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Chapter 296-155 - Part L (Continued)

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WAC 296-155-59901 Table 1.

TABLE 1

STANDARD 6 x 7 WIRE ROPE1

 

 

 Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight Per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

1/4

0.094

2.64

2.30

3.10

5/16

.15

4.10

3.56

3.10

3/8

.21

5.86

5.10

4.43

7/17

.29

7.93

6.90

6.00

1/2

.38

10.3

8.96

7.79

9/16

.48

13.0

11.3

9.82

5/8

.59

15.9

13.9

12.0

3/4

.84

22.7

19.8

17.2

7/8

1.15

30.7

26.7

23.2

1

1.50

39.7

34.5

30.0

1 1/8

1.90

49.8

43.3

37.7

1 1/4

2.34

61.0

53.0

46.1

1 3/8

2.84

73.1

63.6

55.3

1 1/2

3.38

86.2

75.0

65.

1 For these ropes with steel centers, add 7 1/2% to the above strengths. For these ropes when galvanized, deduct 10% from the above strengths.

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 1 (codified as WAC 296-155-59901), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59902 Table 2.

TABLE 2

STANDARD 6 x 19 WIRE ROPE1

 

 

 Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight Per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

1/4

0.10

2.74

2.39

2.07

5/16

.16

4.26

3.71

3.22

3/8

.23

6.10

5.31

4.62

7/16

.31

8.27

7.19

6.25

1/2

.40

10.7

9.35

8.13

9/16

.51

13.5

11.8

10.2

5/8

.63

16.7

14.5

12.6

3/4

.90

23.8

20.7

18.0

7/8

1.23

32.2

28.0

24.3

1

1.60

41.8

36.4

31.6

1 1/8

2.03

52.6

45.7

39.8

1 1/4

2.50

64.6

56.2

48.8

1 3/8

3.03

77.7

67.5

58.8

1 1/2

3.60

92.0

80.0

69.6

1 5/8

4.23

107.0

93.4

81.2

1 3/4

4.90

124.0

108.0

93.6

1 7/8

5.63

141.0

123.0

107.0

2

6.40

160.0

139.0

121.0

2 1/8

7.23

179.0

156.0

---

2 1/4

8.10

200.0

174.0

---

2 1/2

10.0

244.0

212.0

---

2 3/4

12.10

292.0

254.0

---

1 For these ropes with steel centers, add 7 1/2% to the above strengths. For these ropes when galvanized, deduct 10% from the above strengths.

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 2 (codified as WAC 296-155-59902), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59903 Table 3.

TABLE 3

STANDARD 8 x 19 WIRE ROPE1

 

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

1/4

0.09

2.35

2.04

5/16

.14

3.65

3.18

3/8

.20

5.24

4.55

7/16

.28

7.09

6.17

1/2

.36

9.23

8.02

9/16

.46

11.6

10.1

5/8

.57

14.3

12.4

3/4

.82

20.5

17.8

7/8

1.11

27.7

24.1

1

1.45

36.0

31.3

1 1/8

1.84

45.3

39.4

1 1/4

2.27

55.7

48.4

1 3/8

2.74

67.1

58.3

1 1/2

3.26

79.4

69.1

1 For these ropes with steel centers, add 7 1/2% to the above strengths. For these ropes when galvanized, deduct 10% from the above strengths.

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 3 (codified as WAC 296-155-59903), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59904 Table 4.

TABLE 4

STANDARD 6 X 37 WIRE ROPE1

 

