EP2002051A1

EP2002051A1 - Rope

Info

Publication number: EP2002051A1
Application number: EP07718367A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Rudolf Kirth; Erich RÜHRNÖSSL
Original assignee: Teufelberger GmbH
Current assignee: Teufelberger Fiber Rope GmbH
Priority date: 2006-03-31
Filing date: 2007-03-30
Publication date: 2008-12-17
Anticipated expiration: 2027-03-30
Also published as: DE202007004784U1; US20090320436A1; US7849666B2; AT503634A1; DK2002051T3; WO2007112468A1; EP2002051B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a rope of textile fibre material in a conventional core-sheath structure. The rope of the invention is characterized in that the specific strength of the rope F<SUB>S</SUB> (in [daN/g of core/m of rope]) is related to the diameter of the rope DM (in [mm]) according to the following formula: F<SUB>S</SUB> = 212 - DM.

Description

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The present invention relates to a rope made of a textile fiber material.

In the field of agriculture and forestry and the construction and transport industries, cable equipment, e.g. Rope masts or winches, mostly steel ropes as traction cables, suspension cables and the like. used.

In particular, high demands are placed on ropes in this field of application in terms of their tensile strength and their abrasion resistance, since the ropes are used e.g. on the forest floor and over tree trunks.

Desirable is also a simple determinability of the Ablegereife, i. that point in time at which the rope must be preventively replaced due to excessive damage due to ongoing operation.

For the above reasons are currently, as already mentioned, mainly steel cables for the purposes mentioned in use, since they on the one hand have a high tensile strength and on the other hand are also very resistant to abrasion.

The disadvantage of steel cables, however, is their great weight. This is particularly disadvantageous when the cables, e.g. when setting up tipper masts, must be pulled by hand.

It has therefore already been tried to use ropes made of a textile fiber material in the field of agriculture and forestry. Sheathless ropes are known from a high strength textile fiber material (e.g., Dyneema® fiber, a high strength and high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) fiber material).

However, if a rope made of a textile fiber material should achieve the same high tensile strengths as a steel cable, the individual fibers must be aligned as much as possible in the cable direction, ie, twines or strands with low rotation or large lay length must be used. However, this comes at the expense of abrasion resistance. In addition, it is difficult to determine the Ablegereife with such ropes. The present invention has for its object to provide a rope made of a textile fiber material, which is particularly suitable for use for ropes of all kinds, in particular winches, and does not have the disadvantages mentioned above.

This object is achieved by a rope made of textile fiber material, which is present in a conventional manner in a core / shell construction, which rope is characterized in that the specific strength of the rope F ₃ (in [daN / g core / m Rope]) depending on the diameter of the rope DM (in [mm]) of the following formula:

F ₅ > 212 - DM.

Ropes of a textile fiber material, which are in a core / shell construction, are known per se. Such a rope consists of one or more, for example, braided or beaten core (s) of textile fiber material, which (r) of a textile fiber material as a sheath envelops, for. is braided or are.

For the purposes of the present invention, the term "core" will be understood hereinafter to mean both a single core and a plurality of cores present in a cable.

Although ropes having a core / shell construction are suitable for many areas, such as e.g. in the field of mountain sports or nautical, in use, but have not yet been proposed for the field of ropes in agriculture and forestry. There are several reasons for that:

On the one hand, much higher tensile loads act in the objective field of application, which must be transmitted to the core via the jacket. Even slight shifts between the core and the jacket lead to poor power transmission and the sliding of the jacket. As a result, the rope is prone to abrasion and also has at the appropriate location on a thickening, which is even more stressed. All this eventually leads to the destruction of the rope.

The invention now provides for the first time a textile rope with a core / sheath structure which has similarly good tensile strengths and abrasion resistance as a steel rope of comparable thickness.

The diameter DM of the rope according to the invention is preferably 4 to 60 mm, preferably 4 to 40 mm, particularly preferably 4 to 26 mm. Preferably, the core of the rope according to the invention is stretched to an extent of more than 5%, preferably 5.5% to 20%, particularly preferably 6% to 15% of the maximum tensile force of the core. The core of conventional ropes having a core / sheath construction is usually stretched only up to a range of up to 5% of the maximum tensile force.

It has proven to be advantageous if the stretching of the core is carried out at a temperature which is elevated in relation to room temperature, in particular at an ambient temperature up to the melting range or decomposition range of the polymer used as the fiber material of the core. The temperature ranges suitable for the respective fiber material of the core can be determined by one skilled in the art within the scope of his specialist knowledge. For nuclei of a HMPE fiber material (eg, Dyneema® fibers) is an ambient temperature of 50 ° C to 140 ⁰ C, preferably from 90 ° C to 120 ° C, preferably.

The diameter of a preferably highly stretched core according to the invention is reduced in size compared to less oriented cores. This makes it possible, despite applying a jacket on the core to obtain a rope which is not substantially thicker than a steel cable of equal tensile strength. At the same time, the sheath ensures protection of the core and improved abrasion resistance over a rope made entirely of a core of high strength fibers.

