ASTM F880M-01a

Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Set Screws [Metric]

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for austenitic grade stainless steel socket set screws (SSS), sizes M1.6 through M24, having Property Classes A1-50 and A1-70.
Note1—This specification is the metric companion of Specification F880.
1.2 The following hazard caveat pertains only to Section 11, the Test Method Section:  This standard does not purport to address the safety problems associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-2002
• ICS: 21.060.10 - Bolts, screws, studs
• Technical Committee: F16 - Fasteners
• Drafting Committee: F16.04 - Nonferrous Fasteners

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F880M-01 - Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Set Screws [Metric]
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Replaced By: ASTM F880M-02 - Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Set Screws [Metric]
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 880M – 01a
METRIC
Standard Specification for
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Stainless Steel Socket Set Screws [Metric]
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 880M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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1. Scope E 92 Test Method for Vickers Hardness Metallic Materials
E 353 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Stainless,
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for austenitic
Heat-Resisting, Maraging, and Other Similar Chromium-
grade stainless steel socket set screws (SSS), sizes M1.6
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Nickel-Iron Alloys
through M24, having Property Classes A1-50 and A1-70.
E 384 Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Ma-
NOTE 1—This specification is the metric companion of Specification 5
terials
F 880.
F 738M Specification for Stainless Steel Metric Bolts,
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1.2 The following hazard caveat pertains only to Section 11,
Screws, and Studs
the Test Method Section: This standard does not purport to
F 788/F788M Specification for Surface Discontinuities of
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address the safety problems associated with its use. It is the
Bolts, Screws, and Studs, Inch and Metric Series
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responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
F 880 Specification for Stainless Steel Socket-Set Screws
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
F 1470 Guide for Fastener Sampling for Specified Mechani-
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bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
cal Properties and Performance Inspection
2.2 ASME Standard:
2. Referenced Documents
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B 18.3.6M Metric Series Socket Set Screws R
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3. Classification
A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
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lar Attack in Stainless Steels
3.1 The designation of the property class for the two
A 342 Test Methods for Permeability of Feebly Magnetic
materials and conditions of this specification shall be consistent
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Materials
with the stainless steel designations in Specification F 738M.
A 380 Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passiviation of
3.2 The austenitic stainless steel socket set screw shall be
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Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems
designation F 880M A1–50 or F 880M A1–70.
A 555/A555M Specification for General Requirements for
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4. Ordering Information
Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
4.1 Orders for material under this specification shall include
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
the following information:
A 967 Specification for Chemical Passivation Treatments
4.1.1 Quantity (number of screws),
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for Stainless Steel Parts
4.1.2 Dimensions, including nominal thread designation,
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D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
thread pitch, nominal screw length (millimetres) and point
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E 3 Method of Preparation of Metallographic Specimens
configuration. A standard part number may be used for this
E 18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell
definition,
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Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials
4.1.3 Name of the screw (SSS),
4.1.4 Property Class A1-50 or A1-70,
4.1.5 Coating, if required. If a finish other than passivation
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is required, it must be specified on the order or product
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F16 on
Fasteners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F16.04 on Nonferrous
standard,
Fastners.
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2001. Published November 2001. Originally
published as F 880M – 84. Last previous edition F 880M – 98.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.04. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.08.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01. Englewood, CO 80112.
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F 880M
4.1.6 ASTM designation and year of issue, and 7. Mechanical Properties
4.1.7 Any special or supplemental requirements.
7.1 Socket set screws, when subjected to a torque test in
4.2 Example—50 000 pieces M6 3 1 3 8 cone point SSS
accordance with 12.2.1, shall withstand application of the test
A1-70 ASTM F 880M – XX.
tightening torque specified in Table 2 without evidence of the
socket reaming or the screw bursting.
5. Materials and Manufacture
7.2 The hardness of 95 HRB (210 Vickers) maximum for
5.1 The screw may be forged, formed, extruded, machined,
condition A1-50 and
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