AS 2759-1985

1 - AS 2759-1985 STEEL WIRE ROPE-APPLICATION GUIDE
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - SECTION 1. SCOPE AND GENERAL
7 - 1.1 SCOPE.
7 - 1.2 APPLICATION.
7 - 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS.
7 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS.
8 - SECTION 2. SELECTION
8 - 2.1 GENERAL.
8 - 2.2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
8 - 2.3 TEMPERATURE.
8 - 2.3.1 High temperature effects.
8 - 2.3.2 Low temperature effects.
8 - 2.4 WORKING LOAD.
8 - 2.4.1 General.
8 - 2.4.2 Factors of safety.
9 - 2.5 CONSTRUCTION.
10 - 2.6 METHOD OF MEASURING DIAMETER OF WIRE ROPES
11 - SECTION 3. STORAGE AND HANDLING
11 - 3.1 STORAGE.
11 - 3.2 UNCOILING AND HANDLING
12 - SECTION 4. CUTTING AND FITTING
12 - 4.1 ROPE END PREPARATION.
12 - 4.2 WHIPPING.
12 - 4.2.1 Purpose.
12 - 4.2.2 Whipping wire.
12 - 4.2.3 Length.
12 - 4.2.4 Long whipping.
12 - 4.2.5 Short whipping.
12 - 4.3 INITIAL OPERATION.
15 - SECTION 5. ROPE FITTINGS AND THEIR EFFICIENCIES
15 - 5.1 CHOICE OF FITTINGS AND END ATTACHMENTS.
15 - 5.2 TYPES OF FITTINGS.
15 - 5.2.1 General.
15 - 5.2.2 Wedge grip capels.
15 - 5.2.3 Sockets.
15 - 5.2.4 Swaged end fittings.
15 - 5.2.5 Hand-spliced eyes.
15 - 5.2.6 Clips and grips.
16 - 5.2.7 Wedge-type sockets.
18 - SECTION 6. SOCKETING
18 - 6.1 SOCKETS.
18 - 6.1.1 General purpose sockets.
18 - 6.1.2 Strand sockets.
18 - 6.2 RESIN SOCKETING.
18 - 6.3 METAL SOCKETING.
18 - 6.3.1 General.
18 - 6.3.2 Socketing metal.
18 - 6.3.3 Socketing procedure.
21 - SECTION 7. SPLICING
21 - 7.1 SPLICING TOOLS.
21 - 7.2 TUCKING LENGTHS FOR EYE SPLICES.
22 - 7.3 NUMBER OF TUCKS FOR EYE SPLICES.
22 - 7.3.1 General.
22 - 7.3.2 Ordinary lay-slings, anchorages and standing rigging.
22 - 7.3.3 Ordinary lay-crane ropes.
22 - 7.3.4 Lang’s lay ropes.
22 - 7.3.5 Bordeaux connection splices (6-strand).
22 - 7.4 PREPARATIONOF ROPE FOR SPLICING AN EYE.
24 - 7.5 TUCKING METHOD.
24 - 7.5.1 General.
25 - 7.5.2 First set of tucks.
25 - 7.6 TUCKING SEQUENCEFOR FIVE-TUCKEYE SPLICES.
25 - 7.6.1 Different methods.
28 - 7.6.2 Method No 1.
30 - 7.7 NON-ROTATING ROPE EYE SPLICES.
30 - 7.7.1 General.
30 - 7.7.2 Preparation of rope for splicing.
30 - 7.7.3 Tucking sequence for 18 x 7 non-rotating ropes.
33 - 7.7.4 Tucking sequence for 34-strand non-rotating ropes
33 - 7.8 LONG SPLICING.
33 - 7.8.1 General.
33 - 7.8.2 Length of splice.
36 - 7.8.3 Method of splicing.
40 - 7.8.4 Long splices in wire rope cored or steel strand cored ropes.
40 - 7.8.5 Long splices in flattened strand ropes.
41 - SECTION 8. DIMENSIONS OF SHEAVES, DRUMS AND ANCHORAGES
41 - 8.1 GROOVES FOR SHEAVES AND DRUMS.
