Hoisting System
565
The purchaser may at his
or
her expense test all of the wires if the results of
the selected tests indicate that further checking is warranted.
Tensile Requirements
of
Individual Wire.
Specimens shall not be less than
18
in.
(457
mm) long, and the distance between the grips of the testing machine
shall not be less than
12
in.
(305
mm). The speed of the movable head of the
testing machine, under no load, shall not exceed
1
in./min
(0.4
mm/s). Any
specimen breaking within
-$
in.
(6.35
mm) from the jaws shall be disregarded
and a retest made.
Note:
The diameter of wire can more easily and accurately be determined by plac-
ing the wire specimen in the test machine and applying a load not over
25%
of
the breaking strength
of
the wire.
The breaking strength of either bright (uncoated)
or
drawn-galvanized wires
of the various grades shall meet the values shown in Table
4-9
or Table
4-10
for the size wire being tested. Wire tested after rope fabrication allows one wire
in
6x7
classification,
or
three wires in
6x19
and
8x19
classifications and
18x7
and
19x7
constructions,
or
six wires in
6x37
classification
or
nine wires in
6x61
classification,
or
twelve wires in
6x91
classification wire rope to fall below, but
not more than
10%
below, the tabular value
for
individual minimum. If, when
making the specified test, any wires fall below, but not more than
10%
below,
the individual minimum, additional wires from the same rope shall be tested
until there is cause for rejection or until all of the wires in the rope have been
tested. Tests of individual wires in galvanized wire rope and of individual wires
in strand cores and in independent wire rope cores are not required.
Torsional Requirements
of
Individual Wire.
The distance between the jaws
of
the testing machine shall be
8
in.
f
in.
(203
mm
k
1
mm).
For
small
diameter wires, where the number of turns to cause failure is large, and in order
to save testing time, the distance between the jaws of the testing machine may
be less than
8
in.
(203
mm). One end of the wire is
to
be rotated with respect
to the other end at a uniform speed not to exceed sixty
360" (6.28
rad) twists
per minute, until breakage occurs. The machine must be equipped with an
automatic counter to record the number of twists causing breakage. One jaw
shall be fixed axially and the other jaw movable axially and arranged for applying
tension weights to wire under test. Tests in which breakage occurs within
.fi
in.
(3.18
mm) of the jaw shall be discarded.
In the torsion test, the wires tested must meet the values for the respective
grades and sizes as covered by Table
4-12
or Table
4-13.
In wire tested after
rope fabrication, it will be permissible for two wires in
6x7
classification
or
five
wires in
6x19
and
8x19
classifications and
18x7
and
19x7
constructions or ten wires
in
6x37
classification or fifteen wires in
6x61
classification, or twenty wires in
6x91
classification rope to fall below, but not more than
30%
below, the specified
minimum number of twists for the individual wire being tested.
During the torsion test, tension weights as shown in Table
4-13
shall be
applied to the wire tested.
The minimum torsions for individual bright (uncoated)
or
drawn-galvanized
wire of the grades and sizes shown in Columns
7, 12,
and
17
of Tables
4-9
and
410
shall be the number of
360' (6.28
rad) twists in
an
&in.
(203
mm) length
that the wire must withstand before breakage occurs. Torsion tests of individual
wires in galvanized wire rope and
of
individual wires in strand cores and
independent wire rope cores are not required.
When the distance between the jaws of the testing machine is less than
8
in.
(203
mm), the minimum torsions shall be reduced in direct proportion to the
change in
jaw
spacing,
or
determined by