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Above mentioned incidents are something which leaves each one of us heartbroken, we mourn for a day, authorities give out a relief package to families who lost their loved ones, contractors and relevant authorities get arrested, headlines for a day or two in the news channels and then we forget it. Every year many such incident go unnoticed in our country.
When inspected the main reason behind all such tragic incidents are found out to be lack of awareness, sticking to unreliable inspection methods, ignorant inspection and maintenance policies and a set of flexible quality standards.
By just simply adapting to a strict routine inspection standard we can reduce such accidents to great extent and save many valuable lives.
Wire rope testing, or bridge cable inspection, is an essential process in fitness evaluation of bridges, cranes & elevators, ship loaders and may other load bearing assets. The basic wire rope testing methods are visual wire rope testing, magnetic flux leakage (MFL) wire rope testing.
Visual wire rope is a fast and economical non-destructive testing technique that detects wire breaks on the outside diameter of the wire rope. However, this method only useful to inspect the visible part and cannot be used to conclude about health of the wire rope from inside and prone to many human errors.
To cover up the limitations of visual inspection method we can opt for advanced inspection methods like MFL testing.
MFL testing of wire rope and steel cables is done by introducing a temporary magnetic field along the axis of the wire rope using strong magnetizing head. Wire breaks leads to a disruption in the magnetic field causing it to leak out from the rope. The magnetic flux leakage (MFL) is detected by a Hall effect sensor in the measuring head. the data obtained from this testing can be further rectified to assess external as well as internal health of the wire rope. This method can accurately inspect cuts, abrasion, change in diameter and corrosion in the wire rope.
We have a perfect solution for wire rope inspection and testing which can be utilized in inspection of steel wire ropes in mines, cranes, elevators, ropeways, bridges, overhead transmission lines, etc. through the application of our Intros Wire Rope Tester from Intron Plus Ltd, Russia.