Due to the inventively preferred high stretching of the core of the rope also occurs in the application of the rope no further Durchmesserverringerang of the core. As a result, a shift between shell and core can be largely prevented.

The fiber material of the core is preferably selected from the group consisting of high-strength fibers, in particular high-strength high-modulus polyethylene fibers, aramid fibers, liquid-crystalline (LC) polyester fibers, polybenzoxazole fibers and mixtures thereof.

High strength high modulus polyethylene fibers are commercially available under the trade name Dyneema®. LC polyester fibers are commercially available under the trade name Vectran®.

Also preferred is the fiber material of the sheath from the group consisting of highly abrasion-resistant fibers, in particular high-strength high modulus polyethylene fibers, Liquid crystalline (LC) polyester fibers, other abrasion-resistant polyester fibers, polyamide fibers and mixtures thereof selected.

The rope according to the invention preferably has means for increasing the adhesion between core and sheath of the rope.

For this purpose, at least a part of the surface of the core may be enveloped with a material selected from the group consisting of staple fiber yarns and textured multifilament yarns. This sheath can be present, for example, in a manner known per se in the form of a reinforcement, a braiding or in the form of fibers with increased adhesion, which are braided to the core and at least partially lying on its surface.

Polyamide, polyester, polyacrylate, polypropylene, polyethylene and mixtures thereof are particularly suitable as material for the covering.

To increase the adhesion between the core and the jacket, sutures can be provided between these components.

Alternatively or in addition to the already mentioned possibilities of increasing the adhesion between the core and the jacket, at least part of the surface of the core may be coated with an adhesion-enhancing substance.

Also, the jacket itself or the cable elements forming the sheath such. Yarns or threads may be coated with an adhesion-enhancing substance.

The rope according to the invention offers several possibilities for detecting damage, on the basis of which the rope must be considered as ready for storage:

Thus, by checking the condition of the jacket damage to the rope can be easily determined: As soon as parts of the core become visible, the rope must be replaced.

Indications for a fatigue of the core of a rope are on the one hand a dilution of the rope or on the other hand an extension of the rope.

When the rope according to the invention a dilution of the rope is associated with a relaxation of the jacket, which can be manually detected. In a preferred embodiment of the rope according to the invention, the jacket has markings on the basis of which an elongation of the rope and / or a twist of the rope can be detected.

The markings may for example be fixedly spaced. If the mantle contains fixedly spaced markings (eg, individual differently colored braids at a fixed distance of, for example, 10 cm), it can be checked before use of the rope whether this distance has changed, in particular lengthened, due to an extension of the rope and therefore indicates a Ablegereife.

Likewise, with a pattern of markings (e.g., stripe patterns or other markings along the length of the rope), it can be determined whether the rope has twisted during use, which is detectable by distortion of the original pattern. A twist of the rope is unfavorable and significantly reduces the tensile strength of the rope. Therefore, turning back to the original, i. torsion-free shape of the rope necessary.

The rope according to the invention is particularly suitable for use in cable devices, in particular in the field of agriculture and forestry and the construction and transport industry. With the rope according to the invention, for the first time an equivalent alternative to steel ropes, but at a much lower weight (a rope according to the invention typically has a weight of only about 20% of the weight of a comparable steel rope) can be provided.

In particular, the rope according to the invention as a supporting rope, guy rope, pull rope, hoisting rope, return rope or rope in ropes, mast ropes and winches according to the example in the Ö standards L 5219 and L 5276 in terms of mobile ropes for wood handling or Rückewinden for land and Forestry used definitions.

A preferred method of making the rope of the present invention comprises making a rope core of textile fiber material and wrapping the rope core with a cladding of textile fiber material, and is characterized in that the rope core prior to encasing the cladding is more than 5%, preferably 5.5% to 20%, more preferably 6% to 15% of the maximum tensile force of the core is stretched. The orientation of the core can preferably be carried out at a temperature which is elevated in relation to room temperature, in particular an ambient temperature, up to the melting range or decomposition range of the polymer used in each case as the fiber material of the core.

If the fiber material of the core consists of high-strength, high-modulus (HMPE) polyethylene fibers, the stretching of the core may preferably be carried out at an ambient temperature of 50 ° C to 140 ° C, particularly preferably 9O ⁰ C to 120 ° C.

Examples:

Example 1 - Comparative Example

A rope consisting only of a core of Dyneema® fibers was tested.

Example 2 - according to the invention

A choker rope with a core of Dyneema® fibers, a sheath (intermediate sheath of polyester fibers) and a sheath of Dyneema® fibers was made according to the following construction:

Core: Dyneema® SK75; 12-piece braid: dtex 1760x15 / 20S - 2-fold x 6 dtex 1760x15 / 20Z - 2-fold x 6

The core was drawn at 100 ^° C. to a level of 5.5% of the maximum tensile force.

