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Galvanised Wire Ropes for Marine and General Purposes Round Strand 6 x 7

6X7 General Purpose Round Strand Wire Rope 7X7 General Purpose Round Strand Wire Rope

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass		Minimum Breaking Force grade 1570
Nominal Diameter (mm)	Fibre Core FC (kg/100m)	Wire Rope Core FC (kg/100m)	Fibre Core FC (kN)	Wire Rope Core IWRC (kN)
2	1.4	1.5	2.1	2.3
3	3.2	3.6	4.7	5.2
4	5.7	6.3	8.4	9.2
5	8.9	9.9	13	14.3
6	12.9	14.3	18.7	20.6
7	17.8	19.7	25.5	28.2
8	22.9	25.2	33.5	36
9	29	32	42.2	45.7
10	35.7	39.2	52.2	56.2
11	43.2	47.5	63	68.2
12	51.5	56.7	75	81
13	60.4	66.4	88.1	95.2
14	70.1	77.1	102	110
16	91.5	101	134	144
18	116	128	169	183
20	143	157	209	225
22	173	190	252	273
24	206	227	300	324
26	242	266	353	381
28	280	308	409	442
32	366	403	534	577

Galvanised Wire Ropes for Marine and General Purposes Round Strand 6 x 19

6X19 General Purpose Round Strand Wire Rope 6X19s General Purpose Round Strand Wire Rope

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass		Minimum Breaking Force grade 1570
Nominal Diameter (mm)	Fibre Core FC (kg/100m)	Wire Rope Core FC (kg/100m)	Fibre Core FC (kN)	Wire Rope Core IWRC (kN)
3.5	4.2	4.6	5.8	6.4
4	5.5	6.1	7.7	8.5
5	8.6	9.5	12	13.2
6	12.4	13.7	17.6	19.3
7	16.9	18.7	23.4	25.8
8	22.1	24.4	30.9	33.3
9	28	30.8	39.1	42.2
10	34.6	38.1	48.2	52.1
11	41.9	46.1	58.4	63.1
12	49.8	54.8	69.5	75
13	58.5	64.3	81.5	88.1
14	67.8	74.6	94.6	102
16	88.6	97.4	124	133
18	112	123	156	169
20	138	152	193	208
22	167	184	234	252
24	199	219	278	300

Galvanised Wire ropes for Marine and General Purposes, Round Strand 6 x 24 Fibre Core

6X24 General Purpose Round Strand Wire Rope

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Minimum Breaking Force Grade 1570 (kN)
8	20.1	28.7
9	25.4	36.4
10	31.4	44.9
11	38	54.3
12	45.2	64.7
13	53.1	75.9
14	61.5	88
16	80.4	115
18	102	145
20	126	180
22	152	217
24	181	259
26	212	304
28	246	352
32	322	460

General Purpose Wire Ropes

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass				Minimum Breaking Force Grade 1770
Nominal Diameter (mm)	6 x 19 to FC (kg/100m)	6 x 19 to 6 x 49 FC kg/100m	6 x 26 to 6 x 49 IWRC (kg/100m)	6 x 26 to 6 x 49 IWRC (kg/100m)	FC (kN)	IWRC (kN)
8	23	25.6	23.5	26.2	37.4	40.3
9	29.1	32.4	29.7	33.1	47.3	51
10	36.9	40	36.7	40.9	58.4	63
11	43.3	48.4	44.4	49.5	70.7	76.2
12	51.7	57.6	52.8	58.9	84.1	90.7
13	60.7	67.6	62	69.1	98.7	106
14	70.4	78.4	71.9	80.2	114	124
16	91.9	102	94	105	150	161
18	116	130	119	133	189	204
20	144	160	147	164	234	252
22	174	194	178	198	283	305
24	207	230	211	236	336	363
26	243	270	248	276	395	426
28	281	314	288	321	458	494
32	368	410	376	419	598	654
36	465	518	476	530	757	817
40	-	-	587	654	935	1010
44	-	-	711	792	1130	1220
48	-	-	846	942	1350	1450
52	-	-	992	1110	1580	1700
56	-	-	1150	1280	1830	1980
58	-	-	-	1390	-	2200
60	-	-	-	1470	-	2270
64	-	-	-	1730	-	2691
70	-	-	-	2080	-	3090
75	-	-	-	2360	-	3622

