Alloy Steel Socket Button and Flat Countersunk Head Cap Screws
Alloy Steel Socket Button and Flat Countersunk Head Cap Screws
Alloy Steel Socket Button and Flat Countersunk Head Cap Screws
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Standard Specification for
Alloy Steel Socket Button and Flat Countersunk Head Cap
Screws1
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This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 835; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
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original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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1. Scope * F 788/F 788M Specification for Surface Discontinuities of
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for quenched Bolts, Screws, and Studs. Inch and Metric Series5
and tempered alloy steel hexagon socket button (SBHCS) 2.2 ANSI/ASME Standards:
B18.3 Socket Cap, Shoulder and Set Screws—Inch Series6
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0.060 through 0.625 thread sizes and flat countersunk (SFHCS)
0.060 through 1.5 thread sizes head cap screws having material B18.24.1 Part Identifying Number (PIN) Code System7
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properties for high-strength requirements. 3. Ordering Information
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1.2 Fasteners meeting this specification are intended for
shear-type applications and have tensile requirements ranging 3.1 Orders for material under this specification shall include
from 122 to 150 ksi. the following:
1.3 The hazard statement applies only to the test method
section, Section 11, of this specification. This standard does
not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any,
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3.1.1 Quantity (number of screws).
3.1.2 Dimensions, including nominal thread designation,
thread pitch, and nominal screw length (inches). A standard
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associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this part number may be used for this definition.
standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices 3.1.3 Name of the screw: SBHCS or SFHCS.
and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior 3.1.4 Coating, if required. If a protective finish other than
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A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for 3.1.7 ASTM designation and year of issue.
Chemical Analysis of Steel Products2 3.1.8 Any special requirements.
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D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging3 3.1.9 For establishment of a part identifying system, see
E 3 Practice for Preparation of Metallographic Specimens4 ASME B18.24.1.
E 18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell 3.2 Example—1000 pieces 0.250 − 20 3 0.375 SBHCS lot
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terials4 4.1 The screws shall be fabricated from alloy steel made to
F 606 Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Prop- fine grain practice. In the event of controversy over grain size,
erties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners, referee tests on finished screws conducted in accordance with
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Current edition approved May 10, 2003. Published June 2003. Originally
approved in 1986. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as F 835 – 00.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03. Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.09. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01. Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.08. International Headquarters, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990.
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4.3 Unless otherwise specified, threads shall be rolled for TABLE 2 Chemical Requirements
diameters through 0.625 in. and for screw lengths through 4 in.
Composition, %
For diameters and lengths other than this, threads may be
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Element Heat Product
rolled, cut or ground.
Analysis Analysis
4.4 Screws shall be heat treated by quenching in oil from
Carbon 0.30 to 0.48 0.28 to 0.50
above the transformation temperature and then tempering by Phosphorus, max 0.035 0.040
reheating to at least 650°F to be within the hardness range Sulfur, max 0.040 0.045
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specified in Table 1. Alloying elements see 5.2 see 5.2
4.4.1 The minimum tempering temperature may be verified
by submitting screws to 635°F for 30 min at temperature. The
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TABLE 3 Minimum Ultimate Tensile Loads
average cross-section hardness of three readings on the screw
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before and after retempering shall not differ by more than 20 Button and
Thread Size Stress Area, in.2
DPH. Countersunk
4.5 When protective or decorative coatings are applied to Heads, Tensile Load,
Coarse Fine Coarse Fine min lbA
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the screws, precautions as required by the coatings shall be
... 0.060-80 ... 0.00180 260
taken to prevent embrittlement. 0.073-64 0.073-72 0.00263 0.00278 380
0.086-56 0.086-64 0.00370 0.00394 540
5. Chemical Composition
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0.099-48 0.099-56 0.00487 0.00523 710
0.112-40 0.112-48 0.00604 0.00661 880
5.1 The chemical composition of the screw material shall 0.125-40 0.125-44 0.00796 0.00830 1150
conform to the heat analysis specified in Table 2.
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0.138-32 0.138-40 0.00909 0.01015 1320
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5.2 One or more of the following alloying elements, chro- 0.164-32 0.164-36 0.0140 0.10474 2030
0.190-24 0.190-32 0.0175 0.0200 2540
mium, nickel, molybdenum, or vanadium, shall be present in 0.250-20 0.250-28 0.0318 0.0384 4610
the steel in sufficient quantity to ensure the specific strength 0.3125-18 0.3125-24 0.0524 0.0580 7600
properties are met after oil quenching and tempering. The steel
shall meet the AISI definition of alloy steel, that is, maximum
and minimum element content requirement or minimum ele-
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0.375-16
0.4375-14
0.500-13
0.625-11
0.375-24
0.4375-20
0.500-20
0.625-18
0.0775
0.1063
0.1419
0.226
0.0878
0.1187
0.1599
0.258
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15 400
20 600
30 500
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ment limits specified. 0.750-10 0.750-16 0.334 0.373 45 100
0.875-9 0.875-14 0.462 0.509 62 400
5.3 Steel to which bismuth, selenium, tellurium, or lead has 1.000-8 1.000-12 0.606 0.663 81 800
been added intentionally shall not be permitted. 1.125-7 1.125-12 0.763 0.858 103 000
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5.4 Material analysis may be made by the purchaser from 1.250-7 1.250-12 0.969 1.073 131 000
1.375-6 1.375-12 1.155 1.315 156 000
finished products and the chemical composition thus deter- 1.500-6 1.500-12 1.405 1.581 190 000
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loads are based on 80 % of the minimum heat treated material strength (180 ksi for
sizes 0.500 in. and smaller and 170 ksi for sizes larger than 0.500 in.) and the
6. Mechanical Properties stress areas for coarse thread screws.
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3 diameters shall be tested full size and shall conform to the full-size tensile properties in Table 3. When equipment of
full-size tensile requirements specified in Table 3. Tensile sufficient capacity for such tests is not available or if excessive
failures through the head are acceptable provided the load length of the screws makes full-size testing impractical, stan-
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requirements are satisfied. dard round machined specimens may be used that shall meet
6.3 Screws having a nominal thread diameter-length com- the machined test specimen tensile properties in Table 1. If
bination as specified in 6.2 and a breaking load exceeding discrepancy between full-size and machined specimen results,
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Full-size Screws: 1.
