Wire Rope, Rigging and Mooring

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 Table Of Minimum Breaking Load (MBL) For Steel Wire Rope
Standard 6-strand Wire Rope Construction: Bright (Ungalvanised)
And Drawn Galvanised

Minimum Breaking Load (metric tons)

Approximate
Nominal Diameter ANSI/API 9A/ISO 10425 KISWIRE USHA MARTIN
Weight Per Metre
Specification High Tensile Grades High Tensile Grades

(mm) (inches) (kg/m) (Ib/ft) EIPS EEIPS Alpha Delta Omega Super Titan Titan Max

CLASS 6x19 & 6x37 Steel Core

12.7 1/2 0.68 0.46 12.1 13.2
16 5/8 1.07 0.72 18.7 20.6
19 3/4 1.55 1.04 26.7 29.4
22 7/8 2.11 1.42 36.1 39.7
26 1 2.75 1.85 46.9 51.6
28 1-1-/8 3.48 2.34 59 64.8
These grades are not available under 2” (52mm) diameter
32 1-1/4 4.3 2.89 72.5 79.7
35 1-3/8 5.21 3.50 87.1 96.1
38 1-1/2 6.19 4.16 103 113.4
42 1-5/8 7.26 4.88 120 132.5
45 1-3/4 8.44 5.67 139 152.9
48 1-7/8 9.67 6.50 158 174.3
52 2 11.0 7.39 180 197 226 233 ** 227 **
54 2-1/8 12.4 8.35 200 221 241 252 ** 254 **
57 2-1/4 13.9 9.36 224 247 275 289 ** 281 **
60 2-3/8 15.5 10.4 249 274 298 312 ** 312 **
CLASS 6x37 Steel Core (API 9A - 1995)
64 2-1/2 17.3 11.6 274 301 336 353 ** 343 **
67 2-5/8 19.0 12.8 299 330 370 389 ** 376 **
70 2-3/4 20.8 14.0 333 360 409 429 448 410 448
73 2-7/8 22.8 15.3 361 392 447 469 490 447 490
76 3 24.7 16.6 389 425 491 516 538 484 538
79 3-1/8 26.8 18.0 417 458 522 548 572 522 572
83 3-1/4 29.0 19.5 447 493 557 585 611 562 611
86 3-3/8 31.3 21.0 487 528 607 637 666 602 666
89 3-1/2 33.8 22.7 519 563 659 692 723 642 723
95 3-3/4 38.7 26.0 585 640 714 750 785 717 785
102 4 44.0 29.6 665 720 796 836 ** 806 **
CLASS - Large Diameter Six Stranded Rope (ANSI/API 9A/ISO 10425 - August 2004)
102 4 44.0 29.6 646 796 836 ** 806 **
108 4-1/4 49.6 33.3 725 845 887 ** 910 **
114 4-1/2 55.7 37.4 805 939 986 ** 1004 **
121 4-3/4 62.1 41.7 890 1036 1088 ** ** **
127 5 68.8 46.2 978 1138 1195 ** 1196 **
133 5-1/4 74.1 49.8 1015 1184 1243 ** ** **
140 5-1/2 81.1 54.5 1101 1288 1352 ** ** **
146 5-3/4 88.7 59.6 1193 1396 1466 ** ** **
152 6 96.7 65.0 1294 1508 1583 ** ** **

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