O.I.P.E.E.C.

ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE POUR L'ETUDE DE L'ENDURANCE DES CABLES

2009 OIPEEC Conference

Innovative Ropes and Rope Applications
A celebration of 175 years of wire rope

Together with the 3rd International Stuttgart Ropeday
Jointly organised with Stuttgart University

The conference was held from 18 to 20 March 2009
Stuttgart, Germany

 

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Conference Papers

The following papers were presented at the conference. Click Here for abstracts.

J.C. Weis and I.M.L. Ridge

W.A.J. Albert and his wire rope

K.-H. Wehking

State-of-the-art and future development of research and science of rope technology at the Institute of Mechanical Handling and Logistics at the University of Stuttgart

M.J. Cotte

The invention of the cable made of numerous thin iron wires, Marc Seguin & Co, 1821-1825

G.F.D. St. Germain

High performance synthetic roundslings

A. Carbogno, S. Mateja and W. Raszka

Tensile fatigue examination of flat rubber-coated tail steel ropes of SAG type

B. Pourladian

Some recent innovations for production of high-strength and fatigue-resistant 3-strand and 4-strand wire ropes

P.J.H.M. Smeets, M.P. Vlasblom and J.C. Weis

Latest improvements on HMPE rope design for steel wire rope applications

W. Vogel and W. Scheunemann

The use of small steel wire ropes in traction sheave elevators

P. Dietz, A. Lohrengel, T. Schwarzer and M. Wächter

Problems related to the design of multi-layer drums for synthetic and hybrid ropes

O. Gronau and G. Steinbach

Dimensioning of rope drives and operating time of wire ropes

O. Vennemann and B. Ernst

A practical approach to the prediction of lifetime of large diameter multi-layer wire ropes for use in deepwater deployment systems

D.A. Sayenga

Innovative ropes and rope applications

R. Ashkenazi

The performance of synthetic ropes under extensive traction fatigue tests

O.R. Berner

Endurance of wire ropes in traction applications

D. Raupp

Swaged fittings under tension and fatigue loads

U. Briem

Total fatigue behaviour of running ropes

J. Kowalski, J. Nowacki and A. Tytko

Database method for supporting the condition assessment of modern wire ropes

B. Longatti

Findings and developments following the Schilthorn Incident

F. Sloan

Damage mechanisms in synthetic fibre ropes

J. van Rensburg, R. Rontgen, G. Rebel and B. Schmitz

Update concerning the premature discard of 45 mm ropes operating on a Blair multi-rope rock winder

A. Canova, F. Degasperi, F. Ficili, M. Forzan and B. Vusini

Experimental and numerical characterisation of ferromagnetic ropes and non-destructive testing devices

H. Usabiaga and D. Durville

A finite element approach for modelling wire ropes