
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