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Wire rope sizes and weights: 6×19 IWRC and fibre core, 7×7, 7×19, 1×19 — diameter in inches and mm, weight per foot

How much does 1/4 in, 3/8 in and 1/2 in 6×19 wire rope weigh per foot, and what are the diameters of 7×7, 7×19 and 1×19 cable? · Standard part · basis: Unirope, Sky Dog Rigging and Lexco Cable for 6×19 weights per foot; Campbell's galvanized cable table for 1×19, 7×7 and 7×19; numbers only, breaking strengths left out on purpose

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Exact dimensions. True size, with no tolerance added.

sizes: 67 in table

Notes

Diameter is the nominal rope diameter in inches as each source prints it (measured across the outer crown of opposite strands, which the Campbell catalogue states); the mm column is that diameter converted (× 25.4, computed). Weight is as printed: pounds per foot (6×19 sources) or pounds per 1000 ft (Campbell); the last column converts each to pounds per 100 ft (computed). Metric kg/m is not given by these sources.
6×19 construction is six strands of 19 wires (the class covers 6×19 Seale, Filler wire and others, so the number of wires per strand varies inside the class); IWRC is an independent wire rope core, FC a fibre core; 7×7 and 7×19 are seven strands (one core strand and six outer strands) of 7 or 19 wires, 1×19 is a single strand of 19 wires. These are general definitions; the sources read do not tabulate wire diameters or lay lengths, so none is shown.
The 6×19 IWRC weights disagree between makers by a few percent, and by more at some sizes: 1/2 in is 0.44 lb/ft (Unirope) against 0.46 (Sky Dog); 5/8 in 0.69 against 0.72; 3/4 in 0.99 against 1.04; 1 in 1.76 against 1.85. Unirope's fibre-core column is lighter than its IWRC column at every size, as expected. The Lexco stainless 6×19 IWRC weights agree with Sky Dog's galvanized figures at 1/2 in (0.458 and 0.46), 5/8 in (0.715 and 0.72) and 1 in (1.87 and 1.85) but differ at 3/4 in (0.922 against 1.04) and 7/8 in (1.430 against 1.56); no source explains the spread. All are shown as printed.
Campbell's 1×19 galvanized row for 1/16 in printed 0.85 lb per 1000 ft, which is inconsistent with the 3/32 in row (20.0) of the same table, so that row is not shown; the 1×19 rows from 3/32 up, and the 7×7 rows from 1/16 and 7×19 rows from 3/32, are kept as printed. Campbell's own note: breaking strengths are for comparison only and operating loads should respect the design factor; breaking strengths, minimum breaking force grades and safe working loads are left out of this page on purpose, because they depend on the rope grade (IPS, EIPS, stainless) and lay.
No file: a rope is a helix of strands whose wire sizes and lay length are not in the tables read, so a drawn rope would be invented. Terminations: wire-rope-thimbles-din-6899, wire-rope-clips-crosby-g450-g429, shackles-bow-d-crosby-g209-g210-g2130. McMaster-Carr sells wire rope by the foot with per-part STEP; its category is linked, not copied.

