ASTM A1023/A1023M-09e1

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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2009
• ICS: 77.140.65 - Steel wire, wire ropes and link chains
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.03 - Steel Rod and Wire

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A1023/A1023M-09 - Standard Specification for Stranded Carbon Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Replaced By: ASTM A1023/A1023M-15 - Standard Specification for Stranded Carbon Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes
• Effective Date: 01-May-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A931-18 - Standard Test Method for Tension Testing of Wire Ropes and Strand
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:A1023/A1023M −09
StandardSpecification 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.
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´ NOTE—Section 4.1 was changed editorially in September 2012.
1. Scope* 3. Terminology
1.1 This specification covers the general requirements for
Description of Terms Specific to this Specification
the more common types of stranded steel wire ropes. Included
3.1 inserts, n—fiber or solid polymer so positioned as to
in this specification are wire ropes in various grades and
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separate adjacent strands or wires in the same or overlying
constructions from ⁄4 in. [6 mm] to 2 ⁄8 in. [60 mm] manufac-
layers or to fill interstices of the rope.
tured from uncoated or metallic coated wire.Also included are
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cord products from ⁄32 in. [0.8 mm] to ⁄8 in. [10 mm]
3.2 Lubrication:
manufactured from metallic coated wire. For specific
3.2.1 impregnating compound, n—material used in the
applications, additional or alternative requirements may apply.
manufacture of natural fiber cores, covers, or inserts for the
1.2 Thevaluesstatedineitherinch-poundsorSIunitsareto purpose of providing protection against rotting and decay of
beregardedseparatelyasstandard.Withinthetext,theSIunits the fiber material.
areshowninbrackets.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemarenot
3.2.2 preservation compound, n—material, usually contain-
exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used inde-
ing some form of blocking agent, applied during, after, or both
pendentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystems
duringandaftermanufactureoftheropetofiberinserts,fillers,
may result in nonconformance with the specification.
and coverings for the purpose of providing protection against
corrosion.
2. Referenced Documents
3.2.3 rope lubricant, n—general term used to signify mate-
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
rial applied during the manufacture of a strand, core, or rope
A931Test Method for Tension Testing of Wire Ropes and
for the purpose of reducing internal friction, providing protec-
Strand
tion against corrosion, or both.
A1007Specification for Carbon Steel Wire for Wire Rope
3 3.3 rope cores, n—central element, usually of fiber or steel
2.2 ISO Standards:
(but may be a combination of both), of a round rope around
ISO 2232Round Drawn Wire for General-Purpose Non-
which are laid helically the strands of a stranded rope or the
alloy Steel Wire Ropes
unit ropes of a cable-laid rope (Fig. 1).
ISO 3108 Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes—
3.3.1 fiber core (FC), n—an element made from either
Determination of Actual Breaking
natural or synthetic fibers.
3.3.2 solid polymer core, n—a single element of solid
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
polymer material that is either cylindrical or shaped (grooved).
Stainless Steel and Related Alloysand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
It may also include an element or elements of wire or fiber.
A01.03 on Steel Rod and Wire.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2009. Published December 2009. Originally
3.3.3 steel core, n—a stranded rope (IWRC), or a round
approved in 2002. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as A1023/A1023M–07.
strand (WSC) construction. The round strand or the stranded
DOI: 10.1520/A1023_A1023M-09.
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rope core or its outer strands, or both, may also be covered or
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
filled with either fiber or solid polymer. Steel cores are
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
normally made as a separate independent element, the excep-
the ASTM website.
3 tion being rope with a stranded rope core closed parallel with
Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1 rue de
Varembé, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iso.ch. the outer strands.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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FIG. 3Round Strand
FIG. 1Examples of Cores
FIG. 4Triangular Strand
3.4 strand, n—an element of rope normally consisting of an
assembly of wires of appropriate shape and dimensions laid
helicallyinoneormorelayersaroundacenter.Thecentermay
consist of one round or shaped wire, of several round wires
forming a built-up center, or of fibe
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