See page 91 for reduced choker capacity when using these hook sizes.
Wire specification wire rope sling capacity chart.
Rated capacities basket hitch based on d d ratio of 25.
Three adjacent strands to one.
Single part body mechanically spliced wire rope slings flemish eye splice in the standard flemish eye mechanical splice wire rope is separated into two parts.
Single part body mechanical splice slings have a higher rated capacity than hand spliced slings.
Sling angles of less than 30 should not be used.
Quality continuum quality continuum wire rope end fittings wire rope end fittings shackles shackles sling saver fittings sling.
All capacities in tons of 2000 lbs.
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Wire rope sling capacities.
Vertical eye and eye hitch if one eye of the sling is attached to the lifting hook and the other eye is attached to the load this is called a vertical eye and eye or straight hitch.
Wire rope slings sling angle and influence on capacity.
Vertical choker basket approx.
Rated capacity working load limit for wire rope slingsas the angle of the sling leg decreases from 60 to 45 to 30 as shown in the capacity chart the rated capacity of the sling decreases.
Loop size 2 legs 3 legs 4 legs 60 45 30 60 45 30 60 45 30 6 x 19 xip iwrc 1 4 0 65 0 48 1 3 2 x 4 1 1 0 92 0 65 1 7 1 4 0 97 2 2 1 8.
Rated capacities shown apply only to 6x19 and 6x37 classification wire rope.
Rated capacities based on pin diameter no larger that natural eye width or less than the nominal sling diameter.
The center of the rope and eye.
Single leg slings capacity tons multiple leg slings capacity tons rope dia.
Length tolerances single part wire rope slings standard length tolerance is plus or minus two rope diameters or plus or minus 0 5 of the sling length whichever is greater.
Multiple leg slings show the rated capacity when the angle between any leg and the horizontal is 600 45 and 30.
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Refer table 2 10 is 2762.
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Strength steel wire rope breaking minimum safe load weight.
Multi strand ropes only 1570 tensile designation is specified and the size range is restricted to 8mm to 40 mm the cores can be both fibre and steel.
Most lifts use one of three basic hitches.
