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Rope Function and Maintenance
For advanced maintenance technicians and specialists in ropeway operating companies, this course offers in-depth insights into the function, inspection and maintenance of the steel ropes used on ropeways.
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Stuff to bring:ID card or passport, no special equipment required
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Requirements:Basic knowledge of the structure and function of steel ropes
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Language:German
Course Content
- From wire to rope – rope manufacture at Teufelberger
- Technical fundamentals, structure and function of steel ropes (Teufelberger)
- Difference between DSB wire rope requirements and EN 12927
- Rope installation, rope splice, rope maintenance (Fatzer)
- Visit to the Fatzer rope manufacturing facility
- Test rig and testing lab at Fatzer: practical work on the moving rope, rope maintenance, influence of shear force on wire
- Rope testing – Equipment for electromagnetic testing/visual inspection (Rotec)
- Rope damage, damage assessment, workshop, rope repair (Fatzer)
- What does it take to obtain a durable splice? Measures, splice damage, splice lubrication (Pedrics)
