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Post by tygwyn on May 9, 2015 11:09:17 GMT -5
Question on another forum,
Do winding and haulage ropes have Fibre or Metal core in the Mining industry?
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Post by John on May 9, 2015 11:49:05 GMT -5
Question on another forum, Do winding and haulage ropes have Fibre or Metal core in the Mining industry? Not sure about haulage ropes, but from recollection of seeing them spliced a couple of times, I'd say steel, winding ropes have a fibre core I believe to aid in lubrication of the strands.
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Post by John on May 9, 2015 15:08:58 GMT -5
I did some looking around Jim, found some cross sections of lock coil ropes, usually used as winding ropes, and they look like they have a solid wire core rather than a fibre core. Looks like we'll have to wait until Daz shows up, he will have covered wire ropes during his training and probably during his pit years,
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Post by tygwyn on May 9, 2015 15:16:03 GMT -5
Thanks John, Its only haulage ropes i have worked with,and only steel cores from what i remember, Are there any Rope Smiths on this forum?
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Post by Wheldale on May 9, 2015 15:31:42 GMT -5
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Post by andyexplorer on May 10, 2015 5:01:54 GMT -5
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Post by John on May 10, 2015 6:27:56 GMT -5
Thanks John, Its only haulage ropes i have worked with,and only steel cores from what i remember, Are there any Rope Smiths on this forum? We used to call them "Ropemen" Jim, they did the capping of the winding ropes and splicing of the haulage ropes under the control of the Mechanical Engineer. I recall we did a bit on wire ropes during the first year of my apprenticeship, but too long ago to remember much of it. Daz would be the man, being a fitter by trade.
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Post by Clive on May 10, 2015 9:03:02 GMT -5
we used 9 mill ropes at Grimebridge. I used to help the splicer when he came. Ours had a hemp core
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Post by smshogun on Mar 8, 2018 22:11:02 GMT -5
They had fibre cores which is why they were regularly lubricated with dubbin or similar.
The ethos was that the fibre core was porous and absorbed any lubricant when they were lubricated, and when the ropes were put under load they contracted slightly and squeezed out some lubricant in the insides of the wires to lubricate them.
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