• 8-strand fatigue resistant construction for best performance
  • HiPac® design to increase fatigue life and strength
  • Shaped outer wires for optimum sheave contact
  • PlastGuard® coated core helps prevent inner wire breaks
  • Permanent lubricated core

Main Applications

Super-8C is the classic ‘upgrade’ rope for all overhead crane types for increased rope service life performance while maintaining the ability to operate with fleet angles up to 4˚. The 8-strand construction provides an excellent combination of fatigue life and abrasion resistance also in multi layer spooling applications.

This rope is the ideal choice for container- and port cranes as well as a boom hoist rope with luffing jib tower cranes which spool the rope onto multiple layer drums.

Rope Characteristics

8-strand high performance overhead crane wire rope with a plastic coated core. This special engineered hard plastic prevents metal to metal contact between outer- and inner strands and greatly reduces internal, non-detectable, wear and abrasion resulting in increased fatigue life, plus it provides for permanent core lubrication.

This rope is strand compacted for increased surface contact area between rope and sheave thus reducing sheave and drum wear.

6-strand   8-strand
Sheave Contact 6-strand Sheave Contact 8-strand

The 8-strand construction provides an increase in contact points between rope and sheave. Less wear of the rope and of your equipment.

Standard

EN 10264, 12385 where applicable

Python® Super 8C is NOT rotation resistant or non-rotating.

Available in right regular lay (RRL) AND left regular lay (LRL).

Breaking Strengths

Note: The maximum CAPACITY, WORKING LOAD LIMIT (WLL), or LINE PULL of the rope usually is 1/5 of the below stated values. For specific information consult the standards applicable to your rope application.

Python® Super 8C
Minimum Strength tons of 2,000 lbs
Rope dia. inch IPS EIPS EEIPS Weight per foot lbs
1/4 3.4 3.7 4.0 0.12
5/16 6.1 6.7 7.4 0.20
3/8 7.9 9.2 9.7 0.26
7/16 11.8 11.9 14.4 0.38
1/2 13.9 15.8 16.3 0.47
9/16 17.6 20.1 20.7 0.59
5/8 22.8 26.0 26.6 0.77
3/4 31.7 36.1 37.0 1.06
7/8 43.4 49.3 50.5 1.44
1 56.1 64.5 65.3 1.90
1-1/8 71.5 82.1 83.1 2.42
1-1/4 87.4 100.9 102.2 2.97
1-3/8 108.4 123.2 126.2 3.62
1-1/2 127.2 144.7 148.3 4.26
1-5/8 149.3 169.7 173.9 4.97
1-3/4 176.1 200.4 205.2 5.90
1-7/8 197.5 224.2 229.7 6.60
Python® Super 8C
Minimum Strength in kN
Rope dia. mm 1770 N/mm² 1960 N/mm² 2160 N/mm² Weight per meter kg
6 28 31 34 0.17
7 41 45 50 0.22
8 54 60 66 0.30
9 66 73 80 0.36
10 74 85 91 0.42
11 105 106 128 0.57
12 113 129 132 0.64
13 131 150 153 0.74
14 154 175 180 0.87
15 176 200 205 0.98
16 203 231 237 1.14
17 226 257 263 1.27
18 255 290 297 1.42
19 282 321 329 1.58
20 314 357 366 1.76
21 348 396 405 1.95
22 382 434 445 2.13
23 416 473 485 2.32
24 450 512 525 2.51
25 489 556 570 2.72
26 527 600 615 2.94
27 573 651 667 3.19
28 618 703 720 3.44
29 660 751 769 3.68
30 702 798 818 3.92
31 756 860 881 4.21
32 810 921 944 4.51
33 859 977 1,001 4.80
34 908 1,033 1,058 5.09
35 964 1,096 1,123 5.39
36 1,020 1,160 1,188 5.69
38 1,132 1,287 1,319 6.34
40 1,257 1,430 1,465 7.00
42 1,381 1,571 1,609 7.69
44 1,514 1,722 1,764 8.47
46 1,659 1,888 1,934 9.29
48 1,807 2,049 2,100 10.10