pin occurs you can reduce the capacity of the rope by almost 50% before the flemish eye as a whole will have a capacity of less than 100%. For more reading, look at my website: www.ropetechnology.com under rope end connections.