Nylon Rope - Strength Nylon 3-strand and 8-strand rope - minimum breaking strength and safe load ‘yon ropes mace fram continuous filament polyamide - nylon 6 o yon 68 Minimum breaking strength and safe load fr ylon rope Rope Diameter Minimum Breaking Strength ere Weight om tom wo) am) oy on an om) a6 5 em ao 73 oxs 0009 oars “ 6 186 oo me oss oor ozs ste ® 728 102 191 os: oes oo 8 10 300 ua zo 120 ons 0089 m6 " 420 192 x0 160 0 oon ‘2 2 670 2 - 210 008 oom one “ 720 x20 eco 207 080 ons on 6 e010 moe 1 a0 0099 ovr “ ® veo a0 1070 OO ones oan 7 2 17200 709 140 on 0195 020 ' m ume oo 50 a2 om ost tie Py =n 1 2100 ox oz our Scanned by CamScannerSete Load Rope Oumeter Minimum Brestng Strength ee weiant om fom) co) an ~~ om om om) 168 ~ 2x0 = no 10s oxze owe 1M » 380 1s 20 129 owr ose 138 2 sexo cy 2160 2 oar 0680 12 2% wean 216 wo 180 esr ones 188 “ srs 2 ry 213 oer 100 1 “ oo1s0 24 5510 2s 0700 16 2 « sean xe 7080 a 10 19 Example - Maximum Safe Mass for a 2/8" Nylon Rope ‘The relationship between mass and force (weight) can be expressed as m=F/g (1) where F = force, weight (N) mass (kg) = acceleration of gravy (9.81 ms?) ‘Maxum sate mass fo 36° nylon rope where safe load is 1.2AN canbe calculated as m= (12 10°N)/(0.81 we!) = 2K0 ‘Source: ftps www engineeringloolbox.comhylon ope-strongth-c_1513.htm! USE 14" (18mm) NYLON ROPE AS SHOWN IN TABLE ABOVE WHERE SAFE LOAD IS 4.76 kN, CALCULATE Me(6.76 x 103 N)/(9.85 mvs*2) = 406 bg Scanned by CamScanner