Intermediate sheath: polyester staple fiber yarn; Mesh: Nm 5.3 - 3 times x 16

Jacket: Dyneema® SK 75; 32-piece braid: dtex 1760x3 / 100S - 2-fold x 16 dtex 1760x3 / 100Z - 2-fold x 16

Example 3 - according to the invention

A choker rope with a core of Dyneema® fibers, a sheath (intermediate sheath of polyester fibers) and a sheath of Vectran® fibers was made according to the following construction: Core: Dyneema® SK75; 12-piece braid: dtex 1760x15 / 20S - 2-fold x 6 dtex 1760x15 / 20Z - 2-fold x 6

Intermediate sheath: polyester staple fiber yarn; Mesh: Nm 5.3 - 3 times x 16

Coat: Vectran®; 32-piece mesh: dtex 1670x5 / 70S - 2-fold x 16 dtex 1670x4 / 70Z - 2-fold x 16

Example 4 - according to the invention

A guy rope with a core of Dyneema® fibers and a sheath of polyester fibers was made according to the following construction:

Core: Dyneema® SK75; 12 mesh: dtex 1760x11 / 20S - xlO / lOZ x 6 dtex 1760x11 / 20Z - xlO / 10S x 6

The core was drawn at 120 ° C to the extent of 10% of the maximum tensile force.

Coat: polyester multifilament yarn; 32-piece mesh: dtex 1100xl2 / 70S - 3-fold x 16 dtex 1100x12 / 70Z - 3-fold x 16

Example 5 - erfmdungsgemäß

A mounting member was made with a core of Dyneema®, an adhesion-promoting impregnation applied to the core and a sheath of polyester fibers according to the following construction:

Core: Dyneema® SK75; 12-piece mesh: dtex 1760x7 / 20S - 1-fold x 6 dtex 1700x7 / 20Z-1-foldx 6

The core was drawn at 110 ^° C. to an extent of 5.5% of the maximum tensile force.

The core was also impregnated with a polyurethane-based impregnation immediately before braiding the jacket. Coat: polyester multifilament yarn; 32-piece mesh: dtex 1100xl2 / 70S - 3-fold x 16 dtex 1100xl2 / 70Z - 3-fold x 16

In the ropes produced in Examples 1 to 5, the maximum tensile force (HZK) was measured and correlated with the respective diameter of the rope or the respective core weight.

The results of these tests are summarized in the following table:

From the table it can be seen that all of the ropes according to the invention (Examples 2 to 5) have a significantly higher specific strength than a rope consisting exclusively of a core of Dyneema® fibers.

Claims

Claims:

1) rope of textile fiber material, which is in a known manner in a sheath / core construction, characterized in that the specific strength of the rope F _s (in [daN / g core / m rope]) depending on the diameter of Rope DM (in [mm]) of the following formula suffices:

F ₅ > 212 - DM.

2) rope according to claim 1, characterized in that the diameter DM of the rope is 4 to 60 mm, preferably 4 to 40 mm, particularly preferably 4 to 26 mm.

3) rope according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the core of the rope to an extent of more than 5%, preferably 5.5% to 20%, more preferably 6% to 15% of the maximum tensile force of the core is stretched.

4) rope according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fiber material of the core from the group consisting of high-strength fibers, in particular high-strength high modulus polyethylene fibers, aramid fibers, liquid crystalline (LC) polyester fibers, Polybenzoxazolfasern and mixtures thereof is selected.

5) rope according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fiber material of the shell from the group consisting of highly abrasion-resistant fibers, especially high-strength high modulus polyethylene fibers, liquid crystal (LC) polyester fibers, other abrasion-resistant polyester fibers, polyamide fibers and mixtures thereof is selected.

6) rope according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises means for increasing the adhesion between the core and sheath of the rope.

7) rope according to claim 6, characterized in that at least a part of the surface of the core with a material selected from the group consisting of staple yarn yarns and textured multifilament yarns is wrapped.

8) rope according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that there are provided sewing between the core and the jacket. 9) rope according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that at least part of the surface of the core is coated with an adhesion-increasing substance.

10) rope according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the jacket has markings, based on which an extension of the rope and / or a rotation of the rope is determined.

11) Use of a rope according to one of the preceding claims for ropes, in particular in the field of agriculture and forestry and construction and transport.

12) Use according to claim 11 as a suspension rope, guy rope, pull rope, hoist rope, return rope or return rope in Suilgeräten, Mastseilgeräten and winches.

13) A method for producing a rope according to any one of claims 1 to 10, comprising the preparation of a rope core of textile fiber material and wrapping the rope core with a sheath of textile fiber material, characterized in that the cable core before wrapping with the jacket to an extent of more than 5%, preferably 5.5% to 20%, more preferably 6% to 15% of the maximum tensile force of the core is stretched.

14) A method according to claim 13, characterized in that the stretching of the core is carried out at a temperature increased from room temperature, in particular an ambient temperature up to the melting or decomposition of the polymer used as the fiber material of the core.

15) A method according to claim 13, characterized in that the fiber material of the core consists of high-strength high modulus polyethylene fibers and the stretching of the core at an ambient temperature of 50 ° C to 140 ° C, preferably 90 ° C to 120 ⁰ C is performed.