Representative Tribometer Testing of Wire Rope Fretting Contacts: The Effect of Lubrication on Fretting Wear
- Submitting institution
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The University of Bradford
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 41
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1080/10402004.2020.1733154
- Title of journal
- Tribology Transactions
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 557
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 1040-2004
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- -
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10402004.2020.1733154?journalCode=utrb20
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Industry-academia research that has augmented collaborations on lubrication and fretting-fatigue life between ROCOL, a specialist lubricant manufacturer, and wire rope OEMs, opening up significant new business opportunities for ROCOL. Wire ropes is a major global industry, encompassing cranes, hoists, lifts, umbilicals, etc. For a typical large crane in a manufacturing environment the rope is a critical operational consumable, with annual rope replacement costs of £50k-£100k and associated costs of downtime and maintenance stretching to £1M. ROCOL estimate the increase in the fretting-fatigue service life of such a rope through improved lubrication can produce annualised operational savings of £0.5M.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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