REFMA -- REFERENCE MACHINE -- A NEW ERA IN FATIGUE TESTS OF WIRE ROPES

The basic idea for developing such a machine was suggested by F. Kanias of Bochum Testing Laboratory (West Germany) during a meeting of the International Organisation for the Study of Endurance of Wire Ropes (OIPEEC) in 1969. He proposed the design for a repeat-bending machine and prepared the first sketches for further consideration by OIPEEC members. This idea was formulated as a result of two series of endurance tests ('Comma 1 and 2') during which certain deviations appeared, characterised then as 'machine-tied endurances'. It became obvious that the results of fatigue tests of wire ropes depend on the type and model of the machine used. The need for a standardised machine became urgent; in such a machine the test parameters could be adequately controlled in order to make a step towards rational standardisation of the fatigue tests of wire ropes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Wire Industry Limited

  157 Station Road East
  Oxted, Surrey,   England 
• Authors:
  • Frenkiel, Z F
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 404-405
• Serial:
  • Wire Industry
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 523
  • Publisher: Wire Industry Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatigue tests; Testing; Wire rope
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170134
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM