Technical tables for wire and fibre ropes




JULY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1879

Table No. 3.

GALVANIZED-STEEL-WIRE ROPES.—BREAKING-LOADS.

(Quality: Hawser Basic. Tensile strength of wires, 85–95 tons per square inch.)

Size of Rope. Flexible. Special. Flexible.
Construction: Six Strands of 12 Wires each. Construction: Six Strands of 24 Wires each. Construction: Six Strands of 30 Wires each.
Circumference, in Inches. Diameter, in Inches (approximate). Actual Breaking-load, in Tons. Actual Breaking-load, in Tons.
1 5/16 2·0 2·6
13/32 3·1 4·4
15/32 4·8 6·1
9/16 6·4 8·7
2 5/8 8·3 11·2
23/32 10·8 14·7
13/16 13·2 17·7
7/8 15·2 21·1
3 15/16 18·6 25·7
1¹/32 21·7 29·7
1¹/8 25·7 35·2
1³/16 29·3 39·9
4 1⁹/32 33·2 44·9
1¹¹/32 36·4 51·5
1⁷/16 43·3 58·6
1¹/2 47·0 64·6
5 1¹⁹/32 52·8 70·9
1¹¹/16 .. 77·5
1³/4 .. 84·4
1²⁷/32 .. 91·5
6 1²⁹/32 .. 99·1
2 .. 104·5
2³/32 .. 112·3
2⁵/32 .. 120·3
7 2⁷/32 .. 130·7
2³/8 .. ..
8 2¹⁷/32 .. ..

Table No. 4.

TABLE OF BREAKING-LOADS FOR ORDINARY-GRADE ROUND FIBRE ROPES.

(Ropes closely spun and not tarred.)

Size of Rope. Breaking-load, in Pounds. Size of Rope. Breaking-load, in Pounds.
Circumference, in Inches. Diameter, in Inches (approximate). Circumference, in Inches. Diameter, in Inches (approximate).
1 5/16 810
13/32 1,260
15/32 1,818 4
9/16 2,466
2 5/8 3,222
23/32 4,086
13/16 5,040 5
7/8 6,102
3 15/16 7,254 6
1¹/32 8,514

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