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570 Drilling and Well Completions
Table 4-20
6x91 Classification Wire Rope, Bright (Uncoated)
or Drawn-Galvanized Wire, Independent Wire-Rope Core [12]
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Nominal Strength
Nominal Apprux. Improved Plow Steel Exm Improved Plow Stccl
Diameter Mass
Metric
Metric
in. mm lWft kp/m Ib kN Tonnes Ib kN Tonncs
4 103 29.6 44.1
4'14 109 33.3 49.6
4'12 115 37.4 55.7
4'14 122 41.7 62.1
5 128 46.2 68.7
5'14 135 49.8 74.1
5'12 141 54.5 81.1
S3/4 148 59.6 88.7
6 154 65.0 %.7
1,178,OoO
1,320,000
1,468,000
1 ,620.000
1,782,000
1,948,000
2, I20,000
2,296,000
2,480.000
5240
5870
6530
7210
7930
8670
9430
lo200
1 1000
534 1,354,000
599 1,518,000
666 1.688.000
735 1,864,000
808 2,048.000
884 2,240.000
%2 2,438.000
1049 2.640.000
1125 2.852.000
6020 614
6750 689
7510 766
8290 846
9110 929
9960 1016
10800 1106
11700 1198
12700 1294
Table 4-21
8x19 Classification Wire Rope, Bright (Uncoated)
or Drawn-Galvanized Wire, Independent Wire-Rope Core [12]
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Nominal Swngth
Nominal Approx. lmpvcd Plow Steel Extra Improved plow Stecl
Diameter
Mass
Metric
Metric
in. mm IWft kglm Ib kN Tonnes Ib kN TOM^
'/z 13 0.47 0.70 20,200 89.9 9.16 23,400 104 10.5
9/16 14.5 0.60 0.89 25,600 114 11.6 29,400 131 13.3
*/n 16 0.73 1.09 31,400 140 14.2 36.200 161 16.4
3/4 19 1.06 1.58 45,000 200 20.4 51,800 230 23.5
'18 22 1.44 2.14 61,000 271 27.7 70,000 311 31.8
1 26 1.88 2.80 79,200 352 35.9 91,000 405 41.3
lI/u 29 2.39 3.56 99,600 443 45.2 114,600 507 51.7
Table 4-22
19x7 Construction Wire Rope, Bright (Uncoated)
or Drawn-Galvanized Wire, Wire Strand Core [12]
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Nominal Strength+
Nominal Approx. Improved Plow Steel Extra lmprorovcd Mow Stccl
Diameter
MaSS
Metric
Me&
in. mm IWft kglm Ib kN Tomes Ib kN Tonns
'12 13 0.45 0.67 19.700 87.6 8.94 21,600 %.I 9.80
9/16 14.5 0.58 0.86 24.800 110 11.2 27.200 121 12.3
5/x 16 0.71 1.06 30,600 136 13.9 33.600 149 15.2
'14 19 1.02 1.52 43.600 194 19.8 48,000 214 21.8
'11 22 1.39 2.07 59,000 262 26.8 65,000 289 29.5
I 26 1.82 2.71 76.600 341 34.7 84,400 375 38.3
I'h 29 2.30 3.42 %,a 429 43.7 106,200 472 48.2
1'14 32 2.84 4.23 118.400 527 53.7 130.200 579 59.1
l3/u 35 3.43 5.10 142.600 634 64.7 156,800 697 71.1
1% 38 40.8 6.07 168,800 751 76.6 185,600 826 84.2
*These smgths apply only when a test is conducted with both ends fixed. When in usc. the strength of thcse
ropes may be significantly reduced if one end is free to mtate.