Figure 48. Wire rope with a high strand. In this condition, one or two strands are worn before
adjoining strands. This is caused by improper socketing or seizing, kinks or doglegs. The top
illustration (a) is a close view
of
the concentration
of
wear, the lower (b) shows how, in a six-
strand rope, this recurs
in
every sixth strand.
Figure 49. This rope was dan1aged on the reel
by
a sharp object.
c
Figure
50. These rope
damages-the
result
of
bad drum
winding-
are refened
as:
a) layer-to-
layer crushing, b) scrubbing at cross-over or flange turnback, and c) layer-to-Iayer crushing.
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