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Rope | Best practice
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T
he firms fatigue testing machine
gives crane owners the ability to
improve rope life for ropes used on
heavy-duty cranes such as those in
shipyards, but also on ropes used in large
asset applications such as aerospace and
deep mining shafts, where the cost of rope
failure is high. The testing machines at
MRE Matrons laboratory compare life
lengths of different ropes more quickly
than generic testing machines, says its
founder Dr. Ronen Ashkenazi, wire rope
specialist. It does this by using testing
machines to simulate the loading cycle of
the application, and giving an
approximation of rope life in only two and a
half months, rather than the year typically
required.
The tests replicate the exact loading
cycle of the crane using nearly identical
crane interfaces. They expose rope to
similar environmental conditions, such as
extreme temperatures of -55 degrees, and
maintenance including greasing, under
laboratory conditions.
Ashkenazi, says, We have to consider
the interface of the rope and the machine:
the sheaves, the drum, the grooves on the
drum and the alignment of the sheaves.
You can specify friction forces, rotation
forces as well as controlling parameters
such as the braking of the drums and the
control of the operator. All of these will
affect the rope life.
In the analysis stage, MRE Matron
assists with rope selection by analyzing the
test results and determining which of
different available ropes is the most
economical and safe for the specific
application.
MRE Matron sometimes works with
engineers at rope manufacturers firms to
modify structures in order to improve rope's
performance. Crane modifications are also
considered. As Ashkenazi says, The
service life is not just the rope, its also the
interfaces with the machine.
Based on the tests for the chosen rope
type, MRE Matron will determine the
discard criteria, predict the rope life, and
recommend maintenance practices suited
for the usage.
Ashkenazi presented a case study that
shows how important it is to test ropes for
heavy duty and critical applications.
Seemingly identical ropes made by different
companies may be better or worse for a
given application.
With regard to a specific application,
fatigue testing compared three different
ropes under the same loading cycle, he
said. The results are that three ropes of
the same construction performed extremely
differently. We opened one rope and found
that the core was completely broken, and
this is invisible, while the outer surface
showed no damage. Another rope
performed very well with respect to its
core.
Preventing rope failure at all costs is
important for obvious reasons on satellites,
but it is important as well on shipyard
cranes and in other situations where
neither the hire firm nor the contractor can
afford waiting times.
Ashkenazi says, On heavy duty cranes
for ships the fine is 100,000 just to occupy
the space. The crane owner pays the
shipyard for the waiting time. We are
helping them to choose the right rope.
Picking the right rope
MRE Matron Rope and Wire Rope Engineering, an Israeli firm, has developed a test to show how a
specific crane might be fatiguing its rope with the aim of improving rope life.
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M
odulifts customised rig was developed for
lifting and assembly of the turbines at
shipbuilding and offshore construction
contractor Harland and Wolffs Belfast shipyard,
before transport to and installation at the Ormonde
offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
Swedish energy firm Vattenfall, which will run the
wind farm, will have 30 RePower 5M turbines
installed at the wind farm before the end of the year.
Harland and Wolff required a rig that could lift not
only the turbine hubs, nacelles and towers, but also
be able to lift three rotor blades for fitting to each
turbine, in one lift. The rotor blades would need to be
stored and lifted together in calibrated sets.
The giant lifting rig also needed to be lightweight
to minimise any reduction of the maximum lifting
capacity of the crane lifting the turbine components
before and after assembly.
Modulifts solution consisted of a 16m-long 500t
capacity lifting beam with an unladen weight of 40t
and a lightweight 48.5m-long spreader weighing less
than 9.6t.
The lifting beam was designed to include
inspection hatches and was built to ensure that these
hatches would not compromise the strength of the
beam.
The second component, the spreader beam, had to
be easy to assemble in situ and capable of lifting the
wind turbine blades, which in their set of three weigh
75t and span 61.5t.
Sue Caples, operations director and head of
engineering at Modulift, says, We spent a lot of time
planning the best solution for their requirements and
still needed to be able to turn this project around in
record time. With the barges already on their way
from Germany we had to battle against the weather
to get the components finished and transported to
Belfast on time to enable the project to stay on
schedule, with the first barge arriving in early
January.
The components were taken by ferry to Belfast on
several trucks and with Belfast experiencing its
coldest winter in 16 years, snow storms threatened to
delay delivery. Luckily the dedication of all parties
involved enabled both the lifting beam and the lattice
spreader to be delivered before Christmas, and tested
and commissioned in time for its first use in early
January.
Spreader bars | Equipment
A sharp idea for blades
Modular lifting and spreader beam specialist Modulift has produced a large customised lifting rig for
handling components for the assembly of RePower Systems 5MW wind turbine units.
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T
he patented Vic-Lok shackles
design improves on other
shackles' safety, the Integricert
says, by being permanently attached
until it is cut off. This eliminates the
possibility that an operator may use an
incorrect shackle. The company says its
shackle has a five-to-one load safety
factor, with certified load ranges from
3.5t to 13t, and is available in 1/2 in, 5/8
in, 3/4 in, 7/8in and 1in sizes.
The Vic-Lok is one of the first
shackles designed to address the most
common shackle-related safety
concerns, said Vic Segura, president of
IntegriCert.
As shackles are often stored
separately from the slings, we designed
this permanently captivated shackle to
eliminate the dangerous risk of shackles
that are too small for the load, or
different sizes on the same sling,
leading to an unbalanced lift.
Meeting the requirements of Federal
Specification RR C-27-1-D, Type 4-B,
Grade A, the shackle also meets and
exceeds ASME B30.26 requirements.
All shackles are provided with ABS and
DNV pull to destruction test
documents.
IntegriCert is a portable load testing
company for oilfield services equipment,
transit cargo containers, skid units, wire
rope slings and connex shipping
containers. Its services include inspection,
load testing, and rigging for the oil and gas
industry in the Southwest.
Hooks and shackles | Equipment
Vic-Lok keeps holding on
IntegriCert, owned by Vic Segura with two locations in Louisiana, has recently launched the shackle
that bears its owners name: the Vic-Lok Shackle.
M
oving into the market for big
modular lifts, the 120,000tm
SGC-120 can use its six
winches, twin booms and specially
designed ropeblock to lift a maximum of
3,200t. It can lift 600t at a radius of 100m.
Despite the size of the crane its
components, rope block included, can be
transported in standard 20ft and 40 ft
shipping containers.
RopeBlock said the engineering of the
block was extensive. When the design
and components were finally ready, the
block was assembled outside RopeBlocks
plant in Oldenzaal. The hook has five
sheaves on each of its six housings. The
housings fit a total of 30 falls of wire ropes
with a diameter of 50mm each. The
modular block may be configured for
various capacities over 1,200t following
removal of two sheave housings in the
middle of the block. It can lift using a
general hook or two double hooks in cast
steel.
Sarens has commenced the reeving and
load testing on delivery of the block, using
the hook to lift 625t at a 120m radius on
the full main boom.
Worlds
biggest block
The worlds largest rope block for a land-based crane has been
completed and will be tested in the coming month, according to
its manufacturer, the Dutch firm RopeBlock. The 108t rope block
was created for the Sarens megalifting SGC-120 ringer crane.