ASTM A1023/A1023M-07
(Specification)Standard Specification for Stranded Carbon Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes
Standard Specification for Stranded Carbon Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes
ABSTRACT
This specification covers stranded steel wire ropes of various grades and constructions manufactured from uncoated or metallic coated wire and cord products manufactured from metallic coated wire. Dimensional characteristics include the diameter and lay length of the rope. Mechanical property requirements include: rope breaking force, spinning loss factor, and stretch; and wire torsions, tensile strength, tensile grade, and level. Cores of stranded ropes shall normally either be of steel or fiber composition. All wire ropes shall be lubricated and impregnated in the manufacturing process. Wire finish may be final-galvanized rope or drawn-galvanized (zinc coated) rope. Rope workmanship and finish; testing and compliance; acceptance tests; and packaging and identification are also detailed.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the general requirements for the more common types of stranded steel wire ropes. Included in this specification are wire ropes in various grades and constructions from 1/4 in. (6 mm) to 23/8 in. (60 mm) manufactured from uncoated or metallic coated wire. Also included are cord products from 1/32 in. (0.8 mm) to 3/8 in. (10 mm) manufactured from metallic coated wire. For specific applications, additional or alternative requirements may apply.
1.2 The values stated in either inch-pounds or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification.
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Designation: A1023/A1023M – 07
Standard Specification for
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Stranded Carbon Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A1023/A1023M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the
year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last
reapproval. A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* 3.2 Lubrication:
3.2.1 impregnating compound, n—material used in the
1.1 This specification covers the general requirements for
manufacture of natural fiber cores, covers, or inserts for the
the more common types of stranded steel wire ropes. Included
purpose of providing protection against rotting and decay of
in this specification are wire ropes in various grades and
1 3 the fiber material.
constructions from ⁄4 in. (6 mm) to 2 ⁄8 in. (60 mm) manufac-
3.2.2 preservation compound, n—material, usually contain-
tured from uncoated or metallic coated wire.Also included are
1 3 ing some form of blocking agent, applied during, after, or both
cord products from ⁄32 in. (0.8 mm) to ⁄8 in. (10 mm)
during and after manufacture of the rope to fiber inserts, fillers,
manufactured from metallic coated wire. For specific applica-
and coverings for the purpose of providing protection against
tions, additional or alternative requirements may apply.
corrosion.
1.2 The values stated in either inch-pounds or SI units are to
3.2.3 rope lubricant, n—general term used to signify mate-
be regarded separately as standard.Within the text, the SI units
rial applied during the manufacture of a strand, core, or rope
are shown in brackets.The values stated in each system are not
for the purpose of reducing internal friction, providing protec-
exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used inde-
tion against corrosion, or both.
pendentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystems
3.3 rope cores, n—central element, usually of fiber or steel
may result in nonconformance with the specification.
(but may be a combination of both), of a round rope around
2. Referenced Documents
which are laid helically the strands of a stranded rope or the
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unit ropes of a cable-laid rope (Fig. 1).
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.3.1 fiber core (FC), n—an element made from either
A931 Test Method for Tension Testing of Wire Ropes and
natural or synthetic fibers.
Strand
3.3.2 solid polymer core, n—a single element of solid
A1007 Specification for Carbon Steel Wire for Wire Rope
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polymer material that is either cylindrical or shaped (grooved).
2.2 ISO Standards:
It may also include an element or elements of wire or fiber.
ISO 2232 Round Drawn Wire for General-Purpose Non-
3.3.3 steel core, n—a stranded rope (IWRC), or a round
alloy Steel Wire Ropes
strand (WSC) construction. The round strand or the stranded
ISO 3108 Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes—
rope core or its outer strands, or both, may also be covered or
Determination of Actual Breaking
filled with either fiber or solid polymer. Steel cores are
3. Terminology
normally made as a separate independent element, the excep-
tion being rope with a stranded rope core closed parallel with
Description of Terms Specific to this Specification
the outer strands.
3.1 inserts, n—fiber or solid polymer so positioned as to
3.4 strand, n—an element of rope normally consisting of an
separate adjacent strands or wires in the same or overlying
assembly of wires of appropriate shape and dimensions laid
layers or to fill interstices of the rope.
helically in one or more layers around a center.The center may
consist of one round or shaped wire, of several round wires
forming a built-up center, or of fiber or some other material. If
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
multiple wires are used in a strand center, they may be counted
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.03 on Steel Rod and Wire. as one wire.
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2007. Published October 2007. Originally
3.4.1 Cross-Section Shape:
approved in 2002. Last previous edition approved in 2002 asA1023/A1023M – 02.
3.4.1.1 compacted strand, n—a strand that has been sub-
DOI: 10.1520/A1023_A1023M-07.
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jected to a compacting process such as drawing, rolling, or
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swaging (Fig. 2).
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3.4.1.2 round strand, n—strand having a perpendicular
the ASTM website.
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