Wire Rope: Popular Classifications

Left Lay REGULAR LAY

Right Lay REGULAR LAY

Right Lay LANG LAY

Left Lay LANG LAY

Right Lay ALTERNATE LAY

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Wire Rope Specifications

The Design Factor being the ratio between the minimum Breaking load of the rope and the working load limit (WLL) tells at what percentage of its ultimate strength a wire rope is operating. The Design Factor takes into consideration both normal rope wear and potential stresses in various applications. The best practice in determining an adequate design factor is to analyze the specific conditions involved in each individual installation. The following example shows how to determine the Design Factor: If a rope is working under a max. operating load of 10,000 lbs and is having an ultimate strength of 50,000 lbs the factor is 5 which means it is operating at 20% of its ultimate strength.

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Wire Rope

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SUGGESTED WIRE ROPE FOR PARTICULAR USES

NOTE: 6 x 26 WS may be substituted for 6 x 25 FW, 6 x 36 WS for 6 x 41 WS. 9-part Heavy Lift Slings may be substituted for Cable Laid.

Definition of Abbreviations
Grade IPS - Improved Plow Steel EIPS - Extra Improved Plow Steel GIPS - Galvanized Improved Plow Steel EEIP - Extra Extra Improved Plow DGEIP - Drawn Galvanized Extra Improved Plow Construction FW - Filler Wire WS - Warrington Seale SFW - Seale Filler Wire RR - Rotation Resistant W - Warrington S - Seale Lay RRL - Right Regular Lay RLL - Right Lang Lay LRL - Left Regular Lay LLL - Left Lang Lay Core IWRC - Wire Rope Core FC - Fiber Core Fiber - Hemp or Poly Core Poly - Polypropylene Core

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Criteria For Replacement Of Wire Ropes

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Rope Wear
Deterioration and Abuse

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Rope Wear
Deterioration and Abuse

8.

Typical wire fractures as a result of bend fatigue.

9.

Wire fractures at the strand, or core interface, as distinct from crown fractures, caused by failure of core support.

10.

Break up of IWRC resulting from high stress application. Note nicking of wires in outer strands.

11.

Strand core protrusion as a result of torsional unbalance created by drop ball application. (i.e. shock loading).

12.

Typical example of localized wear and deformation created at a previously kinked portion of rope.

13.

Multi strand rope bird-caged due to torsional unbalance. Typical of build up seen at anchorage end of multi-fall crane application.

14.

Protrusion of IWRC resulting from shock loading.

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Figuring Reel Capacity

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Sheave and Drum Ratios

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Minimum Sheave- and Drum-Groove Dimensions*

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