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Bending fatigue test 1 on a 2-inch 6X25 fiber core wire rope.

Authors
McKewan-WW; Miscoe-AJ; Bartels-JR
Source
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9408, 1991 Jan; :1-11
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
10011226
Abstract
The U.S. Bureau of Mines has established a wire rope research laboratory to examine the factors that affect the life of wire rope. A 2-in-diam 6x25 fiber core rope was degraded on a bending fatigue machine. This was the first in a series of tests on rope of this construction and size. Baseline testing at the laboratory was reported in an earlier publication. Tensile and nondestructive tests were performed on samples of the rope to determine the relationship between rope deterioration and rope breaking strength. The tests indicated that as a wire rope nears the end of its useful life, deterioration and the consequent loss of rope strength increase at an accelerated rate.
Keywords
Bend-properties; Bend-tests; Nondestructive-tests; Test-facilities; Fatigue-materials; Cables-ropes; Life-durability; Mechanical-properties; Materials-handling-equipment; Tension-tests; Strength; Fatigue-life; Wire-rope; Mining-equipment; Fatigue-tests
Publication Date
19910101
Document Type
IH; Report of Investigations
Fiscal Year
1991
NTIS Accession No.
PB92-193432
NTIS Price
A03
Identifying No.
RI-9408
NIOSH Division
PRC
Source Name
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9408
State
PA
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