Galvanised Wire Ropes (Higher Tensiles)

7X19 Glvanised Wire Rope 6X19 Glvanised Wire Rope 6X25 Glvanised Wire Rope

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Construction	Approximate Mass, Wire Rope Core IRWC (kg/100m)	Minimum Breaking Force, Grade 2070, Wire Rope Core IWRC (kN)
4	7 x 19	6.1	11.9
5	7 x 19	9.5	18.7
6	7 x 19	13.7	27.3
6.3	7 x 19	15.1	33.4
8	6 x (9/9/1) S	24.4	47
10	7 x 19	38.1	68.6
11	6 x 25FW	50.6	89.4
16	6 x 25FW	107	188

Travelling Irrigator Galvanised Wire Rope

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass		Minimum Breaking Force
	Approximate Mass		Grade 1770		Grade 2070
	Polypropylene Core (kg/mm)	Wire Strand Core (kg/mm)	Polypropylene Core (kN)	Wire Strand Core (kN)	Polypropylene Core (kN)	Wire Strand Core (kN)
3.35	-	4.4	-	-	-	8.5
5	8.9	9.9	-	16.1	17.1	18.8
6	12.4	13.8	-	22.9	24.6	27.1
7	-	18.8	-	31.1	-	37.1
8	22.1	24.6	37.6	40.7	-	47.4
9	-	31.1	-	51.5	-	60.2
10	-	38.4	-	63.5	-	74.1

Elevator Wire Ropes

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass		Minimum breaking Force
Nominal Diameter (mm)	6 x 19 (kg/100m)	6 x 25 (kg/100m)	Grade 1420 Outer Wires, Grade 1770 Inner Wires (kN)	Grade 1570 outer Wires, Grade 1770 Inner Wires (kN)
6.5	16	16.3	19.7	21.9
9.5	34	35	42	46.5
11	45	46	56.5	62.5
12	54	55	67	74.5
13	63	64.3	79	87.5
14	73	74.5	91.5	101
16	96	98	119	132
18	121	123	152	168

Nominal Diameter	Approximate Mass		Minimum breaking Force
Nominal Diameter	8 x 19 (kg/100m)	8 x 25(kg/100m)	Grade 1420 Outer Wires, Grade 1770 Inner Wires (kN)	Grade 1570 outer Wires, Grade 1770 Inner Wires (kN)
9.5	30.4	31.3	39.5	40.5
11	40.3	41.1	49	54
12	48.3	49.2	58	65.4
13	56.2	57.5	68.5	76
14	65.3	66.7	79.5	87.5
16	85.8	87.5	103	114
18	108	110	132	145

Rotation Resistant Wire Ropes

2160 Grade tensile in non-preferred. 1960 Grade Wire Ropes are recommended as they still provide very high breaking loads but the slightly lower tesile strength ensures an excellent service life.

19 x 7 Construction Wire are not recommended in diameters above 18mm. 35 x 7 ropes should be used above 12mm diameter.

Rotation Resistant 19 x 7

Nominal Diameter	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Minimum Breaking Force
Nominal Diameter	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Grade 1960 (kN)	Grade 2160 (kN)
7	20.6	36.1	39.7
8	26.9	47.1	51.8
9	34.1	59.6	65.6
10	42.1	73.5	80.9
12	60.8	105.9	116.5
14	81.9	143.8	158.2
16	107	188.5	207.4
18	137	238.6	262.5
20	170	294.2	323.6
22	195	355.2	390.7
24	237	422.8	465.1
26	276	495.8	545.4

2160 Grade tensile is non-preferred. 1960 Grade Wire Rope are recommended as they still provide very high breaking loads but the slightly lower tensile strength ensures an excellent service life.

