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Usage Recommendation of Steel Wire Rope

Usage	Rope type	Structure	comments
Hoisting in vertical Shafts	Triangular strand wire rope	6Vx37S 6Vx37 6Vx34 6Vx30 6Vx21 6Vx43
	Equal Iaid wire rope	6x19S 6x19W 6x25Fi 6x26WS 6x29Fi 6x31WS 6x36WS 6x41WS	Lang 's lay is recommended
	Multi - layer strand wire rope	18x7 17x7 35Wx7 24Wx7	For use in Vertical Shafts with wire rope guide
	Multi - layer strand wire rope	6Qx19+6Vx21 6Qx33+6Vx21	For use in Vertical Shafts with wire rope guide
Shaft excavation	Multi - layer strand wire rope un-shaped Strand wire rope	60x33+6Vx21 17x7 18x7 34x7 36x7 60x19+6Vx21 4Vx39S 4Vx48S 35Wx7 24Wx7
Balanced ropes for use in Vertical Shafts	Steel wire rope	6x37S 6x36WS 4Vx39S 4Vx48S	Used ordinary lay only
Balanced ropes for use in Vertical Shafts	Multi - layer strand wire rope	17x7 18x7 34x7 36x7 35Wx7 24Wx7	Used ordinary lay only
Hoisting in inclined shafts ( winch )	Triangular strand wire rope	6Vx18 6Vx19
Hoisting in inclined shafts ( winch )	Steel wire rope	6x7 6x9W	Lang 's lay is recommended
Blast furnace hoist	Triangular Strand wire rope	6Vx37S 6Vx37 6Vx30 6Vx34 6Vx43
Blast furnace hoist	Equal laid wire rope	6x19S 6x25FI 6x29Fi 6x26WS 6x31WS 6x36WS 6x41WS
Vertical shaft guide and ropeway	Triangular strand wire rope	6Vx18 6Vx19
Vertical shaft guide and ropeway	Multi - layer strand wire rope	18x7 17x7	Lang 's lay is recommended
Winch on slope	Triangular strand wire rope	6Vx37S 6Vx37 6Vx30 6Vx34 6Vx43
Winch on slope	Equal laid wire rope	6x36WS 6x37S 6x41WS 6x49SWS 6x55 SWS	Lang 's lay is recommended
Oli exploration	Equal laid wire rope	6x19S 6x19W 6x25Fi 6x29Fi 6x26WS 6x31WS 6x36WS	May use steel core wire ropes
Conveyer belt, telpher, cable railway	Equal laid wire rope	6x19S 6x19W 6x25Fi 6x29Fi 6x26WS 6x31WS 6x36WS 6x41WS	Lang 's lay is recommended
Excavating machinery	Equal laid wire rope	6x19S+1WR 6x25Fi+IWR 6x19W+IWR 6x29Fi+IWR 6x26WS+IWR 6x31WS+IWR 6x36WS+IWR 6x55SWS+IWR 6x49SWS+IWR 35Wx7 24Wx7	Lang 's lay is recommended
Excavating machinery	Triangular strand wire rope	6Vx30 6Vx34 6Vx37 6Vx37S 6Vx43

Usage	Rope Type	Structure	Comments
Metallurgy	Equal laid wire rope	6x19S+IWR 6x19W+IWR 6x25Fi+IWR 6x36WS+IWR 6x41WS+IWR
Dock, irrigation projects, tower crane	Multi-layer stand wire rope	18x19S 18x19W 34x7 35Wx7 24Wx7
Dock, irrigation projects, tower crane	4 strand fan-shaped wire rope	4Vx39S 4Vx48S
Frequent hoisting and for other important purposes	Equal laid wire rope	6x19S 6x19W 6x25Fi 6x29Fi 6x26WS 6x31WS 6x36WS 6x37S 6x41WS 6x49WS 6x55SWS 8x19S 8x19W 8x25Fi 8x26WS 8x31WS 8x36WS 8x41WS 8x49SWS
Frequent hoisting and for other important purposes	4 strand fan-shaped wire rope	4Vx39S 4Vx48S
Steel works	Equal laid wire rope	6x19S+IWR 6x19W+IWR 6x25Fi+IWR 6x29Fi+IWR 6x31WS+IWR 6x37S+IWR 6x36WS+IWR
Ship loading and unloading	Equal laid wire rope	6x19W 6x25Fi 6x29Fi 6x31WS 6x36WS 6x37S	Galvanized
	Multi-layer stand wire rope	18x19S 18x19W 34x7 36x7 35Wx7 24Wx7
	4 strand fan-shaped wire rope	4Vx39S 4Vx48S
Towboat, cargo net	Steel wire rope	6x31WS 6x36WS 6x37WS	Galvanized
Fixing mast and hanging bridge on ships	Steel wire rope	6x7+IWS 6x19S+IWR	Galvanized
Salvage operations	Steel wire rope	6x37S 6x36WS 6x41WS 6x49SWS 6x31WS 6x55SWS 8x19S 8x19W 8x31WS 8x36WS 8x41WS 8x49WS 8x55SWS	Galvanized

Note:

1、Use galvanized wire ropes in corrosive environment.

2、Use Lang’s lay when the wire rope should not rotate during operation; or when the ropes should not cross each other, even if they belong to ratation-resistant type.

Usage Recommendation of Steel Wire Rope

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