Magnetic Rope Testing: Solution by - Intron Plus, Russia

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Magnetic Rope Testing

Solution By - Intron Plus, Russia


Indian Representative- M/S Arora Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Non-destructive
Rope structure
inspection of wire ropes

• Visual inspection

• Magnetic flux leakage (MFL)


inspection
Wire Rope In Different Industries
Offshore & Onshore drilling rigs Offshore heavy lifting Onshore cranes

Aerial cableways Guided structures


Mining Civil engineering
How do ropes detoriate?

● Corrosion internal and external – reason for the loss ● Fatigue due to repetitive bending over
of metallic area - LMA drum/sheave and overloading causes broken
wires – LF
● External and internal abrasion due to interaction
between surface and drum/sheave and internal wires ● Excessive heat due to frequent bending on
causes LMA the sheaves or accidental fire causes LF
How effective is Visual Inspection?
• Inner wires are not inspected .

• Half of outer wires are not


inspected

• Core is not inspected

• LMA is not measured


Magnetic rope testing (MRT)
The only practical method to inspect wire ropes is by the principle of
Magnetic Flux Leakage(MFL)

1. Rope is magnetically saturated using


permanent magnets

2. Flaws and discontinuities will cause


magnetic flux leakage

3. This leakage is detected by sensors and flaws


are characterised accordingly.
Defects detected by MFL
Inspection
Loss of Metallic Cross Section Local Flaw (LF)
Area (LMA)
-- Broken Wire
-- Wire Rope thinning -- Pits
-- Missing Strand -- Corrosion
-- Crack
International standards &
references for MRT
 ASTM E1571. Standard practice for electromagnetic examination of ferromagnetic steel wire
rope
 ISO 4309. Cranes-Wire Ropes-Care and maintenance, inspection and discard
 EN 12927. Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons-Ropes
 IMCA LR004. Guidance on Examination of Steel Wire Rope Through Magnetic Rope Testing
(MRT)
 O.I.T.A.F. BOOK 3. Survey of Magnetic Rope Testing
 IS 17234: 2019. Indian Standard for Operation and Maintenance of all type of Ropeways.
 IS 17235: 2019. Indian Standard for Magnetic Rope Testing Specification
Solution?
INTROS - Steel Wire Rope Flaw Detector

Magnetic Head
1. Contains Permanent Magnet that saturates wire being inspected
2. Also houses Hall Sensors for detecting LMA and LF

Basic Unit
1. Interfaces with Magnetic Head
2. Stores data and displays information
3. Battery Operated
Magnetic Heads
INTROS is designed to inspect ropes with diameter 6 to 175 mm and Magnetic Heads
comes in the ranges of 6 - 24 mm , 6 - 26 mm , 20 - 40 mm , 40 - 64 mm , 24 - 64 mm , 60 -
85 mm , 80 - 120 mm , 100 - 150 mm & 100 - 175 mm
Basic Unit
BU-16 BU-M

-- Can Work with all Heads Except 6 - 26 mm , 60 - -- Can Work with all Heads
85 mm , 80 - 120 mm , 100 - 150 mm & 100 - 175 -- Memory Capacity 8GB .
mm -- Upto 5 hrs battery
-- Memory Capacity 16 MB . -- 20m cable length
-- Upto 6 hrs battery -- Ingress Protection – IP66
-- 8m cable length -- Ambient Temp -25 Deg to +55 Deg.
-- Ingress Protection – IP65 -- Display with strip chart
-- Ambient Temp -10 Deg to +50 Deg. -- can be directly connected to a PC using special
adapter, and basic unit has Wi Fi connection to PC.
Software – Wintros / WintrosRTV
Correct Interpretation of test results is the most important issue when making the decision about the future of
the rope. Downloading and future analysis of the traces are provided with the in-house developed software
Wintros , delivered along the basis unit .

Some Useful functions of Wintros are --

-- Calibration of the equipment -- Chart zooming and filtering

-- Automatic Marking of defects -- Comparison of charts in the same window

-- Cut-off options -- Automatic Generation of reports .

** Note : New software Wintros RTV (Real-Time-View) is developed for on-line screening of traces with
simultaneous saving into data logger . Real Time monitoring of the traces can be done simultaneously
with the inspection being carried out .
MRT at shipyard and onboard vessel
MRT of crane ropes
MRT at aerial cable way
MRT in underground mines
MRT of Bridge Cables
Inspection of flare stack guy ropes
List of Customers
SR. NO. CUSTOMER LOCATION
1 L&T Construction Mumbai
2 L&T Shipbuilding Chennai
3 L&T Construction Bangalore
4 L&T Construction Chennai
5 L&T Construction Delhi
6 Cranedge Industries, Pune Pune
7 KoneCranes, Pune Pune
8 TATA Steel Kalinganagar. Odisha
9 CSIR Dhanbad
10 DAIKAT Jamshedpur
11 Usha Martin Wire ropes division Ranchi
12 Plextech Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai
13 IIS NDT Allied Services Pvt Ltd. Mumbai
14 NCGB Marine Kolkata
15 SDSC Shar . Shriharikota
16 A2Z NDT Services, Bangalore
17 Mercury Ship Repairs Karwar
18 Norinco Pvt Ltd Mumbai
19 Hindustan Zinc Udaipur
Why Intron ?
-- Robust and Portable Equipment Magnetic Head and Basic Unit

-- Real Time Interpretation can be done via Wintros RTV .

-- Automatic Report Generation is provided reducing chances of human error .

-- Single Magnetic head for a wider diameter range .

-- In-house Repair & Calibration Services by Trained and Certified Engineers in


India at Arora Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

-- Strong and valuable customer base in India as well as worldwide .


Thank You !!

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