Cobra Dynamic Bracing Shock Absorber for 8 Ton Cable

The Cobra 8 Ton shock-absorber improves the dynamic properties of Cobra 8 Ton hollow cable. With its help, branches swinging in opposite directions in the wind are softly slowed down and the catching shock at the end of the braking process is reduced by 20% and thus the so called "Karate effect" does not occur anymore. That way, the cobra 8 Ton shock-absorber provides effective protection from branch breakage. 

Beyond this, it allows the Cobra-cabled tree to oscillate in gentle summer breezes, which supports the diameter growth and thus the future resistance to breakage of the tree. That low-load oscillation width is about 20 cm and is provided irrespective of the cabling length - a clear advantage over dynamic systems that work with cable expansion only. The length release of the shock-absorber begins under a load of 10 daN - 10 kg already. 

This makes a Cobra cabling a hardly perceptible but highly effective breaking protection for the tree.