41 - 8.1.1 Round grooves.
41 - 8.1.2 V-grooves.
41 - 8.2 DIAMETER OF SHEAVES AND DRUMS.
41 - 8.3 DIAMETER OF DEAD EYES OR END ANCHORAGES.
41 - 8.4 RADIAL BEARING PRESSURES.
41 - 8.4.1 General.
41 - 8.4.2 In a crane.
41 - 8.4.3 Other than in a crane.
43 - SECTION 9. ROPES USED ON DRUMS
43 - 9.1 ARRANGEMENT OF ROPE ON DRUMS.
43 - 9.2 ROPE ANCHORAGES.
44 - 9.3 FLEET ANGLES.
44 - 9.4 DRUM CAPACITY.
47 - SECTION 10. LUBRICATION OF WIRE ROPES IN SERVICE
47 - 10.1 GENERAL.
47 - 10.2 CLEANING.
47 - 10.3 APPLICATION OF LUBRICANTS.
47 - 10.4 TYPE OF LUBRICANT.
48 - 10.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF LUBRICANTS.
49 - SECTION 11. ROPE INSPECTION
49 - 11.1 REGULAR INSPECTION.
49 - 11.2 SPECIAL INSPECTION.
49 - 11.3 FREQUENCY.
49 - 11.4 INSPECTION LOG.
49 - 11.5 POSITIONS.
49 - 11.6 INTERNAL INSPECTIONS.
54 - SECTION 12. ROPE DISCARD
54 - 12.1 GENERAL.
54 - 12.2 FRACTURED STRANDS.
54 - 12.3 BROKEN WIRES.
54 - 12.3.1 Numberof wire breaks.
58 - 12.3.2 Rate of increase of wire breaks.
58 - 12.3.3 Wire breaks at terminations.
58 - 12.3.4 Localized groupings of wire breaks.
58 - 12.3.5 Tensile breaks.
58 - 12.3.6 Abrasion breaks.
58 - 12.3.7 Fatigue breaks.
58 - 12.3.8 Martensitic failures.
58 - 12.4 PLASTICDEFORMATION.
59 - 12.5 PHYSICALDAMAGE.
59 - 12.6 HEAT OR ELECTRIC ARCING.
59 - 12.7 CORROSION.
62 - 12.8 WEAR.
63 - 12.9 STRETCH.
63 - 12.10 REDUCTIONOF ROPE DIAMETER.
63 - 12.11 DECREASED ELASTICITY.
63 - 12.12 DEFORMATION.
63 - 12.12.1 General.
63 - 12.12.2 Flattened portions (See Figs. 12.12.2(A) to 12.12.2(C)).
63 - 12.12.3 Bends (See Fig. 12.12.3).
63 - 12.12.4 Kinks (See Figs 12.12.4(A) to 2.12.4(C)).
66 - 12.12.5 Local diameter decrease (See Fig. 12.12.5).
66 - 12.12.6 Local diameter increase (See Figs 12.12.6(A) and 12.12.6(B)).
66 - 12.12.7 Scrubbing (See Figs 12.12.7(A) and 12.2.7(B)).
66 - 12.12.8 Core extrusion (See Fig. 12.12.8).
66 - 12.12.9 Birdcaging (See Figs 12.12.9(A) to 12.12.9(E)).
66 - 12.12.10 Waviness (See Figs 12.12.10(A) and 12.12.10(B)).
66 - 12.13 USE ON DRUMS.
66 - 12.14 USE ON SHEAVES.
73 - APPENDIX A - DEFINITIONS RELATING TO STEEL WIRE ROPES AND THEIR APPLICATION
79 - INDEX

Sets out recommended procedures for the selection, storage, handling, maintenance, use, inspection and discard of helically laid steel wire ropes and provides a guide to recommended and established Australian practices for people who work with, handle, and maintain steel wire ropes.

This standard describes recommended procedures for the selection, storage, handling, maintenance, use, inspection, and discard of helically laid steel wire ropes.

Under Revision see DR 01306