Wire, cables and rope are crucial in today’s world, used for holding, lifting, moving and pulling various things. The main concern with these wires, cables and rope? Safety, quality and strength. TestResources offers tests for tensile strength and bending of wires and cables so you can be confident in your material. Electrical wires and cables are important for every day use from power cords to something as simple as a light switch or outlet. Cables can be used when building homes, airports, multi-story homes and even bridges.
Knowing which wires and cables are perfect for your product is a difficult task but with our tests, you can be confident that you have accurate results and find exactly what you need. Contact one of our application engineers to get started.
Three gripping options:
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Capstan Grips
When using capstan grips, the wire is wrapped around a cylinder before clapping it. This is done to reduce tensile force at the clamping location which lessens the negative effect of stress concentration at the clamp. The wire breaks between the cylinders at close to the true tensile force.
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V-Jaws on Vice Grips
V-jaws grip the wire with less stress concentration than flat jaws with vice grips. A weakness is created at the location where the wire is being gripped. This causes the specimen to fail at less than it's true tensile force.
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V-Jaws on Wedge Grips
V-jaws grip the wire with less stress concentration than flat jaws with wedge grips. A weakness is created at the location where the wire is being gripped. This causes the specimen to fail at less than it's true tensile force.
Applicable Standards
- ASTM A586 Specification for Zinc-Coated Parallel and Helical Steel Wire Structural Strand
- ASTM A603 Specification for Zinc-Coated Steel Structural Wire Rope
- ASTM A931 Tension Testing of Wire Ropes and Strand
- ASTM A1023/A1023M Specification for Stranded Carbon Steel Wire Ropes for General Purposes
- ASTM E4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines
- ASTM E6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing
- ASTM E8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
- ISO 17558 Specification for Steel Wire Ropes Socketing Procedures Molten Metal and Resin Socketing
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