Pavel Peterka
The failure analysis of the drilling rig hoisting steel wire rope
Drilling rigs belong to the lowest-safety level of hoisting rope systems. The valid regulation for drilling permits the usage of steel ropes on condition that their permanent safety does not decrease under the value 2.5. Considerable dynamic and cyclic stresses, abrasion and corrosive environment generated during the operation cause rapid fatigue and rope damage. The stress of the rope in operation leads to the specific precautions ensuring the safety rope work. The specific precautions include monitoring of the rope tractive work measured in tonne-kilometres (ton-kilometres services). The working part of the hoisting ropes of the drilling rigs - after the stated number of tonne kilometres was worked off - is slipped and a regular non-destructive rope test (NDT) is recommended. Rope under sizing, failing in rope slipping program and non- implementation of NDT controls led to the situations endangering the drilling crew safety. After the critical situations the operator decided to perform the analysis of the condition of all ropes.
Friction lining coefficient of the drive friction pulley
Mine hoisting KOEPPE system or friction hoist winch work with traction pulley, the pulley rim grooves are lined. Lining has to provide a higher friction coefficient between the rope and the traction pulley. The constructors of mine hoisting machines require from the manufacturers a guaranteed appropriate and stabile value of a friction coefficient at different pressures between a rope and a friction lining under different external conditions (drought, moisture, icing, etc.). The paper presents processed measurements performed on the six samples of the friction lining (G1-G6) made of rubber and the sample of the standard used friction lining (K25). The samples (G1-G6) differ in the chemical composition of the rubber. Due to the confidentiality of the material composition of the friction linings the hardness of the lining material as a discriminator was chosen. The measured values of the friction coefficient of the rubber friction lining samples were compared with the values of the friction coefficient of the friction lining (K25) usually mounted on friction lining pulley.