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Distributor's Link Magazine Fall Issue 2015 / Vol 38 No4

66 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

66 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Joe Greenslade Director of Engineering Technology INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS INSTITUTE 636 Oak Tree Blvd., Independence, OH 44131 TEL 216-241-1482 FAX 216-241-5901 EMAIL jgreenslade@indfast.org WEB www.indfast.org FALL 2015 FASTENER INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY UPDATE FROM THE IFI 1. Standards Organizations Activities [a] Standards Published Recently ASTM A563 Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts ASTM F879 Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Button and Flat Countersunk Head Cap Screws ASTM A193/A193M Standard Specification for Alloy- Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting for High Temperature or High Pressure Service and Other Special Purpose Applications ASTM A194/A194M Standard Specification for Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, and Stainless Steel Nuts for Bolts for High Pressure or High Temperature Service, or Both ASTM A320 / A320M 15 Standard Specification for Alloy-Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting for Low- Temperature Service ASTM F606/F606M Fastener Testing Standard (inch/metric combined) ASTM F1789 Standard Terminology for F16 Mechanical Fasteners has been revised to F1789-15 [b] Standards that have passed committee balloting and are in the publication process: ASME B18.15 Forged Lifting Eyes (Inch) ASME B18.24 Fastener part identification numbering system. ASTM F1941/F1941M Electroplating Standard for Fasteners. [c] Standards in the revision process ASME B18.2.1 Bolts and Cap Screws (inch series). Sept 2014, work has begun to add a missing Lg/Lb table for hex flange head screws and correct a few other minor issues. Completion is expected in 2016. ASME B18.2.2 Non-locking Nuts (inch series). Sept 2014, work has begun to correct an error in the hex sizes of “Small Pattern Hex Machine Screw Nuts.” First ballot completed in March 2015. Completion is expected before the end of 2015. ASME B18.2.6 Structural Fasteners (inch series). Sept 2014, work has begun to revise this standard to incorporate a critical table note currently covered by a Supplement and to make minor revisions to the DTI portion of the standard. Completion is expected in 2016. ASME B18.2.6M Bolt for Structural Construction and High Pressure Applications (metric series). Sept 2014, work will begin to increase the size range from M36 through M100 and to make some minor revisions to the DTI portion of the standard. Completion is expected in 2016. ASME B18.13 SEMS (inch series). This standard was last revised in 1996 and will now undergo a complete revision to reflect changes and additions to the metric version B18.13.1M. The revised scope was approved and the first ballot of the revision was opened in July. ASME B18.16.6 Inch Locking Nuts. The B18.16 subcommittee has started work on a revision to lower the proof load values of thin insert lock nut to 45% of the regular height nuts and to correct the errors in the NTM series of nut heights. The revision process should be complete before the end of 2015. TECHNICAL ARTICLE CONTINUED ON PAGE 174

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