If you look up, you might see a building inspector rappelling down your favorite skyscraper. Increasingly, inspection by rope, which involves an inspector dangling off the side of a building on the ...

Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) inspection is a non-destructive evaluation method widely employed to assess the integrity of wire ropes in critical applications such as elevators, cranes, mining hoists ...

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FairWind has announced the acquisition of US-based rope access company Rope Partner. Colorado-based Rope Partner provides at-height maintenance, inspection and performance enhancement services for ...

Task: The rescue team shall grasp how to determine when its winches can and can’t be used based on the condition of their wire rope Wire rope is the steel cable that can be found on rescue winches and ...

Wire and fiber rope research is intense. D.Ann Shiffler reports. Over the past decade, a handful of crane OEMs have partnered with wire and synthetic rope manufacturers to research the idea of ...