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Affordable High Tech
Amazing for big gaps and backups for freestyle
Quick Specs:
| Stretch | 3.63% @ 6 kN |
| Material | White HMPE with Green HMPE Marker |
| Weight | 33 g/m (2.22 lbs/100 feet) |
| MBS | 40.0 kN (9,000 lbf) |
| WLL | 13.3 kN (3,000 lbf) |
| Width | 20.0 mm (0.78 inches) |
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Say hello to our newest High Tech Webbing - Axiom! This webbing is a 100% HMPE webbing that has a nice chunk to it, is incredibly strong, and very nice on the foot for monster lines.
With a spec sheet sporting 33 grams per meter, 40 kN of strength (even in the sewn loops), 20mm width, a 2.9mm thickness, a low stretch of 3.63% at 6 kN, and a low price point makes this webbing ideal for monster lines and freestyle backups!
Woven in China, finished in Colorado.
High Strength to Weight
Maximizing the material available
Axiom comes in at 33 grams per meter and a staggering 40 kN MBS. That gives a strength-to-weight ratio of 1.21! While this is not a ground-breaking level of strength-to-weight, the webbing still offers exceptional strength at a reasonable weight level, particularly at the price point that it is offered at. Now you can rig lightweight big lines without completely breaking the bank. This webbing also can play a part in a bigger composition using other materials, which we will cover in greater detail below
Axiom is made with generic HMPE yarn. This material offers great strength, abrasion resistance, and great UV stabilization.
Pure High Tech
Not a single low-tech fiber in this webbing
Similar to our Silk 99 webbing, Axiom has no low-tech fibers at all within the construction. The vast majority of the yarn within this webbing is natural HMPE yarn. The Green Marker yarn is also generic HMPE, making the entire webbing HMPE-based.
Not only does this pure High Tech approach bring amazing weight and strength, it also means Axiom floats! HMPE is less dense than water, thus it will float indefinitely! That makes Axiom superb for waterlines or biglines that are over water!
Low stretch, Some Creep
If you're going big, you don't want to have to tension big!
Axiom, being a pure high tech webbing, stretches very little. However, since the webbing is made from generic HMPE yarn, it will experience creep over it's lifetime. Creep is the slow, time-dependent deformation of a material under constant stress. So, for lines that are rigged for long term use (i.e. permarigs), Axiom will experience creep. Your webbing will grow the more it is used. This is why we recommend backups on Axiom mainlines to be 7% longer than the main. On the intial rigs, the backup will be too long. However, with more usage, it will grow into that 7% longer backup.
Due to the very low stretch of Axiom, it is recommended to only use it for highlines longer than 200m. Anything lower than this, we would recommend the addition of a nylon segment of 15m or longer at either end of the line.
Compare the stretch of Axiom to our other webbings on our Webbing Stretch page
A New Kind of Sewn Loop
Keeping it High Tech Only extends even to the Sewn Loop!
The High-Tech Only design is not only for the webbing, this includes the sewn loops! We exclusively sew our sewn loops on Axiom with Dyneema sewing thread. This gives us the ability to shrink the sewing patch to just 50mm long, making the sewn loops VERY compact.
Not only that, but we now have the option to do Naked sewn loops, which is a sewn loop without a protective sleeve (pictured above). Since this webbing will live in the middle section of highlines (more on this down below), the sewn loops will likely always be used at a segment connection. These spots in a big-line are prime suspects for unwanted oscillations. That's mainly due to the regular frequency of weight hotspots.
Please note, we are continuously working on our sewn loop designs. The sewn loop you receive with your webbing may look different than the one in the picture above. Whatever sewn loop you receive is our current best/strongest design.
Bigline Composition
Connecting segments in a proper order
Axiom, being a full HMPE webbing, has trouble being paired with hardware. This includes webbing anchors (weblocks and line-locker rings) and webbing grips (LineGrip, Wafer, Wafer XL, etc...). For this reason, we have built Axiom with the intention that it would be used as a part of a bigline composition.
What that means is that Axiom should not be used for the entire length of a big line. At the ends of biglines, you see a lot of interaction with both humans and hardware. These areas of the line should be built with a sturdy, hardy, hardware-compatible webbing, such as most higher strength low tech webbings, or Spider Silk MK5. These areas of biglines should NOT be rigged with Axiom.