Tensile, min, ksi 145 135
6.5 All screws, regardless of size, shall conform to the
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7.1.1 There shall be no evidence of carburization or gross 9.2.4 Seams in the shank shall not exceed a depth of 0.03 D
decarburization on the surfaces of the heat-treated screws when or 0.008 in., whichever is greater.
measured in accordance with 11.5. 9.2.5 No transverse discontinuities shall be permitted in the
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7.1.2 The depth of partial decarburization shall be limited to head-to-shank fillet area.
the values in Table 4 when measured as shown in Fig. 1, and 9.2.6 Threads shall have no laps at the root or on the flanks,
in accordance with 11.5. as shown in Fig. 4. Laps are permitted at the crest (Fig. 4c) that
7.2 Embrittlement—Coated screws shall withstand the em- do not exceed 25 % of the basic thread depth and on the flanks
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brittlement test in accordance with 11.4 without showing outside the pitch cylinder. Longitudinal seams rolled beneath
indications of discontinuities. The loading shall be calculated the root of the thread and across the crests of cut threads are
with minimum screw tensile requirements. acceptable within the limits of 9.2.4.
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9.2.7 Quench cracks of any depth, any length, or in any
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8. Dimensions location are not permitted.
8.1 Unless otherwise specified, the dimensions shall con- 10. Number of Tests
form to the requirements of ANSI/ASME B 18.3.
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10.1 The requirements of this specification shall be met in
9. Workmanship, Finish, and Appearance continuous mass production for stock, and the manufacturer
shall make sample inspections to ensure that the product
9.1 Surface Finish—The screws shall have a black (thermal conforms to the specified requirements. Additional tests of
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or chemical) oxide finish, unless otherwise specified. individual shipments of material are not ordinarily contem-
9.2 Surface Discontinuities: plated. A record of individual heats of steel in each test lot shall
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9.2.1 The surface discontinuities for these products shall
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be maintained. The container shall be coded to permit identi-
conform to Specification F 788/F 788M and the additional fication of the lot.
limitations specified herein. 10.2 When specified in the order, the manufacturer shall
9.2.2 Forging defects that connect the socket to the periph-
ery of the head are not permissible. Defects originating on the
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furnish a test report certified to be the last complete set of
mechanical tests for each stock size in each shipment.
10.3 When additional tests are specified on the purchase
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are not permissible. Other forging defects are permissible, order, a lot, for purposes of selecting test samples, shall consist
provided those located in the bearing area, fillet and top of all screws offered for inspection at one time of one diameter
surfaces shall not have a depth exceeding 0.03 D or 0.005 in., and length. From each lot, the number of samples for each
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whichever is greater. For peripheral discontinuities, the maxi- requirement shall be as follows:
mum depth may be 0.06 D not to exceed 0.040 in. (see
Number of
Fig. 2).
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0.75 hs from
Thread 0.1 hs at
Threads/in.
Height, hs
Root to
Root, max
11.1 Chemical analysis shall be conducted in accordance
Crest, min with Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology A 751.
48 0.013 0.010 0.001
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18 0.034 0.026 0.003 countersunk head cap screw shall be placed with the axis of the
16 0.038 0.029 0.004
14 0.044 0.033 0.004 conical recess at the required wedge angle with the fastener
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FIG. 1 Decarburization Limits
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decarburization evaluation either optical or microhardness
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measurements. The microhardness measurement shall consti-
tute a referee method in case of dispute.
11.5.2 For optical measurement, etch the section in 2 – 4 %
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FIG. 4 Thread Discontinuities
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carburization and indicates that the screw does not conform to 15. Responsibility
specification requirements.
15.1 The party responsible for the fastener shall be the
12. Inspection
12.1 The inspector representing the purchaser, upon reason- ar
organization that supplies the fastener to the purchaser and
certifies that the fastener was manufactured, sampled, tested
and inspected in accordance with this specification and meets
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able notice, shall have free entry to all parts of the manufac-
all of its requirements.
turer’s works that concern the manufacture of the material
ordered. The manufacturer shall afford the inspector all rea-
16. Packaging and Package Marking
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and shall be so conducted as not to interfere unnecessarily with 16.1.2 When special packaging requirements are required,
the operation of the works. they shall be defined at the time of the inquiry and order.
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to the producer or supplier promptly and in writing. In case of 16.2.1.1 ASTM designation,
dissatisfaction with the results of the test, the producer or 16.2.1.2 Brand name or trademark of the manufacturer,
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each shipment shall be furnished at the time of shipment. countersunk head; steel
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES
This section identifies the location of selected changes to this standard that have been incorporated since the
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F 835 - 00 issue. For the convenience of the user, Committee F16 has highlighted those changes that impact the
use of this standard. This section may also include descriptions of the changes or reasons for the changes, or both.
(1) Deleted the 24 hour test time an and deferred to the Test
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Methods F 606 48 hour test time in 7.2
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