Fishing and Gear Technology

Unit 6 - Mounting of webbing

6.1.Introduction

The process of hanging the webbing to the main lines like head rope and foot rope is known as mounting. Actual shape of a mesh or netting panel is determined by the process of hanging. While hanging one should apply proper hanging coefficient to get required horizontal opening of the mesh and proper shape shape to the net. The shape and looseness of netting depends on the hanging coefficient. The hanging ratio is defined as the length of the frame/head rope to the stretched length of netting and it is expressed in terms of decimal, percentage and vulgar fraction. The hanging ratio is also expressed by another term, hang-in or take up ratio. This refers to the amount of excess webbing expressed as percentage of total length. The hanging coefficient varies from net to net and in some cases it varies in different parts of the same net itself