Author:Hecker, GFKDate:Apr 1996The current South African regulations for sizing of mine winder ropes were introduced during 1956, based mainly on circumstantial evidence. A more rational approach was required to meet the demands for improved guarantees of safety and for ...Read more
Author:Hecker, GFK; Van Zyl, MNDate:Apr 1996The steering committee on factors of safety of winder ropes has appointed a working group to draw up a set of proposals for changing the regulations governing the required rope strength in the Minerals Act. Certain research projects have been ...Read more
Author:Borrello, M; Van Zyl, MN; Wainwright, EJDate:Apr 1996Previous work which was carried out on splice demonstrated that the efficiency of this type of termination was sensitive to both rigger skill and operating loads. It was therefore suggested that future research should be aimed at identifying ...Read more
Author:Borrello, M; Kuun, TC; Wainwright, EJ; James, A; Hecker, GFKDate:Jun 1996The aim of this investigation was the verification of the code of Practice for Rope Condition Assessment. Ropes were meant to be discarded according to the discard criteria as outlined in the code and then tested by the CSIR. The results of ...Read more