New Zealand Gazette – 1935 – No. 49

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✨ Technical Specifications



JULY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1883

Table No. 9.

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. B = 1¾ L.
Diameter of Iron of Chain, in Inches.
¼ 560 .. .. .. .. ¼ 560 ¼
½ 1,120 ¼ ¼ ¼ 5/16 5/16 1,120 ½
¾ 1,680 5/16 5/16 5/16 3/8 7/16 1,680 ¾
1 2,240 5/16 5/16 3/8 3/8 7/16 2,240 1
1½ 3,360 3/8 7/16 7/16 ½ 9/16 3,360 1½
2 4,480 7/16 7/16 ½ 5/8 5/8 4,480 2
2½ 5,600 ½ ½ 5/8 5/8 ¾ 5,600 2½
3 6,720 9/16 9/16 5/8 11/16 13/16 6,720 3
3½ 7,840 5/8 5/8 ¾ ¾ 7/8 7,840 3½
4 8,960 ¾ ¾ ¾ 7/8 7/8 8,960 4
4½ 10,080 11/16 11/16 7/8 7/8 15/16 10,080 4½
5 11,200 11/16 ¾ 7/8 7/8 1 11,200 5
6 13,440 ¾ 13/16 13/16 13/16 1¼ 13,440 6
7 15,680 13/16 7/8 7/8 1 1³/₁₆ 15,680 7
8 17,920 7/8 7/8 15/16 1¹/₁₆ 1¼ 17,920 8
9 20,160 15/16 15/16 1 1³/₁₆ 1⁵/₁₆ 20,160 9
10 22,400 1 1 1¹/₁₆ 1³/₁₆ 1⁷/₁₆ 22,400 10
11 24,640 1¹/₁₆ 1¹/₁₆ 1¹/₈ 1¼ 1¹/₂ 24,640 11
12 26,880 1¹/₁₆ 1¹/₈ 1³/₁₆ 1⁵/₁₆ 1⁹/₁₆ 26,880 12
13 29,120 1¹/₈ 1¹/₈ 1³/₁₆ 1⁵/₁₆ 1⁵/₈ 29,120 13
14 31,360 1³/₁₆ 1³/₁₆ 1¼ 1⁷/₁₆ 1¹¹/₁₆ 31,360 14
15 33,600 1³/₁₆ 1¼ 1⁵/₁₆ 1½ 1¾ 33,600 15
16 35,840 1¼ 1¼ 1⁵/₁₆ 1½ 1¾ 35,840 16
17 38,080 1⁵/₁₆ 1⁵/₁₆ 1³/₈ 1⁹/₁₆ 1¹³/₁₆ 38,080 17
18 40,320 1⁵/₁₆ 1⁵/₁₆ 1⁷/₁₆ 1⁵/₈ 1⁷/₈ 40,320 18
19 42,560 1³/₈ 1³/₈ 1⁷/₁₆ 1¹¹/₁₆ 1¹⁵/₁₆ 42,560 19
20 44,800 1³/₈ 1⁷/₁₆ 1½ 1¹¹/₁₆ 2 44,800 20
21 47,040 1⁷/₁₆ 1⁷/₁₆ 1½ 1¾ .. 47,040 21
22 49,280 1⁷/₁₆ 1½ 1⁹/₁₆ 1¹³/₁₆ .. 49,280 22
23 51,520 1½ 1½ 1⁵/₈ 1¹³/₁₆ .. 51,520 23
24 53,760 1½ 1⁹/₁₆ 1⁵/₈ 1⁷/₈ .. 53,760 24
25 56,000 1⁹/₁₆ 1⁹/₁₆ 1¹¹/₁₆ 1⁷/₈ .. 56,000 25
26 58,240 1⁹/₁₆ 1⁵/₈ 1¹¹/₁₆ 1¹⁵/₁₆ .. 58,240 26
27 60,480 1⁵/₈ 1⁵/₈ 1¾ 2 .. 60,480 27
28 62,720 1⁵/₈ 1¹¹/₁₆ 1¾ 2 .. 62,720 28
29 64,960 1¹¹/₁₆ 1¹¹/₁₆ 1¹³/₁₆ .. .. 64,960 29
30 67,200 1¹¹/₁₆ 1¼ 1¹³/₁₆ .. .. 67,200 30
31 69,440 1¼ 1¼ 1⁷/₈ .. .. 69,440 31
32 71,680 1¼ 1¼ 1⁷/₈ .. .. 71,680 32
33 73,920 1¼ 1¹³/₁₆ 1¹⁵/₁₆ .. .. 73,920 33
34 76,160 1¹³/₁₆ 1¹³/₁₆ 1¹⁵/₁₆ .. .. 76,160 34
35 78,400 1¹³/₁₆ 1⁷/₈ 1¹⁵/₁₆ .. .. 78,400 35
36 80,640 1⁷/₈ 1⁷/₈ 2 .. .. 80,640 36
37 82,880 1⁷/₈ 1¹⁵/₁₆ 2 .. .. 82,880 37
38 85,120 1¹⁵/₁₆ 1¹⁵/₁₆ .. .. .. 85,120 38
39 87,360 1¹⁵/₁₆ 1¹⁵/₁₆ .. .. .. 87,360 39
40 89,600 1¹⁵/₁₆ 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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