Ropes that are recommended in OCIMF guidelines to serve on OBO'S-OOC'S, TSH'S-ULCC'S and GC'S in a most effective way.

These ropes are weaved as 12 twill strands (24), the machines having 24 carries that rotate in pair around each other to construct a round cross section rope.

In this construction polyester is combined with high density polyolefin flat filaments in three variations, in order to meet the different needs customers have.

The three analogies depand on the polyester percentage that take 25%-40% and 50% giving the rest to the polyolefin that filaments construct the "Kapa float - Kapa flex and Kapa strong" respectively.

All three constructions have the same features, more or less, apart from the specific gravity that is different depending on the amount of polyester it contains - 0.99 for the Kapa float, 1.10 for the Kapa flex, 1.15 for the Kapa strong.

Common Features:

• Same strength, wet or dry
• Made extremely resistant to abrasion and with almost nullified inner friction
• Withstanding perfectly Dynamic loads
• The very good properties it possesses extend the activity/working life of the rope by far
• Comfortable handing and flexibility are retained even after extensive and long time use
• U.V. stabilized
• High melting point 265°C/185°C
• Elongation 12%
• Non rotating torque free, hangs stright under load
• Non kinking, non hockling
• Excellent grip

KAPA Ropes: the Koronakis worldwide innovation. Designed by our company, a new rope was invented to combine the advantages of 8 - Strand and Double Braided ropes. Safe and easily spliced KAPA is a well accepted construction that very quickly conquered the marine world.

The Kapa Nylon, the Kapa Polyester and the Kapa Pelagos is a catergory of ropes thought with the user in mind, the crew member that makes the splices and above all the increased safety factor. By minimum elongation the snap bock danger zone is decreased significantly to the ropes with a round cross section. A lot more yarns participate in the rope function giving better results compared to the respective 8 strand that has a square cross section.

These ropes have stormed the market, they have made a name for themselves, "Kapa". More and more companies are preferring them to the old 8-strand ones. The Kapa Pelagos is constructed with the appropriate raw materials of needed analogies, in such a way so to meet the needs of the passengers vessels and in particular those of the fast ferries that use their ropes very often, to moor along the same berths, so that rpes take the stain in the same positions of their length - time and again. These ropes are made to withstand abrasion and last.

Common Features:

• Non rotating, torque free, hands straight under load
• Superior abrasion resistance
• Non kinking, non hockling
• Excellent grip 5. longer service life (estimated lifetime 1:2, 25)
• Stay flecible, wet or dry, new or old
• Greater bearing surface
• Comfortable handing