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

1/4

0.10

2.59

2.25

5/16

.16

4.03

3.50

3/8

.22

5.77

5.02

7/16

.30

7.82

6.80

1/2

.39

10.2

8.85

9/16

.49

12.9

11.2

5/8

.61

15.8

13.7

3/4

.87

22.6

19.6

7/8

1.19

30.6

26.6

1

1.55

39.8

34.6

1 1/8

1.96

50.1

43.5

1 1/4

2.42

61.5

53.5

1 3/8

2.93

74.1

64.5

1 1/2

3.49

87.9

76.4

1 5/8

4.09

103.0

89.3

1 3/4

4.75

119.0

103.0

1 7/8

5.45

136.0

118.0

2

6.20

154.0

134.0

2 1/8

7.00

173.0

150.0

2 1/4

7.85

193.0

168.0

2 1/2

9.69

236.0

205.0

2 3/4

11.72

284.0

247.0

3

13.95

335.0

291.0

3 1/4

16.37

390.0

339.0

3 1/2

19.40

449.0

390.0

1 For these ropes with steel centers, add 7 1/2% to the above strengths. For these ropes when galvanized, deduct 10% from the above strengths.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 91-24-017 (Order 91-07), § 296-155-59904, filed 11/22/91, effective 12/24/91; Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 4 (codified as WAC 296-155-59904), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59905 Table 5.

TABLE 5

STANDARD 6 x 19 ELEVATOR ROPE

 

 

Breaking Strength

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight Per Foot Pounds

Iron Pounds

Traction Steel Pounds

High Rise Traction Steel Pounds

3/16

0.06

1,300

---

---

1/4

.10

2,200

3,600

---

5/16

.16

3,200

5,600

---

3/8

.23

5,000

8,200

---

7/16

.31

6,400

11,000

---

1/2

.40

8,400

14,500

---

9/16

.51

10,600

18,500

---

5/8

.63

12,800

23,000

---

11/16

.76

---

27,000

30,000

3/4

.90

18,200

32,000

---

13/16

1.06

---

37,000

46,000

7/8

1.23

24,800

42,000

---

15/16

1.41

---

48,000

60,000

1

1.60

32,000

54,000

---

1/16

1.81

---

61,000

---

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 5 (codified as WAC 296-155-59905), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59906 Table 6.

TABLE 6

STANDARD 8 x 19 ELEVATOR ROPE

 

 

 Breaking Strength

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight Per Foot Pounds

Iron Pounds

Traction Steel Pounds

High Rise Traction Steel Pounds

3/16

0.05

1,000

---

---

1/4

.09

1,800

3,600

---

5/16

.14

2,900

5,600

---

3/8

.20

4,200

8,200

---

7/16

.28

5,600

11,000

---

1/2

.36

7,200

14,500

---

9/16

.46

9,200

18,500

---

5/8

.57

11,200

23,000

---

11/16

.69

---

27,000

30,000

3/4

.82

16,000

32,000

---

13/16

.96

---

37,000

46,000

7/8

1.11

21,400

42,000

---

15/16

1.27

---

48,000

60,000

1

1.45

28,000

54,000

---

1 1/16

1.64

---

61,000

---

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 6 (codified as WAC 296-155-59906), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59907 Table 7.

TABLE 7

STANDARD 5 x 19 MARLINE CLAD ROPE1

DIAMETER

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

Before Serving Inches

After Serving Inches

Approximate Weight Per Foot Pounds

Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

1/4

9/16

0.21

2.17

1.89

5/16

5/8

.28

3.37

2.93

3/8

11/16

.36

4.82

4.20

7/16

3/4

.42

6.53

5.68

1/2

13/16

.51

8.50

7.39

9/16

7/8

.62

10.7

9.31

5/8

1

.81

13.2

11.4

3/4

1 1/8

1.10

18.8

16.4

7/8

1 1/4

1.70

25.5

22.1

1

1 3/8

1.32

33.7

28.7

1 1/8

1 1/2

2.12

41.6

36.2

1 1/4

1 5/8

2.58

51.1

44.4

1 3/8

1 3/4

3.14

61.4

53.4

1 1/2

1 7/8

3.69

---

---

1 5/8

2

4.29

---

---

1 3/4

2 1/8

5.00

---

---

1 For these ropes with steel centers, add 7 1/2% to the above strengths. For these ropes when galvanized, deduct 10% from the above strengths.

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 7 (codified as WAC 296-155-59907), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59908 Table 8.

TABLE 8

STANDARD 18 x 7 NONROTATING ROPE

 

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

3/8

0.24

5.59

4.86

7/16

.33

7.58

6.59

1/2

.43

9.85

8.57

9/16

.55

12.4

10.8

5/8

.68

15.3

13.3

3/4

.97

21.8

19.0

7/8

1.32

29.5

25.7

1

1.73

38.3

33.3

1 1/8

2.19

48.2

41.9

1 1/4

2.70

59.2

51.5

1 3/8

3.27

71.3

62.0

1 1/2

3.89

84.4

73.4

1 5/8

4.57

98.4

85.6

1 3/4

5.30

114.0

98.8

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 8 (codified as WAC 296-155-59908), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59909 Table 9.

