ASTM D3953-07
(Specification)Standard Specification for Strapping, Flat Steel and Seals
Standard Specification for Strapping, Flat Steel and Seals
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1.1 This specification covers flat steel strapping and seals intended for use in closing, reinforcing, bundling articles for shipment, unitizing, palletizing, and bracing for carloading, truck loading, lifting, and lashing.
1.2 This specification includes strapping and seals made from carbon steel and applies only to the types and sizes as cataloged by strapping suppliers to be a standard, commercially available product. It does not include "specialty"-type strapping as developed for special applications or strapping produced from alloy metals.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard.
1.4 The following safety hazards caveat applies only to the test method portion, Sections 11, 12, and 13, of this specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, 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.
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Designation: D 3953 – 07
Standard Specification for
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Strapping, Flat Steel and Seals
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3953; 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.
1. Scope D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
D 4332 Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or
1.1 This specification covers flat steel strapping and seals
Packaging Components for Testing
intended for use in closing, reinforcing, bundling articles for
D 4675 Guide for Selection and Use of Flat Strapping
shipment, unitizing, palletizing, and bracing for carloading,
Materials
truckloading, lifting, and lashing.
E 177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
1.2 This specification includes strapping and seals made
ASTM Test Methods
from carbon steel and applies only to the types and sizes as
E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
cataloged by strapping suppliers to be a standard, commer-
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
cially available product. It does not include “specialty”-type
2.2 Military Standard:
strapping as developed for special applications or strapping
MIL-STD-105 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspec-
produced from alloy metals.
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tion by Attributes
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
2.3 AAR Open Top Loading Rules Manual, Section No. 1,
as standard.
General Rules for Loading All Commodities, Part 2, Rule 17,
1.4 The following safety hazards caveat applies only to the
and Section No.7 , General Rules for Loading All Commodi-
test method portion, Sections 11, 12, and 13, of this specifica-
ties, Part 2, Rule 117 AAR Rule Governing the Loading of
tion: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety
Commodities on Open Top Trailers and Containers for Rail
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
Transport.
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and
AAR Rule Governing the Loading of Commodities on
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
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Open Top Cars
limitations prior to use.
3. Terminology
2. Referenced Documents
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3.1 General definitions for packaging and distribution envi-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
ronments are found in Terminology D 996.
A 90/A 90M Test Method for Weight [Mass] of Coating on
Iron and Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings
4. Strapping Classifications
A 109/A 109M Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon (0.25
4.1 Strapping shall be of the following types, finish and
Maximum Percent), Cold-Rolled
sizes:
A 239 Practice for Locating the Thinnest Spot in a Zinc
, Type 1, Flat Strapping: Power Machine and Hand Applica-
(Galvanized) Coating on Iron or Steel Articles
tion:
B 504 Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Me-
Regular-duty
tallic Coatings by the Coulometric Method
Regular-duty high-strength
D 996 Terminology of Packaging and Distribution Environ-
Heavy-duty
ments
USLM (Unit Strap Lifting Method) (See Note 1.)
NOTE 1—For USLM applications, refer to manufacturer’s standard
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D10 on
practice.
Packaging and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D10.25 on Palletizing
Type 2: Nail-On
and Unitizing of Loads.
Current edition approved April 1, 2007. Published May 2007. Originally
approved in 1983. Last previous edition approved in 2006 as D 3953 – 06.
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D3953–07
4.1.1 Strapping Finish, Lubricated or Dry (see 8.3): 6.1.3 Seals (see Section 5) class, finish, grade (when appli-
4.1.1.1 Finish A—Organic (Pigmented or Unpigmented cable), type, style, and quantity by width (or nomenclature).
Paint) 6.1.4 Make or model of strapping equipment that the
4.1.1.2 Finish B—Galvanized (Hot Dipped or Electro- strapping and seals must work in, if applicable.
Deposit Galvanized) (see 8.10): 6.1.5 Title, designation, and date of this spe
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