ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Construction, Mining, and Agricultural Equipment
Brittle Fracture of an Excavator Boom Suspension Rope Anchorage Plate
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Published:2019
Abstract
An anchorage plate which fractured was one of a pair used as intermediate members through which the boom suspension ropes were attached to the jury-mast of an excavator. Failure of the plate released the ropes on one side of the boom, resulting in extensive damage to the latter and also bending of the other anchorage plate. The anchorage plates were 23 x 9 in. and had been flame-cut from mild steel plate. Collars were fillet-welded on each side at both ends to provide extra bearing area for the pins. Holes had then been flame-cut slightly under size and bored...
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Member Sign InBrittle Fracture of an Excavator Boom Suspension Rope Anchorage Plate, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Construction, Mining, and Agricultural Equipment, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.conag.c9001449
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