7×7 AISI316 stainless steel wire rope is used for a wide range of applications. More flexible than 1×19 but more rigid than 7×19, the 7×7 construction is often used where 1×19 lacks enough flexibility for an application or where 7×19’s weaker breaking load is too low for an application. Used extensively throughout the marine industry as well as for general engineering applications, 7×7’s excellent breaking load and flexibility in the smaller diameters make it a favourite for control cable and a variety of marine rigging applications, examples of which are shown below:
Applications
- Control cables
- Guardrail
- Standing rigging
- Running rigging
- Steering cable
- Marine/Saltwater environment
- Sewage treatment works
- Wire rope slings
- Davit ropes
| Breaking Loads | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Diameter | Approximate Mass | Minimum breaking loads – 1570 Mpa | |
| [mm] | [kg/m] | [kN] | [Kg] |
| 1 | 0.004 | 0.59 | 60 |
| 2.0 | 0.016 | 2.37 | 241 |
| 2.5 | 0.023 | 3.71 | 378 |
| 3.0 | 0.034 | 5.34 | 544 |
| 4.0 | 0.060 | 9.49 | 967 |
| 5.0 | 0.095 | 14.80 | 1,509 |
| 6.0 | 0.136 | 21.40 | 2,182 |
| 7.0 | 0.185 | 29.10 | 2,967 |
| 8.0 | 0.242 | 38.00 | 3,874 |
| 10.0 | 0.378 | 59.30 | 6,046 |
| 12.0 | 0.545 | 85.40 | 8,708 |
| 14.0 | 0.741 | 117.00 | 11,930 |