TABLE 9

STANDARD 6 x 12 GALVANIZED

RUNNING ROPE AND HAWSERS

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight Per Foot Pounds

Galvanized Improved Plow Steel

Galvanized Plow Steel

Galvanized Iron

5/16

0.10

2.34

2.04

0.905

3/8

.15

3.36

2.92

1.30

7/16

.20

4.55

3.95

1.76

1/2

.26

5.91

5.14

2.28

9/16

.33

7.45

6.48

2.88

5/8

.41

9.16

7.97

3.54

3/4

.59

13.1

11.4

5.06

13/16

.6

15.3

13.3

5.92

7/8

.80

17.7

15.4

6.85

1

1.05

23.0

20.0

8.89

1 1/16

1.19

25.9

22.5

10.0

1 1/8

1.33

29.0

25.2

---

1 3/16

1.48

32.2

28.0

---

1 1/4

1.64

35.6

30.9

---

1 3/8

1.99

42.8

37.2

---

1 7/16

2.17

46.7

40.6

---

1 1/2

2.36

50.7

44.1

---

1 5/8

2.77

59.2

51.4

---

1 11/16

2.99

63.6

55.3

---

1 3/4

3.22

68.3

59.4

---

1 13/16

3.45

78.0

63.5

---

1 15/16

3.94

83.0

72.2

---

2

4.20

88.2

76.7

---

2 1/16

4.47

93.6

81.4

---

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 9 (codified as WAC 296-155-59909), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59910 Table 10.

TABLE 10

STANDARD 6 x 25 GALVANIZED STEEL

MOORING LINES AND HAWSERS

 

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Galvanized Improved Plow Steel

Galvanized Plow Steel

3/8

0.194

4.77

4.14

1/2

.35

8.40

7.30

5/8

.54

13.0

7.30

3/4

.78

18.6

16.2

13/16

.91

21.8

19.0

7/8

1.06

25.2

21.9

1

1.38

32.8

28.5

1 1/16

1.56

36.9

32.1

1 1/8

1.75

41.2

35.9

1 3/16

1.95

45.9

39.9

1 1/4

2.16

50.7

44.1

1 3/8

2.61

61.0

53.0

1 7/16

2.85

66.5

57.9

1 1/2

3.11

72.3

62.9

1 5/8

3.64

84.5

73.4

1 11/16

3.93

90.9

79.0

1 3/4

4.23

97.5

84.8

1 13/16

4.53

104.0

90.0

1 15/16

5.18

119.0

103.0

2

5.52

126.0

110.0

2 1/16

5.87

134.0

116.0

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 10 (codified as WAC 296-155-59910), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59911 Table 11.

TABLE 11

STANDARD 6 x 37 GALVANIZED STEEL HAWSERS

 

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Plow Steel

3/4

0.87

21.0

18.2

13/16

1.02

24.5

21.2

7/8

0.87

21.0

24.7

1

1.55

36.9

32.1

1 1/16

1.75

41.6

36.1

1 1/8

1.96

46.5

40.4

1 3/16

2.19

51.7

44.9

1 1/4

2.42

57.1

49.7

1 3/8

2.93

68.8

59.8

1 7/16

3.20

75.0

65.3

1 1/2

3.49

81.5

70.9

1 5/8

4.09

95.3

82.9

1 11/16

4.41

103.0

89.2

1 3/4

4.75

110.0

95.7

1 13/16

5.09

118.0

102.0

1 15/16

5.82

134.0

117.0

2

6.20

143.0

124.0

2 1/16

6.59

151.0

132.0

2 1.8

7.00

160.0

139.0

2 1/4

7.85

179.0

156.0

2 5/16

8.29

189.0

164.0

2 3/8

8.74

199.0

173.0

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 11 (codified as WAC 296-155-59911), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59912  Table 12.

