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Coding Ropes For Length And Speed MeasurementsFerromagnetic staples serve as markers. Like crude magnetic-tape-playback head, sensor detects ferromagnetic staples as rope is unwound or wound. Pulses from staples analyzed electronically; numbers of pulses and intervals between them interpreted in terms of velocity of rope and length payed out. Adaptable to laying submarine cables and contstruction of suspension bridges.
Document ID
19880000387
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Rupp, Charles C. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.)
Tiesenhausen, Georg Von (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs
Volume: 12
Issue: 7
ISSN: 0145-319X
Subject Category
Machinery
Report/Patent Number
MFS-28226
Accession Number
88B10387
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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