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Common Causes of Carrier Rope Failure
1. Use of incorrect diameter rope
2. Misalignment of one or more pulleys
3. Incorrect pulley groove profiles
4. Ropes running out of pulley grooves
5. Worn pulley grooves often with sharp edges in the case of brass or aluminium pulleys
6. Pulley grooves not cleared of broke or size / coating deposits
7. Pulleys too small in diameter causing excessive rope flexing
8. Pulleys with seized or partially seized bearings
9. Obstructions or projections in rope path
10. Rope path allowing rope to be soaked in size or coating chemicals
11. Felts rubbing on ropes
12. Ropes crossed
13. Bad or insufficiently tapered splices
14. Tensioners
1) not free moving
2) too short for the rope run leading
3) too undertension
4) excessively weighted
5) insufficiently weighted
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William Kenyon & Sons, Ltd
P.O. Box 33 - Chapel Field Works - Dukinfield, Cheshire - SK14 4RP - England
Tel. +44(0)161 308 6030 Fax: +44(0)161 308 6046
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