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.
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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
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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