Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear Evolution

Steel wire rope serves as a critical load-bearing and transmission component in the transportation equipment utilized in coal mines. It exhibits various forms of damage during prolonged service, which significantly jeopardizes the safety reliability of the transportation equipment. To investigate th...

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Main Authors: Xiangdong Chang, Fahui Shi, Xiao Chen, Yuxing Peng, Yu Tang, Wenjie Xiao, Ran Hu
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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Fahui Shi
Xiao Chen
Yuxing Peng
Yu Tang
Wenjie Xiao
Ran Hu
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Yu Tang
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description Steel wire rope serves as a critical load-bearing and transmission component in the transportation equipment utilized in coal mines. It exhibits various forms of damage during prolonged service, which significantly jeopardizes the safety reliability of the transportation equipment. To investigate the formation process of the surface wear of steel wire rope and its influence on mechanical properties, the tribological evolution and performance degradation of the transmission wire rope under rope–sheave contact and rope–rope contact were studied in this paper. The wire rope’s friction coefficient (COF) is stable between 0.7 and 0.8 under two contact conditions. It is more likely to lead to the accumulation of frictional heat under the condition of rope–sheave contact. The primary wear mechanisms of transmission wire ropes are adhesive wear and fatigue wear. Additionally, the wear evolution leads to the nonlinear degradation of the tensile strength and bending fatigue life of the wire rope, and the wear damage caused by rope–sheave contact is more harmful. As the sliding distance between the wire rope and the sheave increases, the breaking force decreases from approximately 48 kN to 23 kN, and the number of bending fatigues of the wire rope before scrapping is reduced from approximately 6200 times to 200 times.
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spelling doaj-art-1c4765576c0c4e7f9379396fb2ad18fa2025-08-20T03:12:02ZengMDPI AGLubricants2075-44422025-01-011325910.3390/lubricants13020059Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear EvolutionXiangdong Chang0Fahui Shi1Xiao Chen2Yuxing Peng3Yu Tang4Wenjie Xiao5Ran Hu6Coal Mine Safety Mining Equipment Innovation Centre of Anhui Province, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, ChinaChangzhou Scientific Research Trial Center Co., Ltd., Changzhou 213023, ChinaCoal Mine Safety Mining Equipment Innovation Centre of Anhui Province, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Mine Mechanical and Electrical Equipment, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Mine Mechanical and Electrical Equipment, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Mine Mechanical and Electrical Equipment, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Mine Mechanical and Electrical Equipment, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSteel wire rope serves as a critical load-bearing and transmission component in the transportation equipment utilized in coal mines. It exhibits various forms of damage during prolonged service, which significantly jeopardizes the safety reliability of the transportation equipment. To investigate the formation process of the surface wear of steel wire rope and its influence on mechanical properties, the tribological evolution and performance degradation of the transmission wire rope under rope–sheave contact and rope–rope contact were studied in this paper. The wire rope’s friction coefficient (COF) is stable between 0.7 and 0.8 under two contact conditions. It is more likely to lead to the accumulation of frictional heat under the condition of rope–sheave contact. The primary wear mechanisms of transmission wire ropes are adhesive wear and fatigue wear. Additionally, the wear evolution leads to the nonlinear degradation of the tensile strength and bending fatigue life of the wire rope, and the wear damage caused by rope–sheave contact is more harmful. As the sliding distance between the wire rope and the sheave increases, the breaking force decreases from approximately 48 kN to 23 kN, and the number of bending fatigues of the wire rope before scrapping is reduced from approximately 6200 times to 200 times.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/13/2/59wire ropewear evolutiontensile strengthbending fatigueperformance degradation
spellingShingle Xiangdong Chang
Fahui Shi
Xiao Chen
Yuxing Peng
Yu Tang
Wenjie Xiao
Ran Hu
Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear Evolution
Lubricants
wire rope
wear evolution
tensile strength
bending fatigue
performance degradation
title Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear Evolution
title_full Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear Evolution
title_fullStr Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear Evolution
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear Evolution
title_short Mechanical Property Degradation of Transmission Wire Rope Caused by Different Wear Evolution
title_sort mechanical property degradation of transmission wire rope caused by different wear evolution
topic wire rope
wear evolution
tensile strength
bending fatigue
performance degradation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/13/2/59
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