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Nystron proving better than Nylon for Marine

Mooring Systems n • a- .* ~ /

Ten years ago Samson introduced a 21" cir. mooring hawser for the Ekofisk field that combined high tenacity polyester with nylon. These hawsers performed with 100% dependability until the buoy gave way to a pipeline.

Today that rope design is called

NYSTRON," and many more tests and installations have shown it offers signifi- cant advantages over all-nylon ropes: • Higher residual strengths under wet conditions • Improved abrasion resistance • More controlled and predictable elongation

In addition, NYSTRON composite fiber ropes have now been further improved with Samson's Duron' high tenacity polyes-

The double BlueMark™ strands identify

Samson's Nystron* composite double braid using Duron® fiber and high tenacity nylon for the highest strength-to-weight ratio available. ter fiber technology combined with closely controlled BlueMark" Nylon fibers.

Samson can give you this experience and technology by engineering and fabri- cating complete mooring systems, includ- ing terminations, chafe protection, flota- tion, rope coatings and support buoys... the only single source mooring capability available in the marine industry.

Make sure you get both cost effective- ness and dependability—talk to Samson before you design any mooring system.

Send for descriptive literature and technical data. Contact Marine/Systems Div.,

Samson Ocean Systems, Inc., 99 High Street,

Boston, MA 02110. Tel.: 617/426-6550. aASftSON

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