Technical Specifications




Table No. 5.—Black-steel-wire Ropes.

TABLE OF BREAKING-LOADS AND CORRESPONDING WORKING-LOADS FOR BLACK-STEEL-WIRE ROPES OF SPECIAL IMPROVED PATENT STEEL QUALITY USED FOR SINGLE WHIPS, SINGLE STROPS, OR LONG-EYED SNOTTERS AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR CASES WHERE THE LOAD IS CARRIED ON A SINGLE PART.

(Tensile strength of wires, 90/100 tons per square inch.)

Size of Rope. Construction.—Six Strands of 19 Wires each. Construction.—Six Strands of 24 Wires each. Construction.—Six Strands of 37 Wires each.
Circumference, in Inches Diameter, (approx.), in Inches Actual Breaking-load, in Tons. Working-load, in Tons, &c.
1 5/16 3·0 0 8 2 8
1⅛ 3/8 3·7 0 10 2 8
13/32 4·7 0 13 1 20
1⅜ 7/16 5·5 0 15 ? 24
15/32 6·7 0 19 0 16
1⅝ 1/2 8·1 1 3 0 16
9/16 9·1 1 6 0 0
1⅞ 19/32 10·7 1 10 2 8
2 5/8 12·4 1 15 1 20
2⅛ 11/16 13·6 1 18 3 12
23/32 15·6 2 4 2 8
2⅜ 3/4 17·6 2 10 1 4
13/16 19·1 2 14 2 8
2⅞ 27/32 20·5 2 18 2 8
7/8 22·9 3 5 1 20
2⅞ 29/32 25·4 3 12 2 8
3 15/16 28·9 4 2 2 8
3⅛ 1 30·7 4 7 2 24
1⅑/32 33·6 4 16 0 0
3⅜ 1⅓/16 36·6 5 4 2 8
1⅜/8 39·6 5 13 0 16
3⅝ 1⅝/32 41·8 5 19 1 20
1⅞/16 45·1 6 8 3 12
3⅞ 1⅞/4 48·6 6 18 3 12
4 1⅞/32 50·9 7 5 1 20
4⅛ 1⅞/16 54·6 7 16 0 0
1⅞/32 57·1 8 3 0 16
4⅜ 1⅞/8 61·0 8 14 1 4
1⅞/16 65·0 9 5 2 24
4⅞ 1⅞/32 67·7 9 13 1 20
1⅞/2 71·9 10 5 1 20
4⅞ 1⅞/16 74·8 10 13 2 24
5 1⅞/32 79·2 11 6 1 4
5⅛ 1⅞/8 83·7 11 19 0 16
1⅞/16 88·5 12 12 3 12
5⅜ 1⅞/4 96·5 13 15 2 24
1⅞/32 104·9 14 19 2 24
6 1⅞/32 115·5 16 10 0 0


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