masterThesis
Estudo do dano em cabo de aço utilizados em equipamentos de transporte vertical
Fecha
2016-12-19Registro en:
ELPÍDIO, Camilla Milena de Araújo. Estudo do dano em cabo de aço utilizados em equipamentos de transporte vertical. 2016. 68f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica) - Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2016.
Autor
Elpídio, Camilla Milena de Araújo
Resumen
The steel wire rope is one of the main elements in lifting or weight load transportation
equipments. During the operation of the equipments, the steel wire rope is subjected to
oscillatory movements that cause wear and even cracking in the material. In order to evaluate the damage caused in a steel wire rope subjected to low amplitude
vibrations, an experimental apparatus was designed and installed to simulate the operation of
a lifting system using sheaves and a steel wire rope with the following construction: 1/4”
6x19 S FC RR bright. In this experimental apparatus, the steel wire rope was loaded with 25
N in order to exert the proper tension for the operation of the equipment. Steel wire rope samples were collected and analysed by Scanning Electron
Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) before the experiment, then
after a run of 120,000 cycles and 3,000,000 cycles. This work revealed surface damages in the studied material inherent to the
manufacturing process of the steel wire rope and allowed the visualisation of surface damage
in specific contact regions of the steel wire rope, revealing several mechanisms of damage
acting in a steel wire rope subjected to a pressure x slip speed pair. In the carried out tests, the
experimental apparatus was configured to promote oscillatory motion with a maximum
amplitude of 300 μm in order to simulate shocks on the steel cable that resemble the operating
reactions of this system in the field. The definition of the analysis methods in this study and the evaluation of the surface
damage caused in the laboratory is fundamental to introduce means of predictive maintenance
in the industry, as well as products or resources to minimize the wear and to increase the
lifespan of the material.