Suggested Wire Rope for Particular Uses

Recommended Applications
for Wire Ropes

USE	SIZE (in.)	CONSTRUCTION	LAY	CORE	GRADE
Clamshell
Holding & Closing Lines Boom Hoist Line Tag Line	1/2 & Up 1/2 & Up All 3/8 & Up	6 x 2 5 FW or 6 x 36 WS 6 x 19 or 6 x 37 Class 6 x 19 Class 6 x 37 Class	RRL RRL RRL RRL	IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC	EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS
Crawler & Truck Cranes
Hoist Line Boom Hoist Line Whip Line	All All 3/8---1-1/2	6 x 19 Class or 19 x 19 6 x 19 Class 19 x 7 or 35 x 7	RRL RRL RRL	IWRC IWRC IWRC	EIPS EIPS EIPS
Cranes & Hoists
Overhead Ladle Crane	All All	6 x 19 Class 6 x 37 Class	RRL RRL RRL RRL RRL	IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC	EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS
Dragline
Hoist Line Drag Line Boom Hoist	Up to 1-1/4 1-3/8 & Up 3/4---1-1/2 1-5/8---3 3 & Up 1/2 & Up	6 x 19 or 8 x 19 Class 6 x 37 Class 8 x 19 Class 8 x 37 Class 8 x 37 Class 6 X 19 Class	RLL RLL RLL RLL RRL RRL	IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC	EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS
Shovels
Hoist Line Crowd & Retract Boom Hoist Trip Rope	Up to 1 1/8 1-1/4 & Up 3/4 & Up 1/2---1-1/4 1-3/8 & Up 3/8---1 1" & Up	6 x 19 CL or 8 x 19 CL 6 x 37 CL or 8 X 19 CL 6 x 37 CL or 8 X 19 CL 6 x 19 CL or 8 x 19 CL 6 x 37 CL or 8 X 19 CL 6 x 37 CL or 8 X 19 CL 6 x 37 CL or 8 X 19 CL	RLL RLL RLL RRL RRL RRL RRL	IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC	EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS IPS IPS
Logging Ropes
Chokers Winch Lines	All All	6 X 19 Class 6 X 19 Class	RRL RRL	IWRC IWRC	EIPS EIPS
Mining
Slope Rope Shaft Hoist Ropes Slusher Rope Mining Machine Rope	All All All All	6 x 19 S 6 x 19 S or 6 x 25 FW 3 x 19 S or 6 x 19 S 6 x 36 WS or 6 x 41 WS	RLL RLL or RRL RRL RRL	FIBER FIBER IWRC IWRC	IPS IPS IPS EIPS
Marine Ropes
Towing Hawser Mooring Lines Cargo Falls	All All All	6 x 37 Class 6 x 19 or 6 x 37 Class 6 x 37 Class	RRL RRL RRL	IWRC IWRC IWRC	EIPS EIPS EIPS
Oil Field
Rotary Drill Lines Sand Lines Tubling Line Cable Tool Line	3/4---2 All All All	6 x 19 S, 6 x 21 S, 6 x 26 NS 6 x 7 6 x 26 WS 6 x 21 S	RRL RRL RRL or LRL	IWRC POLY FIBER IWRC POLY FIBER	EIPS IPS EIPS IPS
Offshore
Rotary Drill Lines Riser Tensioner Lines Guide Lines Sand Lines Pendant Lines Crane-Main Hoist Crane-Auxiliary Hoist Anchor Lines Heavy Lift Slings Heavy Lift Slings	1---2 1-1/4---2 1/2---1 1/2---5/8 1-1/2---3 3/4 3/8---2 3/8---2-1/4 1-3/8---6 1-1/2---4 3-1/2---10	6 x 19 S, 6 x 21 S, 6 x 26 CL 6 x 37 Class 6 x 19 Class 6 x 7 6 x 19 Class or 6 x 37 Class 6 x 37 Class or 35 x 7 Class 35 x 7 Class 6 x 37 Class 6 x 37 Class	RRL RLL RRL RRL RRL RRL RRL RRL RRL RLL or LLL	IWRC IWRC IWRC POLY FIBER IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC IWRC	EIPS IPS IPS IPS EIPS IPS or EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS EIPS

Recommended Applications for Wire Ropes

Definition of Abbreviations

Grade

Construction

Lay

Core

IPS- Improved Plow Steel
EIPS - Extra Improved Plow Steel
GIPS - Galvanized Improved Plow Steel
EEIPS - Extra, Extra Improved Plow Steel
EEEIPS - Extra, Extra, Extra Improved Plow Steel

FW - Filler Wire
WS - Warrington Seale
SFW - Seale Filler Wire
RR - Rotation Resistant
W - Warrington
S - Seale

RRL - Right Regular Lay
RLL - Right Lang Lay
LRL - Left Regular Lay
LLL - Left Lang Lay
RAL - Right Attended Lay
LAL - Left Attended Lay

IWRC - Wire Rope Core
FC - Fiber Core
Fiber - Hemp or Poly Core
Poly - Polypropylene Core

Clamshell

Crawler & Truck Cranes

Cranes & Hoists

Dragline

Shovels

Logging Ropes

Mining

Marine Ropes

Oil Field

Offshore