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Mode of testing anchors and chain cables.
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9.—(1) Where an anchor is brought to the testing establishment of any licensed tester for testing, he shall test it by subjecting it to the tensile strain.
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(2) Where a chain cable is brought to a licensed tester for testing, he shall test every full length of fifteen fathoms of it by the breaking strain and the tensile strain as follows:—
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(a) He shall select and cut out a piece of three links from each such length to be tested, and shall test that piece by subjecting it to the breaking strain;
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(b) If the piece selected fails to withstand the breaking strain, he shall select and cut out another piece of three links from the same length, and shall test that piece in the same manner;
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(c) If the first or second of such pieces withstands the breaking strain, the licensed tester shall then (but not otherwise) test the remaining portion of the length by subjecting it to the tensile strain.
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(3) Any chain cable to be tested the length of which is less than fifteen fathoms, and any part of a chain cable to be tested which remains untested after the testing of any full lengths of fifteen fathoms, shall be tested in the same manner as a full length of fifteen fathoms.
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