Service life of elevator wire ropes extended

摘要

The Naval Sea Systems Command Engineering Directorate in the US has extended the service life for wire ropes associated with aircraft carrier elevators (ACE) for all Enterprise class, Nimitz class and Gerald R Ford class aircraft carriers.NAVSEA05 partnered with engineers from Aircraft, Vehicle, Ship and Material Handling Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division - Ship Systems Engineering Station (NSWCCD-SSES) to test ACE wire ropes from USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).