Ropeze are high-strength plastic clamps that allow you to easily form
eyes in soft rope without the need for any splicing or tying knots in the rope.
In today's video, we'll talk about Ropeze and how you can easily put them to use for your application.
Ropeze are made from high-strength UV resistant plastic, Type 316 stainless steel screws, and brass embedded nuts.
The combination of materials is great at resisting corrosion from sun and salt air, marine environments.
Ropeze are most commonly used for light duty type applications, such as projects around the house, light duty marine applications, and much more.
Ropeze can be used either by themselves or with a booster clamp which doubles the strength of the connection.
To install a Ropeze rope clamp, first, secure the strands of rope with electrical tape ensuring that at least a three-quarter inch wide length of tape is wrapped around the rope.
Then, cut the rope to length making sure that there is at least a half inch length of tape remaining at the end of the rope.
Disassemble the clamp and place the non-threaded side on the flat surface facing up with the screws protruding through both holes
Place the end of the rope on one side of the clamp and use the live end of the rope to form the eye to the appropriate size needed.
The Rope should be positioned in the clamp as shown.
Check to make sure that the eye does not exceed an included angle larger than 30 degrees, if you plan on attaching it around another object.
In general smaller angles and larger eyes will provide for a stronger termination.
Place the other side of the clamp on top and make sure that the screws are properly aligned with the threaded portion of the clamp.
While squeezing both sides of the clamp together, flip the clamp over, and begin tightening the screws while alternating between the two.
Double-check that the rope is not protruding from the sides of the clamp and, if necessary tuck in any rope with a flat head screwdriver or similar tool.
Make sure not to over tighten the screws since doing so may reduce the strength of the termination.
When installed correctly the clamp and rope should look as shown.
For an even stronger connection, a booster clamp assembly can be installed.
To install a booster clamp assembly, first, disassemble a booster clamp and place the non-threaded side on the flat surface facing up with the screws protruding through both holes.
Place the dead end of the rope in the booster clamp so that there are two clamp lengths of rope extending past the clamp.
Use the live end of the rope to form an eye to the desired size needed for your application and place the live end of the rope onto the other side of the clamp.
Assemble the booster clamp and make sure that the threaded side is correctly oriented in relation to the non threaded side
and, then, tighten the screws so that they are flush with the bottom of the clamp.
With the booster clamp in place, assemble a rope clamp to the dead and live end of the rope, as previously shown
and make sure that both legs of the rope are evenly tensioned between the two clamps.
When installed correctly, your booster clamp assembly should look as shown.
If you'd like to include a thimble in your termination to protect the ropes eye, follow the same procedure as a soft eye, and make sure the thimble is snug and secured in the eye to prevent it from popping out.
Along with forming eyes, Ropeze can also be used to join two separate links of rope together using a lap splice.
This can be achieved using either two rope clamps, or for added strength, two rope clamps and two booster clamps.
When forming lap splices, all clamps should be placed at least a clamps length apart from one another.
The load ratings for Ropeze are based off of hundreds of tests that we've conducted which have allowed us to provide our customers with the best product possible.
Below you'll find a table containing all of the information regarding the working load limits for all of the Ropeze sizes that E-Rigging carries.
Ropeze can be used with many different types of rope, but the most commonly used is solid braid nylon and solid braid polypropylene rope.
Typically, three strand nylon rope runs true to size when being paired with the same sized Ropeze clamp.
However, a triple strand dense type rope, such as Kernmantle or Hemp rope, will require larger sized clamp for it to fit properly.
We hope this video has answered any questions or concerns you might have about the installation and use of Ropeze in your application.
If you have any further questions please refer to our website or check out our YouTube channel for more informational product videos.
I'm Tyler with E-Rigging. Thanks for watching.