TABLE 12

STANDARD 6 x 25 TYPE "B" FLATTENED

STRAND WIRE ROPE1

 

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Plow Steel

3/8

0.25

6.71

---

1/2

.45

11.8

8.94

9/16

.57

14.9

11.2

5/8

.70

18.3

13.9

3/4

1.01

26.2

19.8

7/8

1.39

35.4

26.8

1

1.80

46.0

34.8

1 1/8

2.28

57.9

43.8

1 1/4

2.81

71.0

53.7

1 3/8

3.40

85.5

---

1 1/2

4.05

101.0

---

1 5/8

4.75

118.0

---

1 3/4

5.51

136.0

---

2

7.20

176.0

---

2 1/4

9.10

220.0

---

2 1/2

11.20

269.0

---

2 3/4

13.60

321.0

---

1 For these ropes when galvanized, deduct 10 percent form the above strengths.

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 12 (codified as WAC 296-155-59912), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59913 Table 13.

TABLE 13

STANDARD 6 x 30 TYPE "G"

FLATTENED STRAND WIRE ROPE1

 

   

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

DIAMETER Inches

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Improved Plow Steel

Plow Steel

5/8

0.70

18.3

13.9

3/4

1.01

26.2

19.8

7/8

1.39

35.4

26.8

1

1.80

46.0

34.8

1 1/8

2.28

57.9

43.8

1 1/4

2.81

71.0

53.7

1 3/8

3.40

85.5

---

1 1/2

4.05

101.0

---

1 5/8

4.75

118.0

---

1 3/4

5.51

136.0

---

2

7.20

176.0

---

2 1/4

9.10

220.0

---

2 1/2

11.20

269.0

---

2 3/4

13.60

321.0

---

1 For these ropes with steel centers, add 7 1/2% to above strengths.

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 13 (codified as WAC 296-155-59913), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59914 Table 14.

TABLE 14

STANDARD 6 x 8 TYPE “D"

FLATTENED STRAND WIRE ROPE

 

Diameter

Approximate Weight per Foot

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds
   

Improved Plow Steel

Plow Steel

Inches

Pounds

    

1/2

0.45

11.1

8.37

5/8

.70

17.1

12.9

3/4

1.01

24.4

18.5

7/8

1.39

33.0

24.9

1

1.80

42.7

32.3

1 1/8

2.28

53.5

40.5

1 1/4

2.81

65.5

49.5

1 3/8

3.40

78.6

59.4

1 1/2

4.05

92.7

70.1

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 14 (codified as WAC 296-155-59914), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59915 Table 15.

TABLE 15

STANDARD 6 x 6 x 7 TILLER ROPE1

 

Diameter

Approximate Weight per Foot

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds
   

Plow Steel

Iron

Inches

Pounds

    

1/4

0.07

1.31

0.584

5/16

.11

2.05

.908

3/8

.16

2.93

1.30

7/16

.21

3.98

1.77

1/2

.28

5.18

2.30

9/16

.35

6.53

2.90

5/8

.43

8.04

3.57

1 For these ropes with steel centers, add 7-1/2% to above strengths.

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 15 (codified as WAC 296-155-59915), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59916 Table 16.

TABLE 16

STANDARD 9 x 4 GALVANIZED MAST ARM ROPE

Diameter (Inches)

Approximate Weight per Foot (Pounds)

Breaking Strength in Pounds

1/4

0.070

1,100

5/16

.107

1,530

3/8

.158

2,200

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 16 (codified as WAC 296-155-59916), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59917 Table 17.

TABLE 17

STANDARD FLAT ROPE

     

