ASTM A574-04

Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Socket-Head Cap Screws

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for quenched and tempered alloy steel hexagon socket-head cap screws, 0.060 through 4 in. in diameter where high strength is required.
Note 1&38212;A complete metric companion to Specification A 574 has been developed-A 574M; therefore no metric equivalents are presented in this specification.
1.2 The following hazard caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 12, 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Jul-2004
• ICS: 21.060.10 - Bolts, screws, studs
• Technical Committee: F16 - Fasteners
• Drafting Committee: F16.02 - Steel Bolts, Studs and Nuts

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A574-00 - Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Socket-Head Cap Screws
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM A574-04e1 - Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Socket-Head Cap Screws
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1510-21 - Standard Specification for Rotary Positive Displacement Pumps, Ships Use
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F541-12(2020) - Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Eyebolts
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1476-07(2019) - Standard Specification for Performance of Gasketed Mechanical Couplings for Use in Piping Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1624-12(2018) - Standard Test Method for Measurement of Hydrogen Embrittlement Threshold in Steel by the Incremental Step Loading Technique
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1718-01(2019) - Standard Specification for Rotary Positive Displacement Distillate Fuel Pumps
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1233-21 - Standard Test Method for Security Glazing Materials And Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F3561-23 - Standard Test Method for Forced-Entry-Resistance of Fenestration Systems After Simulated Active Shooter Attack
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2798-09(2023) - Standard Specification for Sealless Lube Oil Pump with Oil Through Motor for Marine Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A 574 – 04
Standard Specification for
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Alloy Steel Socket-Head Cap Screws
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 574; 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* 2.2 ANSI/ASME Standards:
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2 B1.1 Unified Screw Threads
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for
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B18.3 Socket Cap, Shoulder, and Set Screws
quenched and tempered alloy steel hexagon socket-head cap
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B18.24.1 Part Identifying Number (PIN) Code System
screws, 0.060 through 4 in. in diameter where high strength is
2.3 Federal Standard:
required.
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H-28 Handbook of Thread Dimensions
NOTE 1—A complete metric companion to Specification A 574 has
been developed—A 574M; therefore no metric equivalents are presented
3. Terminology
in this specification.
3.1 Definitions:
1.2 The following hazard caveat pertains only to the test
3.1.1 Definitions of discontinuities covered by 10.2 follow:
method portion, Section 12, of this specification. This standard
3.1.2 crack—clean crystalline break passing through the
does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any,
grain or grain boundary without inclusion of foreign elements.
associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this
3.1.3 inclusions—particles of nonmetallic impurities, usu-
standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices
ally oxides, sulfides, silicates, and such, which are mechani-
and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior
cally held in the steel during solidification.
to use.
3.1.4 nicks or pits—depressions or indentations in the
surface of the metal.
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.5 seam or lap—noncrystalline break through the metal
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
which is inherently in the raw material.
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
4. Ordering Information
Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
4.1 Orders for socket head cap screws under this specifica-
E 3 Practice of Preparation of Metallographic Specimens
tion shall include the following:
E 112 Test Methods for Determining the Average Grain
4.1.1 ASTM designation and year of issue.
Size
4.1.2 Quantities (number of pieces by size).
E 384 Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Ma-
4.1.3 Size and length.
terials
4.2 Orders for socket head cap screws may include the
F 606 Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Prop-
following optional requirements:
erties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners,
4.2.1 Inspection at point of manufacture.
Washers, and Rivets
4.2.2 Coating, if a protective finish other than black oxide
F 788/F 788M Specification for Surface Discontinuities of
(thermal or chemical) is required, it must be specified.
Bolts, Screws, and Studs, Inch and Metric Series
4.2.3 Certified test reports (see 11.2).
4.2.4 Additional testing (see 11.3).
4.2.5 Special packaging (see 16.1.2).
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F16 on
4.2.6 Supplementary requirements (see S1).
Fasteners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F16.02 on Steel Bolts,
Nuts, Rivets, and Washers.
Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2004. Published August 2004. Originally
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approved in 1967. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as A 574 – 00. Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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cation SA-574 in Section II of that code. Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
International Headquarters, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Available from General Services Administration, Specification and Consumer
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on Information Distribution Branch, Bldg. 197, Washington Navy Yard, Washington,
the ASTM website. DC 20407.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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4.2.7 Special requirements. core hardness one diameter from the point is equal to or
4.2.8 For establishment of a part identifying system, see exceeds 25 HRC + (55 3 carbon content).
ASME B18.24.1.
6.3 Product analyses may be made by th
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Designation:A 574–00 Designation: A 574 – 04
Standard Specification for
1
Alloy Steel Socket-Head Cap Screws
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 574; 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*
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1.1 This specification covers the requirements for quenched and tempered alloy steel hexagon socket-head cap screws, 0.060
through 4 in. in diameter where high strength is required.
NOTE 1—A complete metric companion to Specification A 574 has been developed—A 574M; therefore no metric equivalents are presented in this
specification.
1.2 The following hazard caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 12, 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.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
E 3Methods Practice of Preparation of Metallographic Specimens
E 112 Test Methods for Determining the Average Grain Size
E 384 Test Method for Microhindentation Hardness of Materials
F 606 Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners, Washers, and
Rivets
F 788/F 788M Specification for Surface Discontinuities of Bolts, Screws, and Studs, Inch and Metric Series
2.2 ANSI/ASME Standards:
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B1.1 Unified Screw Threads
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B18.3 Socket Cap, Shoulder, and Set Screws
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B18.24.1 Part Identifying Number (PIN) Code System
2.3 Federal Standard:
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H-28 Handbook of Thread Dimensions
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 Definitions of discontinuities covered by 10.2 follow:
3.1.2 crack—a clean—clean crystalline break passing through the grain or grain boundary without inclusion of foreign
elements.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F16 on Fasteners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F16.02 on Steel Bolts, Nuts, Rivets,
and Washers.
Current edition approved May 10, 2000. Published July 2000. Originally published as A574–67. Last previous edition A574–98a.
Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2004. Published August 2004. Originally approved in 1967. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as A 574 – 00.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specification SA-574 in Section II of that code.
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For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
, Vol 01.03.volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.09.
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Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01.
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Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME International Headquarters, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.08.
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Available from General Services Administration, Specification and Consumer Information Distribution Branch, Bldg. 197, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC
20407.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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3.1.3 inclusions—particles of nonmetallic impurities, usually oxides, sulfides, silicates, and such, which are mechanically held
in the steel during solidification.
3.1.4 nicks or pits—depressions or indentations in the surface of the metal.
3.1.5 seam or lap—anoncrystalline break through the metal which is inherently in the raw material.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 Orders for socket head cap screws under this specification shall include the following:
4.1.1 ASTM designation and year of issue.
4.1.2 Quantities (number of pieces by size).
4.1.3 Size and length.
4.2 Orders for socket head cap screws may include the following option
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