This Draft Tanzania Standard describes the requirements of the following types of sisal and manila ropes. a) Plain or hawser-laid (3-strands) ropes of diameter 8 to 96mm and with a linear density from 54 to 6400 kilotex, b) Plaited or shroud-laid (4-strand) ropes of diameter 8 to 96mm and with a linear density from 54 to 6400 kilotex and c) Cable-laid (9-strand) ropes of diameter 40 to 144mm and with a linear density from 1030 to 113105 kilotex.
