What types of anchors are there?

There are many kinds of anchors, according to the structure and use of different, can be divided into rod anchor, rodless anchor, big grip anchor and special anchor; commercial ship first anchor mainly used rodless anchor, tail anchor sometimes used rod anchor and dovetail anchor.

1, rod anchor: also known as naval anchor, this kind of anchor is the early anchor, also known as naval anchor, this kind of anchor structure is simple, the grip weight ratio is big, the stability of the bottom of the grip is better, but the anchor operation and the collection is not very convenient, the upturned anchor grip is easy to entangle the anchor chain as well as scrape the bottom of the ship, this kind of anchor is not easy to be used as the first anchor of the merchant ship, generally used for small boats or sailing ships;

2, rodless anchor: also known as mountain anchor, common for Hall anchor and Speck anchor, belongs to the activity of the anchor claw (along the anchor stem before and after the rotation of about 45 °) of the rodless anchor, rodless anchor anchor rods and anchor arms are cast separately. The anchor claw, anchor crown and anchor arm are cast as one piece. The anchor stem is inserted into the rectangular hole of the anchor crown, and is fixed in the two semicircular grooves in the lower part of the anchor crown with a pin and a cross pin to realise the purpose that the anchor stem can be rotated;

3, big grip anchor: big grip anchor combines the advantages of rod anchor and rodless anchor, generally are rod turn claw anchor. Commonly used anchor Ma's anchor, Danfusi anchor (also known as dovetail anchor, which is characterised by the wrong claw wide and long, engaging the soil depth, good stability, so as to obtain a larger grip, the grip ratio of up to 11 ~ 17 times. But the anchor claw strength is weak, easy to deform. And because of the greater resistance to the earth, generally only applicable to engineering vessels, but also some do spare anchor or tail anchor; Jiangsu Aohai Anchor Chain 18 years of professional R & D and production of ship anchor, Hall anchor, Speck anchor, naval anchor, large grip anchor.

4、Specialty anchor is an anchor with special purpose. Commonly used in floats, buoys, lightships, floating docks and floating docks and other permanent mooring. There are single claw anchor, screw anchor and fungus-shaped anchor;