Influence of longitudinal vibration on the friction and wear characteristics of multi-layer winding hoisting wire rope

The longitudinal vibration of the multi-layer winding hoisting wire rope is inevitable due to the time-varying dead weight and the fluctuation of hoisting acceleration. Longitudinal vibration will lead to relative sliding between the hoisting wire rope and the rope groove, resulting in friction and wear, and thus threaten the service life of the wire rope. In order to investigate the influence of longitudinal vibration on the tribological characteristics of the wire rope and its wear mechanism, the friction and wear tests between the sliding wire rope and the fixed wire rope groove under different longitudinal vibration amplitudes and frequencies were carried out with the help of a self-developed test rig. Results show that the coefficient of friction (CoF) of the wire rope has experienced three stages of rapid growth, “concave” transition and relative stability with the increase of sliding distance, which increases first and then decreases with increasing the amplitude in the relatively stable stage and has no obvious change with an increase in the frequency. Additionally, the maximum temperature rises at the wind-out region of the sliding wire rope and the middle of the contact wire ropes increase first and then decrease with the increase of the amplitude in the relatively stable stage, but increase gradually with an increase in the frequency. The vibration intensities in the wear regions of the wire ropes have a great increase in the rapid wear stage. Furthermore, the main vibration wear mechanisms of the wire rope are abrasive wear and adhesive wear, the content of O element in the furrows and the abrasive adhesion regions are higher, and the frequency has less effect on the oxidation degree of the worn surface of the wire rope than the amplitude. • The vibration wear experiments of wire ropes were carried out by a self-made vibration wear testing rig. • The vibration frequency and amplitude have different effects on the CoF of the wire rope. • The vibration intensities in wear regions of the wire ropes have a great increase in the rapid wear stage. • The vibration wear mechanisms of the wire rope are mainly abrasive wear and adhesive wear.