Three adjacent strands to one.
Wire specification wire rope sling capacity chart.
Multiple leg slings show the rated capacity when the angle between any leg and the horizontal is 600 45 and 30.
Wire rope sling capacities.
Quality continuum quality continuum wire rope end fittings wire rope end fittings shackles shackles sling saver fittings sling.
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.
Refer table 2 10 is 2762.
Sling angles of less than 30 should not be used.
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.
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The rated capacity for each type and size of sling is given in the specification tables in this catalog and show ratings for slings used in vertical choker and basket hitches.
All capacities in tons of 2000 lbs.
Wire rope slings sling angle and influence on capacity.
Rated capacities shown apply only to 6x19 and 6x37 classification wire rope.
Strength steel wire rope breaking minimum safe load weight.
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.
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.
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.
Single part body mechanical splice slings have a higher rated capacity than hand spliced slings.
The center of the rope and eye.
Vertical choker basket approx.
Single leg slings capacity tons multiple leg slings capacity tons rope dia.
How wire rope slings are used hitches how wire rope slings are configured to lift a load is called a hitch.
Most lifts use one of three basic hitches.
Rated capacities based on pin diameter no larger that natural eye width or less than the nominal sling diameter.
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.
See page 91 for reduced choker capacity when using these hook sizes.
1982 specification for wire rope slings and sling legs first revision the above indian standard specifies dimensions constructions loading tests for two.
