Wire-Rope Testing
During the development of iCART (short for intelligent Computer-Aided Rope Testing), some publications have emerged that may be of interest. iCART is currently in use by Swiss Safety Center AG.
Today's Wire-Rope Testing is a basic article that describes the methods of rope testing.
The following articles deal with aspects of rope testing. The oldest is the calculation of the reduction of cross section as a result of wire breaks and other damages.
This short publication describes the test results of a damaged area in a track rope and the actually found damage to the rope after the replacement (in German).
Extensive clarifications on the file format were made for the development of iCART. The considerations led to the today commonly used XML format. The structure of the data files and the security features of the iCART files are explained in this article.
The article is 'Draft' because the development of iCART is still ongoing. The final version is expected to be available during 2018.
The software verification is described in the following article. He may be able to provide ideas for similar projects.
The following article describes the data conditioning and digitization of test data in iCART.