Specialty Small Ropes

This category includes wire ropes in sizes as small as 1/32" in diameter. They're used in a variety of applications, including control cables, window and door closures, different kinds of remote control systems, boat rigging and many others. They can be made of galvanized or stainless steel aircraft wire.

Each of these products is carefully engineered and fabricated to uniform size and quality. For example,1/16" 7 x 19 contains 133 separate wires, making the wires approximately the diameter of a human hair. Yet the rope has high strength, bendability and fatigue resistance.

These ropes are produced for the most common applications in the market. Utility grade is made to RRW.410D. These cables have historically been called"aircraft" cable. Since most applications do not require that designation, we are changing the name to "utility" cable. We can provide these ropes to MIL-W- 83420 "aircraft" specifications on request. They require special lubrication, internal marking and fatigue testing.

Galvanized or Stainless Steel
Minimum breaking force and weights for 7 x 7 utility cable
Diameter (in.) Approximate wt./ 100 ft. (lbs.) Minimum breaking force (lbs.)
Galvanized Stainless
1/32* 0.16 110 110
3/64 0.42 270 270
1/16 0.75 480 480
5/64 1.1 650 650
3/32 1.6 920 920
7/64 2.2 1260 1260
1/8 2.8 1700 1700
5/32 4.3 2600 2400
3/16 6.2 3700 3700
7/32 8.3 4800 4800
1/4 10.6 6100 6100
9/32 13.4 7600 7600
5/16 16.7 9200 9000
3/8 23.6 13100 12000

*1/32 is made in 3 x 7 construction

Galvanized or Stainless Steel
Minimum breaking force & weights for 7 x 19 utility cable
Diameter (in.) Approximate wt./ 100 ft. (lbs.) Minimum breaking force (lbs.)
Galvanized Stainless
1/16 0.75 480 480
3/32 1.7 1000 920
7/64 2.2 1400 1260
1/8 2.9 2000 1760
5/32 4.5 2800 2400
3/16 6.5 4200 3700
7/32 8.6 5600 5000
1/4 11.0 7000 6400
9/32 13.9 8000 7800
5/16 17.3 9800 9000
11/32 20.7 12500 --
3/8 24.3 14400 12000