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

Width and Thickness Inches

Number Of Ropes

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

1/4 x 1-1/2

7

0.69

16.8

14.6

1/4 x 2

9

.88

21.7

18.8

1/4 x 2-1/2

11

1.15

26.5

23.0

1/4 x 3

13

1.34

31.3

27.2

5/16 x 1-1/2

5

.77

18.5

16.0

5/16 x 2

7

1.05

25.8

22.4

5/16 x 2-1/2

9

1.33

33.2

28.8

5/16 x 3

11

1.61

40.5

35.3

5/16 x 3-1/2

13

1.89

47.9

41.7

5/16 x 4

15

2.17

55.3

48.1

3/8 x 2

6

1.25

31.4

27.3

3/8 x 2-1/2

8

1.64

41.8

36.4

3/8 x 3

9

1.84

47.1

40.9

3/8 x 3-1/2

11

2.23

57.5

50.0

3/8 x 4

12

2.44

62.7

54.6

3/8 x 4-1/2

14

2.83

73.2

63.7

3/8 x 5

15

3.03

78.4

68.2

3/8 x 5-1/2

17

3.42

88.9

77.3

3/8 x 6

18

3.63

94.1

81.9

1/2 x 2-1/2

6

2.13

54.5

47.4

1/2 x 3

7

2.47

63.6

55.4

1/2 x 3-1/2

8

2.82

72.7

63.3

1/2 x 4

9

3.16

81.8

71.2

1/2 x 4-1/2

10

3.82

90.9

79.1

1/2 x 5

12

4.16

109.0

94.9

1/2 x 5-1/2

13

4.50

118.0

103.0

1/2 x 6

14

4.85

127.0

111.0

1/2 x 7

16

5.85

145.0

126.0

5/8 x 3-1/2

6

3.40

85.8

74.6

5/8 x 4

7

3.95

100.0

87.1

5/8 x 4-1/2

8

4.50

114.0

99.5

5/8 x 5

9

5.04

129.0

112.0

5/8 x 5-1/2

10

5.59

143.0

124.0

5/8 x 6

11

6.14

157.0

137.0

5/8 x 7

13

7.23

186.0

162.0

5/8 x 8

15

8.32

214.0

186.0

3/4 x 5

8

6.50

165.0

143.0

3/4 x 6

9

7.31

185.0

161.0

3/4 x 7

10

8.13

206.0

179.0

 

WAC 296-155-59917 Table 17.

TABLE 17

STANDARD FLAT ROPE (Cont.)

     

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

Width and Thickness Inches

Number Of Ropes

Approximate Weight per Foot Pounds

Plow Steel

Mild Plow Steel

3/4 x 8

11

9.70

227.0

197.0

7/8 x 5

7

7.50

190.0

165.0

7/8 x 6

8

8.56

217.0

188.0

7/8 x 7

9

9.63

244.0

212.0

7/8 x 8

10

10.69

271.0

236.0

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 17 (codified as WAC 296-155-59917), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59918 Table 18.

TABLE 18

STANDARD 6 x 12 MARLINE CLAD

GRAIN-SHOVEL ROPE

Before Serving (Inches)

After Serving (Inches)

Approximate weight per Foot (Pounds)

Breaking Strength Tons of 2,000 Pounds

3/4

5/8

0.25

2.50

7/8

3/4

.43

5.50

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 18 (codified as WAC 296-155-59918), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59919 Table 19.

TABLE 19

STANDARD 6 x 7 IRON, BRIGHT, AND

GALVANIZED SASH CORDS

 

DIAMETER

Approximate Weight Per Foot

BREAKING STRENGTH Hand Drawn (Iron) Bright Galvanized

Annealed Bright or Galvanized

Inches

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

1/16

0.006

140

126

77

3/32

.103

315

283

172

1/8

.023

560

504

306

5/32

.038

840

756

478

3/16

.053

1,150

1,035

688

7/32

.072

1,570

1,413

940

1/4

.094

2,040

1,836

1,225

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 19 (codified as WAC 296-155-59919), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

WAC 296-155-59920 Table 20.

TABLE 20

STANDARD 6 x 7 GALVANIZED

IRON RIGGING AND GUY ROPE

Diameter (Inches)

Approximate Weight Per Foot (Pounds)

Breaking Strength in Tons of 2,000 Pounds

6 Strands

1/4

0.94

0.918

5/16

.15

1.42

3/8

.21

2.04

7/16

.29

2.76

1/2

.38

3.58

9/16

.48

4.51

5/8

.59

5.54

3/4

.84

7.90

13/16

.99

9.23

7/8

1.15

10.7

1

1.50

13.8

1 1/16

1.70

15.5

1 1/8

1.90

17.3

1 3/16

2.12

19.2

1 1/4

2.34

21.2

[Order 74-26, § 296-155-580 (part), Table 20 (codified as WAC 296-155-59920), filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.]

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