Wire rope; 6x19 (12/6/1) Fibre Core (FC) construction RHOL.

(1770 tensile grade) in accordance with BS302 1987

6x19 fibre core rope

R.H.O.L = right hand ordinary lay is the direction of the 6 outer strands.

diameter mm
mimimum breaking load (tonnes)
safe working load at 5:1 safety factor in kgs / tonnes
3mm
0.5
100kgs = 0.1t
4mm
0.89
178 kgs =0.175t
5mm
1.39
278 kgs = 0.275t
6mm
2.00
400 kgs = 0.4t
7mm
2.95
590 kgs = 0.5t
8mm
3.54
708 kgs = 0.7t
9mm
4.48
896 kgs = 0.89t
10mm
5.53
1106 kgs = 1.1t
11mm
6.69
1338 kgs = 1.35t
12mm
7.97
1594 kgs = 1.5t
13mm
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14mm
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16mm
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19mm
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