ASTM F552-01

Standard Terminology Relating to Chain Link Fencing

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Aug-2001
• ICS: 77.140.65 - Steel wire, wire ropes and link chains
• Technical Committee: F14 - Fences
• Drafting Committee: F14.40 - Chain Link Fence and Wire Accessories

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F552-02 - Standard Terminology Relating to Chain Link Fencing
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

ASTM-F552
ADOPTION NOTICE
ASTM-F552, "CHAIN LINK FENCING", was adopted on 25-OCT-89 for use
by the Department of Defense (DoD). Proposed changes by DoD
activities must be submitted to the DoD Adopting Activity:
Commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, ATTN: DSCP-ILEA,
700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5096. Copies of this
document may be purchased from the American Society for Testing
and Materials 100 Barr Harbor Drive West Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania, United States, 19428-2959. http://www.astm.org/____________________
Custodians: Adopting Activity:
Army - CR4 DLA - IS
Navy - YD
Air Force - 99
Reviewer Activities:
Army - CE
Navy - MC
Air Force - 84
FSC 5660
Approved for public release; distribution
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A:
is unlimited.

---------------------- Page: 1 ----------------------
Designation: F 552 – 01
Standard Terminology Relating to
1
Chain Link Fencing
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 552; 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.
aluminized—in chain link fabric, describes fabric woven from
steel wire that is coated with aluminum before weaving (see
2
Specification A 491 ).
barb—as related to barbed wire- a short length of wire, with
exposed ends cut on a bias to produce sharp points. See
Specifications F 1665 and A 121.
barbed tape—strip of metal, machined to produce clusters of
FIG. 1 Brace Band
2
sharp points (see Terminology F 1379 for further informa-
brace rail end—a cup-shaped fitting similar to a rail end with
tion).
provision for attaching a truss rod.
barbed wire—a fabricated wire product consisting of two line
cantilever slide gate—any horizontal slide gate spanning an
wires twisted to form a two-wire strand, into which 2–point
opening lacking a top or bottom support within that opening
or 4–point barbs are tightly wrapped and locked into place at
2
(see Specification F 1184 ).
specific intervals. (Syn. barbwire). See Specifications F 1665
center stop—a device to receive and hold the drop bar on a
and A 121.
double gate.
barbed wire arm—a post fitting used to hold barbed wire in
corner barbed wire arm—a combination post cap and fitting
place. May be vertical or angled to hold three or more
used to hold barbed wire in place on a corner post. May be
strands of barbed wire, or “V” shaped to hold six or more
angled in or out from the fence line to hold three or more
strands of barbed wire.
strands of barbed wire, or “V” shaped to hold six or more
barbed wire arm base—a casting of aluminum, malleable
strands of barbed wire.
iron, or steel, used in combination with one or two barbed
corner post—a terminal post, at which the direction of the line
wire extension arms held in place by a bolt and nut.
of fence changes in two or more directions (see Fig. 2).
barbed wire extension arm—pressed aluminum or pressed
corner rail clamp—a two-piece clamp with carriage bolts and
galvanized steel used in combination with barbed wire arm
nuts designed for horizontal rail connections to a 90° corner
base to hold three strands of barbed wire either vertically or
post.
angled in or out from the fence line. Also used in pairs in a
diamond—the opening formed by the woven wires in chain
“V” configuration to hold 6 strands of barbed wire.
link fence fabric.
bottom rail—horizontal member of the framework running
diamond count—the number of diamond openings from one
continuously along the bottom edge of the fence.
edge of fabric to the other. The count of a given fabric shall
boulevard clamp—a two piece clamp with carriage bolts and
begin at the first completed diamond at one edge and
nuts designed for 180° horizontal rail connections to a line
continue to the unfinished (half) or full opening at the other
post (also called line rail clamp).
edge (see Fig. 3).
brace band—a symmetrically formed strip of metal shaped to
drop bar—component of a double gate latch assembly (some-
fit around a post and used with a carriage bolt and nut to
2
times called drop rod) (see Specification F 900 ).
attach the rail end or brace rail end truss rod tightener to the
end post—the terminal post at the end of a line of fence (see
post (see Fig. 1). Also used for attaching barbed wire,
Fig. 4).
tension wire, and other items to a terminal post.
end rail clamp—a two-piece clamp with carriage bolt and nut
brace rail—a compression member at terminal posts or corner
designed for horizontal rail connections to an end post.
posts.
fabric (chain link fence)—a fencing material made from wire
helically wound and interwoven in such a manner as to
1
provide a continuous mesh without knots or ties except in the
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F14 on Fe
...