ASTM F837-01

Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Head Cap Screws

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the chemical and mechanical requirements for stainless steel inch socket head cap screw (SHCS) with nominal thread 0.060 through 1.500 in. and intended for use in applications requiring general corrosion resistance.
1.2 Two groups of stainless steel alloys are covered, austenitic Group 1 and martensitic Group 5.
1.3 Three property conditions are covered: austenitic Alloy Group 1 in an annealed condition AF at 85 ksi maximum, in a cold worked condition CW at 95 to 70 ksi minimum, and martensitic Alloy Group 5 in a heat treated condition HT at 160 ksi minimum.
1.4 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section , 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-2001
• ICS: 21.060.10 - Bolts, screws, studs
• Technical Committee: F16 - Fasteners
• Drafting Committee: F16.04 - Nonferrous Fasteners

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F837-98 - Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Head Cap Screws
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM F837-02 - Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Head Cap Screws
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F1718-01(2019) - Standard Specification for Rotary Positive Displacement Distillate Fuel Pumps
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1476-07(2019) - Standard Specification for Performance of Gasketed Mechanical Couplings for Use in Piping Applications
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001
• Referred By: ASTM C852/C852M-17(2022) - Standard Guide for Design Criteria for Plutonium Gloveboxes
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

Designation: F 837 – 01
Standard Specification for
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Stainless Steel Socket Head Cap Screws
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 837; 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 D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
E 353 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Stainless,
1.1 This specification covers the chemical and mechanical
Heat-Resisting, Maraging, and Other Similar Chromium-
requirements for stainless steel inch socket head cap screw
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Nickel-Iron Alloys
(SHCS) with nominal thread 0.060 through 1.500 in. and
F 593 Specification for Stainless Steel Bolts, Hex Cap
intended for use in applications requiring general corrosion
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Screws, and Studs
resistance.
F 606 Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Prop-
1.2 Two groups of stainless steel alloys are covered, auste-
erties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners,
nitic Group 1 and martensitic Group 5.
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Washers, and Rivets
1.3 Three property conditions are covered: austenitic Alloy
F 788/F 788M Specification for Surface Discontinuities on
Group 1 in an annealed conditionAF at 85 ksi maximum, in a
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Bolts, Screws, and Studs, Inch and Metric Series
cold worked condition CW at 95 to 70 ksi minimum, and
F 1470 GuideforFastenerSamplingforSpecifiedMechani-
martensiticAlloyGroup5inaheattreatedconditionHTat160
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cal Properties and Performance Inspection
ksi minimum.
2.2 ASME Standard:
1.4 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
ASME B18.3 Socket Cap, Shoulder, and Set Screws—Inch
test method portion, Section 13, this specification: This stan-
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Series
dard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if
any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
3. Classification
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
3.1 The designation of the alloy group and condition for the
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
two materials and conditions of this specification shall be
tions prior to use.
consistent with the stainless steel designations in Specification
2. Referenced Documents F 593.
3.2 Theausteniticstainlesssteelsocketheadcapscrewshall
2.1 ASTM Standards:
be designated F 837 Group 1 ConditionAF (solution annealed)
A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
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or F 837 Group 1 Condition CW (cold worked).
lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
3.3 The martensitic stainless steel socket head cap screw
A 342 Test Methods for Permeability of Feebly Magnetic
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shall be designated F 837 Group 5 Condition HT.
Materials
A 380 Practice for Cleaning and Descaling Stainless Steel
4. Ordering Information
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Parts, Equipment, and Systems
4.1 Orders for socket head cap screws under this specifica-
A 555/A 555M Specification for General Requirements for
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Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Wire and Wire Rods
4.1.1 Quantity (number of pieces of each item).
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
2 4.1.2 Name of the item (socket head cap screws, SHCS).
Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
4.1.3 Size (nominal diameter, thread pitch, thread class,
A 967 Specification for Chemical Passivation Treatments
2 screw length) or part number.
for Stainless Steel Parts
4.1.4 Alloy Group and Condition (Group 1 AF, Group 1
CW, or Group 5 HT).
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F16 on
Fasteners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F16.04 on Nonferrous
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Fasteners. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.09.
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Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2001. Published November 2001. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
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published as F 837 – 88. Last previous edition F 837 – 98. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.08.
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F 837–01
4.1.5 ASTM specification and year of issue. When year of 7. Chemical Properties
issue is not specified, fasteners shall be furnished to the latest
7.1 It is the intent of this specification that screws shall be
issue.
ordered by alloy group and condition. The chemical composi-
4.1.6 Supplementary requirements, if any, (see S1 through
tion of the screw material shall conform to the requirements of
S7).
Table 2.
4.1.7 Additional special requirements, if any, to be specified
7.2 Unless otherwise specified in the inquiry and purchase
on the purchase order:
order(seeSupplementaryRequirem
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