Rotation Resistant 35 x 7 W

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Minimum Breaking Force
Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Grade 1960 (kN)	Grade 2160 (kN)
10	45	78.4	85.8
12	64	112.8	123.6
14	87	160.1	175.5
16	113	202.5	221.6
18	143	263.1	288.3
20	175	316.2	350.1
22	211	387.9	424.6
24	251	457.7	501.1
26	301	545.7	598.2
28	339	617.8	676.7
30	392	724.2	793.4
32	441	811.2	888.5
34	501	918.7	-
36	563	1029.7	-

Fishing Wire Ropes

Galvanised - 6 x 9/9/1 FC RHOL

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Minimum Breaking Force
Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Grade 1570 (kN)	Grade 1770 (kN)
8	23	30.9	37.4
9	29.1	39.1	47.3
10	35.9	48.2	58.4
12	51.7	69.5	84.1
14	70.4	94.6	114
16	91.9	124	150
18	116	156	189
20	144	193	234
22	180	234	283

Class 'A' Galvanising may not be available in all rope diameters or tensiles

Galvanised - 6x9/9/1 WRC RHOL

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Minimum Breaking Force
Nominal Diameter (mm)	Approximate Mass (kg/100m)	Grade 1570 (kN)	Grade 1770 (kN)
10	40	52.1	63
12	57.6	75	90.7
14	78.4	102	124
16	102	133	161
18	130	169	204
20	160	208	252
22	194	252	305

Galvanised Strand

Galvanised Strand is commonly used for guys on communication towers, broadcasting towers, power poles and as load carrying members in building structures.
Galvanised Strand is less flexible than wire rope but its is stronger and has a higher modulus of elasticity. Galvanised Strand is furnished with a class 'A' Galvanised finish.

Galvanised Strand for General Purpose Applications

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Construction (Abbreviated)	Minimum Breaking Force			Nominal Mass (kg/100m)	Nominal Area (mm?)
Nominal Diameter (mm)	Construction (Abbreviated)	380 Grade	820 Grade	1320 Grade	Nominal Mass (kg/100m)	Nominal Area (mm?)
4.2	1 x 3	-	-	11.7	7.6	9.43
5.7	1 x 3	-	-	21.4	13.4	17.17
2.5	1 x 7	1.4	3	-	3.2	3.97
3	1 x 7	2	4.3	-	4.4	5.56
3.5	1 x 7	2.8	6.2	9.9	6.3	7.92
4	1 x 7	3.5	7.6	12.2	8.7	10.8
5	1 x 7	5.4	11.7	18.8	12.8	15.9
6	1 x 7	7.9	17	27.4	17.7	26.6
7	1 x 7	10.7	23.1	37.2	25.5	31.7
8	1 x 7	14.6	30.2	48.6	32.3	40.1
9	1 x 7	17.8	38.4	61.8	39.8	49.5
10	1 x 7	21.9	47.3	76.1	51.2	63.6
11	1 x 7	26.6	57.4	92.4	60.6	75.3
12	1 x 7	31.6	68.2	109	75.4	88
10	1 x 19	-	46	74	50.4	60.3
12	1 x 19	-	63.2	101	72.6	87.2
14	1 x 19	-	86	137	98.8	119
16	1 x 19	-	-	182	129	144

Galvanised Strand For Guying Purposes

Nominal Diameter (mm)	Construction (Abbreviated)*	Minimum Breaking Force, Grade 1570 (kN)	Nominal Mass (kg/100m)	Nominal Area (mm?)	Youngs Modulus (Gpa)**
10	1 x 19	88	50.4	60.3	166
12	1 x 19	126	72.6	87.2	166
14	1 x 19	172	98.8	119	166
16	1 x 19	210	129	145	166
18	1 x 19	265	163	183	166
20	1 x 19	368	212	254	166
22	1 x 19	442	255	305	166
24	1 x 19	518	299	357	166
26	1 x 37	580	348	400	166
28	1 x 37	713	427	491	166
32	1 x 37	897	538	618	166
36	1 x 61	1150	687	789	166
40	1 x 61	1420	848	975	166
44	1 x 61	1800	1080	1240	166
48	1 x 91	2050	1260	1450	166
52	1 x 91	2400	1480	1700	166
54	1 x 91	2610	1610	1850	166
58	1 x 127	2850	1760	2020	158
64	1 x 127	3640	2250	2580	158
70	1 x 169	4450	2750	3150	158
76	1 x 169	4850	2990	3430	158
82	1 x 217	5560	3520	4050	158
86	1 x 217	6040	3830	4400	158
90	1 x 271	6940	4400	5050	158
95	1 x 271	7550	4790	5500	158
102	1 x 271	8850	5610	6440	158

* For Strand 70 mm in diameter and larger, the number of wires in the strand may vary from those listed in the table above, provided that the other listed Physical properties are met.

**The values shown are indicative of values obtained after removal of constructional stretch. If a precise value is required, it should be determined by experiment.

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