Nondestructive Test Equipment for Wire Rope.

Abstract

Nondestructive test equipment for inspecting steel wire ropes was evaluated in laboratory and field tests. Individual AC/DC units and a unitized AC/DC unit were tested on wire rope to detect broken wires and loss of metallic area from wear and corrosion. The unitized AC/DC units used Hall effect sensors to pick up the defects as opposed to sensor coils used in the individual AC/DC units. The Hall effect sensors enabled less equipment to be used to conduct a complete inspection and also permitted the wire rope to be inspected at speeds from 0 - 500 fpm. It is recommended that Navy facilities requiring nondestructive test inspection capability for metallic wire rope inspection procure the unitized AC/DC unit. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096853

Entities

People

  • H. H. Haynes
  • L. D. Underbakke

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Corrosion
  • Detectors
  • Eddy Currents
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Hall Effect
  • Hall Effect Sensors
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Inspection
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Vector Magnetometers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management