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Broader view of Hywind Scotland Pilot Park as shown on the cover of this issue.
“RENAMED THE LIFTING & RIGGING SEMINAR, THIS YEAR’S EVENT (THE EIGHTH IN THE SERIES) WAS HELD IN AMSTERDAM IN MID-JUNE, AND POST-EVENT THE PRESENTATIONS AND A FULL REPORT ON THE SEMINAR WERE POSTED ONLINE ALONG WITH DETAILS OF THE WORKSHOPS.”
Photo copyright Saipem, courtesy of IMCA.
This year’s Lifting and Rigging Seminar was held in Amsterdam in mid-June.
Work is soon expected to be completed and the document available for downloading from the IMCA website by the end of this year. IMCA does not believe in resting on its laurels as
news that ‘Guidance on Wire Rope Integrity Management’ (LR 001, M 194) is next on the list for revision demonstrates. Published in August 2016 this is being revised following the recent revision of ISO 4309 ‘Cranes – Wire ropes – Care and maintenance, inspection and discard’. IMCA took part in this revision by providing SME input and was disappointed with the outcome of its submitted technical comments for the final draft, therefore the LRMC, through a technical expert working group currently being set-up, plans a revision of the IMCA guidance to include MRT (magnetic rope testing) inspection and discard criteria. Te next on the revision list is ‘Guidance on non-
destructive examination (NDE) by means of magnetic rope testing’ (LR 004) published in August 2009. Under the new name of ‘Guidance on non-destructive examination (NDE) of rope’ the revised document will include progress made with MRT equipment and the
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correct interpretation of MRT traces. Potentially it may also include other methods of NDE for rope – both steel and fibre as discussed at previous of the IMCA rope workshops. Tese could include 3D measuring (continuous measuring, 4 x HD industrial cameras, 16 pictures per meter (360o), 100 M points analysed per meter, 100 K points measured per meter. Another possible method for inclusion is ultra- sonic testing for fibre rope. Tis would refer to the fact that the use of fibre optics, conductive or magnetic fibres incorporated into the rope have been attempted, but this is something still under development. As readers of ‘Wire Rope Exchange’ will no doubt be aware, it does not test the load-bearing fibres, but rather infers condition by measuring the state of these other materials.
All IMCA guidance documents are free to download
from the IMCA website at
www.imca-int.com and, importantly, every guidance document has a feedback button which we urge all to use for this means that responses can be collated for discussion with the LRMC when future revisions are planned. y
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