ANSI/API Spec 9A

Steel wire ropes for the petroleum and natural gas industries-Minimum requirements and terms for acceptance. Specifies the minum requirements and terms of acceptance for the manufacture and testing of steel wire ropes not exceeding rope grade 2160 for the petroleum and natural gas industries.

This edition of API Spec 9A is an identical adoption of ISO 10425, Petroleum and natural gas industries-Drilling and production equipment-Specification for wire rope and includes the addition of an API Monogram Annex. This specification contains teh APi Monogram Annex as part of the US national adoption.



Product Code(s): G9A026C,G9A026C,G9A026,G9A026

This product references:ISO 2232:1990 - Round drawn wire for general purpose non-alloy steel wire ropes and for large diameter steel wire ropes - Specifications
ISO 4345:1988 - Steel wire ropes - Fibre main cores - Specification
ISO 4346:1977 - Steel wire ropes for general purposes - Lubricants - Basic requirements
ISO 6892-1:2009 - Metallic materials - Tensile testing - Part 1: Method of test at room temperature
ISO 7500-1:2004 - Metallic materials - Verification of static uniaxial testing machines - Part 1: Tension/compression testing machines - Verification and calibration of the force-measuring system
ISO 7800:2003 - Metallic materials -- Wire -- Simple torsion test
ISO 7801:1984 - Metallic materials - Wire - Reverse bend test
ISO 17893:2004 - Steel wire ropes - Vocabulary, designation and classification
This product referenced by:API RP 9B - Specification for Wire Rope, Includes Errata 1 (October 2012)
API Spec 2C - Specification for Wire Rope, Includes Errata 1 (October 2012)
This product replaces:ANSI/API Spec 9A - Specification for Wire Rope and ISO 10425:2003, Steel Wire Ropes for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries-Minimum Requirements and Terms for Acceptance