Strategies for dragline rope life extension

Draglines are the work horses that are used extensively in the removal of overburden thereby exposing valuable coal seams in open cut mining in the Bowen Basin in Australia. This paper looks at some of the important issues that can strategically be addressed in order to improve maintenance managemen...

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Main Authors: Kuruppu, Mahinda, Dayawansa, D., Mashiri, F.
Other Authors: R. K. Singhal
Format: Conference Paper
Published: The Reading Matrix Inc. (CD ROM volume) 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10167
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author Kuruppu, Mahinda
Dayawansa, D.
Mashiri, F.
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description Draglines are the work horses that are used extensively in the removal of overburden thereby exposing valuable coal seams in open cut mining in the Bowen Basin in Australia. This paper looks at some of the important issues that can strategically be addressed in order to improve maintenance management of dragline wire ropes. The paper looks at the operational, maintenance practice, material and manufacture and design issues and how they influence the fatigue life of dragline wire ropes. These issues are used to address the maintenance of hoist, drag, IBS and suspension ropes. An improved understanding and management of ropes and rope subsystems through detailed rope inspections is proposed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-101672022-11-21T05:19:40Z Strategies for dragline rope life extension Kuruppu, Mahinda Dayawansa, D. Mashiri, F. R. K. Singhal K. Fytas S. Jongsiri H. Ge Draglines are the work horses that are used extensively in the removal of overburden thereby exposing valuable coal seams in open cut mining in the Bowen Basin in Australia. This paper looks at some of the important issues that can strategically be addressed in order to improve maintenance management of dragline wire ropes. The paper looks at the operational, maintenance practice, material and manufacture and design issues and how they influence the fatigue life of dragline wire ropes. These issues are used to address the maintenance of hoist, drag, IBS and suspension ropes. An improved understanding and management of ropes and rope subsystems through detailed rope inspections is proposed. 2007 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10167 The Reading Matrix Inc. (CD ROM volume) restricted
spellingShingle Kuruppu, Mahinda
Dayawansa, D.
Mashiri, F.
Strategies for dragline rope life extension
title Strategies for dragline rope life extension
title_full Strategies for dragline rope life extension
title_fullStr Strategies for dragline rope life extension
title_full_unstemmed Strategies for dragline rope life extension
title_short Strategies for dragline rope life extension
title_sort strategies for dragline rope life extension
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10167