New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 61

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✨ Table of Safe-Working Loads for Chain Slings



SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2691

Table No. 4.

TABLE OF SIZES FOR CHAIN SLINGS CARRYING THE LOAD ON TWO PARTS OR LEGS OF THE SLING.

Safe-working Load, in Tons. Safe-working Load, in Pounds. Sizes of Chain for various Distances between Legs. (Sizes to nearest sixteenth of an inch.) Safe-working Load, in Pounds. Safe-working Load, in Tons.
Legs Parallel. B = ½ L. B = L. B = 1½ L.
Diameter of Iron of Chain, in Inches.
¼ 560 .. .. .. .. 560 ¼
½ 1,120 ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ 1,120 ½
¾ 1,680 5/16 5/16 5/16 5/16 1,680 ¾
1 2,240 5/16 5/16 3/8 7/16 2,240 1
1½ 3,360 3/8 7/16 7/16 9/16 3,360 1½
2 4,480 7/16 7/16 ½ 9/16 4,480 2
2½ 5,600 ½ 9/16 9/16 5/8 5,600 2½
3 6,720 9/16 9/16 5/8 11/16 6,720 3
3½ 7,840 5/8 5/8 5/8 3/4 7,840 3½
4 8,960 5/8 5/8 11/16 7/8 8,960 4
4½ 10,080 11/16 11/16 3/4 13/16 10,080 4½
5 11,200 11/16 3/4 3/4 7/8 11,200 5
6 13,400 3/4 13/16 13/16 15/16 13,400 6
7 15,680 13/16 7/8 7/8 1 15,680 7
8 17,920 7/8 7/8 15/16 1 1/16 17,920 8
9 20,160 15/16 15/16 1 1 1/8 20,160 9
10 22,400 1 1 1 1/16 1 3/16 22,400 10
11 24,640 1 1/16 1 1/16 1 1/8 1 1/4 24,640 11
12 26,880 1 1/16 1 1/8 1 3/16 1 5/16 26,880 12
13 29,120 1 1/8 1 1/8 1 3/16 1 3/8 29,120 13
14 31,360 1 3/16 1 3/16 1 1/4 1 7/16 31,360 14
15 33,600 1 3/16 1 1/4 1 5/16 1 1/2 33,600 15
16 35,840 1 1/4 1 1/4 1 5/16 1 9/16 35,840 16
17 38,080 1 5/16 1 5/16 1 3/8 1 9/16 38,080 17
18 40,320 1 5/16 1 5/16 1 7/16 1 5/8 40,320 18
19 42,560 1 3/8 1 3/8 1 7/16 1 11/16 42,560 19
20 44,800 1 3/8 1 7/16 1 1/2 1 11/16 44,800 20
21 47,040 1 7/16 1 7/16 1 9/16 1 3/4 47,040 21
22 49,280 1 7/16 1 ½ 1 9/16 1 13/16 49,280 22
23 51,520 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5/8 1 13/16 51,520 23
24 53,760 1 ½ 1 9/16 1 5/8 1 7/8 53,760 24
25 56,000 1 9/16 1 9/16 1 11/16 1 7/8 56,000 25
26 58,240 1 9/16 1 5/8 1 11/16 1 15/16 58,240 26
27 60,480 1 5/8 1 5/8 1 3/4 2 60,480 27
28 62,720 1 5/8 1 11/16 1 3/4 2 62,720 28
29 64,960 1 11/16 1 11/16 1 13/16 .. 64,960 29
30 67,200 1 11/16 1 3/4 1 13/16 .. 67,200 30
31 69,940 1 3/4 1 3/4 1 7/8 .. 69,940 31
32 71,680 1 3/4 1 3/4 1 7/8 .. 71,680 32
33 73,920 1 3/4 1 13/16 1 15/16 .. 73,920 33
34 76,160 1 13/16 1 13/16 1 15/16 .. 76,160 34
35 78,400 1 13/16 1 7/8 1 15/16 .. 78,400 35
36 80,640 1 7/8 1 7/8 2 .. 80,640 36
37 82,880 1 7/8 1 15/16 2 .. 82,880 37
38 85,120 1 15/16 1 15/16 .. .. 85,120 38
39 87,360 1 15/16 1 15/16 .. .. 87,360 39
40 89,600 1 15/16 2 .. .. 89,600 40
41 91,840 2 2 .. .. 91,840 41
42 94,080 2 .. .. .. 94,080 42
43 96,320 2 .. .. .. 96,320 43


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