Wire rope sizes and weights: 6×19 IWRC and fibre core, 7×7, 7×19… size chart

construction	source	nominal diameter (in)	diameter (mm, computed)	weight as printed	unit as printed	lb per 100 ft (computed)
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	5/16	7.94	0.18	lb per ft	18.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	3/8	9.52	0.25	lb per ft	25.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	7/16	11.11	0.34	lb per ft	34.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	1/2	12.70	0.44	lb per ft	44.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	9/16	14.29	0.56	lb per ft	56.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	5/8	15.88	0.69	lb per ft	69.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	3/4	19.05	0.99	lb per ft	99.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	7/8	22.22	1.35	lb per ft	135.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	1	25.40	1.76	lb per ft	176.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	1-1/8	28.57	2.23	lb per ft	223.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	1-1/4	31.75	2.75	lb per ft	275.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	1-3/8	34.92	3.5	lb per ft	350.0
6×19 IWRC (steel core)	Unirope	1-1/2	38.10	3.96	lb per ft	396.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	1/4	6.35	0.116	lb per ft	11.6
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	5/16	7.94	0.18	lb per ft	18.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	3/8	9.52	0.26	lb per ft	26.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	7/16	11.11	0.35	lb per ft	35.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	1/2	12.70	0.46	lb per ft	46.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	9/16	14.29	0.53	lb per ft	53.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	5/8	15.88	0.72	lb per ft	72.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	3/4	19.05	1.04	lb per ft	104.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	7/8	22.22	1.56	lb per ft	156.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	1	25.40	1.85	lb per ft	185.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	1-1/8	28.57	2.34	lb per ft	234.0
6×19 IWRC, Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay	Sky Dog Rigging	1-1/4	31.75	2.89	lb per ft	289.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	1/4	6.35	0.1	lb per ft	10.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	5/16	7.94	0.16	lb per ft	16.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	3/8	9.52	0.23	lb per ft	23.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	7/16	11.11	0.31	lb per ft	31.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	1/2	12.70	0.4	lb per ft	40.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	9/16	14.29	0.51	lb per ft	51.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	5/8	15.88	0.63	lb per ft	63.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	3/4	19.05	0.9	lb per ft	90.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	7/8	22.22	1.23	lb per ft	123.0
6×19 FC (fibre core)	Unirope	1	25.40	1.6	lb per ft	160.0
6×19 IWRC stainless T316	Lexco Cable	7/16	11.11	0.356	lb per ft	35.6
6×19 IWRC stainless T316	Lexco Cable	1/2	12.70	0.458	lb per ft	45.8
6×19 IWRC stainless T316	Lexco Cable	9/16	14.29	0.59	lb per ft	59.0
6×19 IWRC stainless T316	Lexco Cable	5/8	15.88	0.715	lb per ft	71.5
6×19 IWRC stainless T316	Lexco Cable	3/4	19.05	0.922	lb per ft	92.2
6×19 IWRC stainless T316	Lexco Cable	7/8	22.22	1.43	lb per ft	143.0
6×19 IWRC stainless T316	Lexco Cable	1	25.40	1.87	lb per ft	187.0
1×19 galvanized	Campbell	3/32	2.38	20	lb per 1000 ft	2.00
1×19 galvanized	Campbell	1/8	3.17	35	lb per 1000 ft	3.50
1×19 galvanized	Campbell	5/32	3.97	55	lb per 1000 ft	5.50
1×19 galvanized	Campbell	3/16	4.76	77	lb per 1000 ft	7.70
1×19 galvanized	Campbell	1/4	6.35	135	lb per 1000 ft	13.50
1×19 galvanized	Campbell	5/16	7.94	210	lb per 1000 ft	21.00
1×19 galvanized	Campbell	3/8	9.52	300	lb per 1000 ft	30.00
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	1/16	1.59	7.5	lb per 1000 ft	0.75
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	5/64	1.98	11	lb per 1000 ft	1.10
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	3/32	2.38	16	lb per 1000 ft	1.60
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	1/8	3.17	28.5	lb per 1000 ft	2.85
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	5/32	3.97	43	lb per 1000 ft	4.30
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	3/16	4.76	62	lb per 1000 ft	6.20
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	7/32	5.56	86	lb per 1000 ft	8.60
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	1/4	6.35	106	lb per 1000 ft	10.60
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	5/16	7.94	167	lb per 1000 ft	16.70
7×7 galvanized	Campbell	3/8	9.52	236	lb per 1000 ft	23.60
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	3/32	2.38	17.4	lb per 1000 ft	1.74
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	1/8	3.17	29	lb per 1000 ft	2.90
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	5/32	3.97	45	lb per 1000 ft	4.50
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	3/16	4.76	65	lb per 1000 ft	6.50
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	7/32	5.56	86	lb per 1000 ft	8.60
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	1/4	6.35	110	lb per 1000 ft	11.00
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	5/16	7.94	173	lb per 1000 ft	17.30
7×19 galvanized	Campbell	3/8	9.52	243	lb per 1000 ft	24.30

Where the files are

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Unirope	Class 6×19 IWRC (steel core) and 6×19 FC (fibre core) wire rope: diameter and weight per foot	web	Maker page; numbers only
Sky Dog Rigging	6×19 class IWRC general purpose wire rope (Improved Plow Steel, right regular lay): size and weight per foot	web	Distributor page; numbers only
Lexco Cable	6×19 class IWRC stainless steel (T316) wire rope: diameter and weight per foot	web	Maker catalogue; numbers only
Campbell (M.E. Campbell catalogue)	Galvanized cable 1×7, 1×19, 7×7, 7×19: nominal diameter and weight per 1000 ft	web	Maker catalogue; numbers only
McMaster-Carr	Wire rope (per-part STEP) (free STEP/IGES per part, for your own design use; no redistribution)	STEP, IGES, PDF	McMaster-Carr site terms: personal design use, no redistribution verify

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