Axiom is meant for the body of a bigline project, or as the backup for the entire bigline. For example, let's say we are rigging a 1,000 meter long highline and we want to use Axiom for the mainline and backup line for most of the gap. Our recommended segment composition for this type of line would be as follows (static side on left, tensioning side on right):
100m Spider Silk MK5/Axiom Backup -> 900m Axiom/Axiom Backup (100m segments) -> 100m Spider Silk MK5/Axiom Backup
Now, for the bulk of the line, we have a very lightweight main/backup combo that is excellent for walking. The only interaction it will have is with feet and hands while walking and whatever connectors you decide to use for connecting segments together. The ends of the line, where you will be gripping, tensioning, and handling the webbing the most during rigging and derigging are built with a robust hardware-compatible webbing. Now you have no worries about slippage in devices while retaining the lightweight characteristics you are after for the best bigline experience.
So, when purchasing Axiom for your bigline projects, we recommend at least 2 segments of Spider Silk MK5 to use on each end. It's a good idea to have 2x segments that are 100m long so that you can tension from both ends without worry of getting onto the Axiom.
Safety Information
The ins-and-outs of a highly technical webbing
Axiom is not compatible with any weblock. It will slip in all weblocks in a single-wrap configuration. When double-wrapped in a weblock, it will bend your front pin starting at around 24 kN, depending on the size of your front pin.
Axiom is compatible with a MightyLock on a Van Beest 1/2" (2-tonne) shackle, on the pin side. No other shackle should be used with Axiom in a MightyLock as you may bend the pin if it is loaded.
Axiom is not compatible with any webbing grips. It will slip in micro grips starting at 0.2 kN. It will slip in full-size grips starting at 7 kN. If you absolutely must grip Axiom, it is recommended to use a Wafer XL, which slips at 12 kN. Do not exceed 3 kN on a gripped Axiom and do not rely on this grip to hold tension on the line. ALWAYS have a backup in place.
Axiom is not meant to be used as a longline webbing without another piece of webbing to be used as the tensioning segment. The only reliable way to anchor Axiom is to use the provided sewn loops or a MightyLock, as mentioned above.
When using soft connectors on the sewn loops of Axiom, a soft thimble (short piece of sturdy webbing roughly the same width as Axiom) must be used between the soft connector and the sewn loop. Without a soft thimble, soft connectors can reduce the strength of the sewn loop by as much as 50%!
When walking Axiom, it is recommended to use foot protection in order to maintain the best grip on the webbing. We recommend Skinners.
Tech Specs
Dimensions
Width – 20.0 mm (0.78 inches)
Thickness – 2.90 mm (0.11 inches)
Weight – 33 g/m (2.22 lbs/100 feet)
Strength
MBS – 40.0 kN (9,000 lbf)
WLL – 13.3 kN (3,000 lbf)
Webbing Anchors
Strength in AWL6 – Slips < 14 kN
Strength in MightyLock – 29.3 kN (6,586 lbf)
Webbing Grips
LineGrip Slippage – Slips at 7 kN
Wafer XL Slippage – Slips at 12 kN
Wafer Slippage – Slips at 0.2 kN
Sewn Loop
MBS – 40.0 kN (9,000 lbf)
Thread Type – 210 Tex Dyneema Stitching
Material
Raw Materials – White HMPE with Green HMPE Marker
Weave Structure – Single layer weave
Weave Zoning – Single zone weave
Walkability
Style – Optimized for walking big lines with relative ease
Optimum Tensions – 1.0 - 4.5 kN (225 - 1,000 lbf)
Preferred Lengths – 200+ m (660+ feet)
Highline
Approved – Yes
Backup Length – How long should the backup be with an Axiom mainline?
- 50m main - 53.5m backup
- 60m main - 64.2m backup
- 100m main - 107m backup
- 120m main - 128.4m backup
- Other lengths - Backup 7% longer than main
Stretch
1 kN – 1.58%
2 kN – 2.26%
3 kN – 2.73%
4 kN – 3.1%
5 kN – 3.4%
6 kN – 3.63%
7 kN – 3.85%
8 kN – 4.02%
9 kN – 4.2%
10 kN – 4.35%
11 kN – 4.49%
12 kN – 4.62%
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