Cable Spacing

Blair Corporation recommends the following for your cable spacing.

1. Use 1×19 type 316 stainless steel cable.
2. Cable spacing, center to center: 3.125” inches.
3. Cable tension 225 lbs. per cable.
4. Maximum unsupported span (intermediate posts): 48” inches.

• Download “Experimental Test to Determine Cable Tension Necessary to Resist Sphere Pass-Through Requirement of International Building Code”
• Download “Engineering Analysis of Sphere Pass-Through Requirement of International Building Code”