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Brief introduction to the classification of marine anchors

Por Ruby August 6th, 2025 vistas 132
Brief introduction to the classification of marine anchors

1. Ship bow anchor

     Ship bow anchors are divided into the following three categories according to their holding performance:

kind

subordinate

Ordinary anchor

Stockless anchor

Hall anchor, Speck anchor, Japanese JIS stockless anchor, Balt stockless anchor, US Navy stockless anchor, universal joint stockless anchor

Stock anchor

Naval anchor (with a horizontal bar, difficult to store, rarely used)

High holding force anchor

AC-14 anchor, Boll N and TW anchors, Delta anchor, Danforth anchor, lightweight anchor

Super large holding force anchor

The holding force is at least 4 times that of ordinary stockless anchors of the same quality


2. Types of ship anchors

Usually, according to the structural characteristics of the anchor, it can be divided into rotating claw anchor and fixed claw anchor, both of which can be divided into rodless anchor and rod anchor. This classification is not very strict.

1 ) Stockless swivel anchor ( CB/T 3983-2008 Stockless anchor)

The most common type of stockless swivel claw anchor is used as the bow anchor of most ships. Most of these anchors are suitable for storage in the anchor chain barrel. The commonly used types of stockless swivel claw anchors are as follows:

( 1 ) Hall anchor ( GB/T 546-2016 )

A typical common stockless anchor is usually used as the head anchor of a navigation anchoring system. The typical structure is shown in the figure below:

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