Ruftraks 12
Strand Plasma Winch Line
| Technical Data |
Winch Line and Winch Extension is one of the newest
and greatest inventions ever made in rope manufacturing.
Ruftraks Plasma is specially designed for winching and for wire cable replacement. Ruftraks winch line is 25% to
40% stronger than wire cable and is only 1/7th the weight
of same size wire cable
1 Does not kink
2 No splinters ( fish hooks )
3 Does not curl ( easy to handle )
4 Easily spliced
5 Compact
6 Floats
8 Safety
(very little snapback if the line breaks)
Specific gravity 0.98
Melting point 284 F
Critical temp.150 F
Elongation at break 4%-%5
UV resistance excellent
Tested in accordance with ASTM
| Fiber Core Wire Rope | Independent Wire Rope Core (IWRC) | Ruftraks UHMWPE | ||||
| Diam. | N.S. | lb/ft | N.S. | lb/ft | N.S. | lb/ft |
| 5/16 | 4.26 | 0.164 | 4.58 | 0.180 | 5.85 | 0.028 |
| 3/8 | 6.10 | 0.236 | 6.56 | 0.26 | 8.75 | 0.038 |
| 7/16 | 8.27 | 0.32 | 8.89 | 0.35 | 10.5 | 0.047 |
| N.S., or Nominal Strength, listed above, is shown in number of tons. One ton equals 2000 pounds. | ||||||
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The wire rope
statistics are drawn from the Wire Rope Corporation of America (WRCA)
website at: www.wrca.com. |
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