RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Drawing from years of engineering expertise, Wire Rope Industries has developed one of the most sophisticated design and testing systems in the marketplace today. Our leading-edge technologies and precision -testing allows us to examine and resolve complex problems quickly and efficiently ensuring optimum performance for each design.
Computerized rope design
Finite Element Analysis
Test Lab Simulation
Field Testing
Engineering & Field Analysis
Finite Element Analysis
Test Lab Simulation
Field Testing
Engineering & Field Analysis
> COMPUTERIZED ROPE DESIGN
Computer design precision optimizes performance
Computerized precision allows for fully verified and accurate standard designs which optimize performance
Design parameters reduce proto-type testing
Custom-design parameters allow for strand, core, and wire parameter verification, eliminating the need to manufacture initial test samples.
Design rationalization ensures the best performance/cost combination
Rationalization of wire sizes ensures the best performance cost combination for each design.
Computer links insure accurate transfer of designs
Computerized design and manufacturing links ensure accurate transfer of design to manufacturing shop floor orders.
Design control & traceability with ISO 9001 systems
ISO 9001 quality design system ensures full control and traceability of designs.
> FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA):
Complex rope analysis and simulation
Computerized precision allows for fully verified and accurate standard designs which optimize performance
Identification of rope axial/radial stresses
Stress analysis of existing designs permits our engineers to pinpoint the areas of greatest rope axial and radial stresses for key strand and core elements.
Computer assessment of new designs
New design verification allows our engineers to compare existing designs with new designs and assess the impact they have on reducing these axial and radial stresses.
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> TEST LAB & SIMULATION
Rope design optimization through fatigue testing
Actual bending fatigue cycle testing, under load, simulates field conditions and allows designs to be optimized before ropes are made available to our customers.
Metallurgical analysis allows for optimum wire selection
Metallurgical analysis, including full chemical and structural analysis of all steel components, allows for optimum wire selection for each design.
Specialized material testing insures quality components
Specialized material testing on key components such as lubricants, plastics and synthetics allows for the selection of the most appropriate materials for our designs. .Field testing verifies performance projections
Actual bending fatigue cycle testing, under load, simulates field conditions and allows designs to be optimized before ropes are made available to our customers.
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> ENGINEERING AND FIELD ANALYSIS
Field sample analysis verifies design parameters
Field sample analysis allows us to verify design parameters and any new ideas for improvement by comparing laboratory test results with actual customer samples.