Maintenance work on the superstructure
8.12 Hoist ropes
16.08.2018
Maintenance manual 3 302 577 en 8 - 105
GMK7450
Damage Description Cause Replacement
Flattening (1) Crushed areas,
mostly with wire
breaks.
Mechanical d
amage,
e. g. due to driving
over the rope.
Determine number of wire
breaks; replace rope immedi-
ately if serious crushing has
occurred.
Kink (2) Rope deformation
with twists and
wire breaks.
Rope
in the eyelets
was pulled straight
while twisted.
Replace the rope immediately.
Kinks (3) Buckled section in
the rope.
Mechanical d
amage. Replace the rope immediately.
Crinkling (4) Crinkling rope
deformation.
L
oaded rope was
pulled over an edge.
Replace the rope immediately.