Artificial superstrong silkworm silk surpasses natural spider silks

Re:Artificial superstrong silkworm silk surpasses natural sp... by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:43AM (#33160853)

I’ve read an article (maybe linked here?), about the reason that building elevators have limits to how many floors they can travel.

It has to do with the weight of the cables.

That article posited that spider silk was a solution, but this may be better.

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Re:Artificial superstrong silkworm silk surpasses natural sp... by obsrvatlarge on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:33AM (#33161611)

Might have a problem with fire resistance.

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Re:Artificial superstrong silkworm silk surpasses natural sp... by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:33PM (#33168149)

Most materials (including steel) have issues with extreme heat. Steel can suffer “invisible” damage, where it becomes structurally weak, but there’s little visual evidence.

In that case, a cable that visibly melts or breaks, can be better.

Elevators have all kinds of passive braking systems. They might get stuck, but they only fall in movies.

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