ASTM D3953-06
(Specification)Standard Specification for Strapping, Flat Steel and Seal
Standard Specification for Strapping, Flat Steel and Seal
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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 and truckloading.
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.
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 – 06
Standard Specification for
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Strapping, Flat Steel and Seals
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D3953; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber 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 D4332 Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or
Packaging Components for Testing
1.1 This specification covers flat steel strapping and seals
D4675 Guide for Selection and Use of Flat Strapping
intended for use in closing, reinforcing, bundling articles for
Materials
shipment,unitizing,palletizing,andbracingforcarloadingand
E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
truckloading.
ASTM Test Methods
1.2 This specification includes strapping and seals made
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
from carbon steel and applies only to the types and sizes as
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
cataloged by strapping suppliers to be a standard, commer-
2.2 Military Standard:
cially available product. It does not include “specialty”-type
MIL-STD-105 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspec-
strapping as developed for special applications or strapping
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tion by Attributes
produced from alloy metals.
2.3 AAR Open Top Loading Rules Manual, Section No. 1,
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
General Rules for Loading All Commodities, Part 2, Rule 17
as standard.
AAR Rule Governing the Loading of Commodities on
1.4 The following safety hazards caveat applies only to the
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Open Top Cars
test method portion, Sections 11, 12, and 13, of this specifica-
tion: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety
3. Terminology
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
3.1 General definitions for packaging and distribution envi-
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and
ronments are found in Terminology D996.
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
4. Strapping Classifications
4.1 Strapping shall be of the following types, finish and
2. Referenced Documents
2 sizes:
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Type 1, Flat Strapping: Power Machine and Hand Applica-
A90/A90M Test Method for Weight [Mass] of Coating on
tion:
Iron and Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings
Regular-duty
A109/A109M Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon (0.25
Regular-duty high-strength
Maximum Percent), Cold-Rolled
Heavy-duty
A239 Practice for Locating the Thinnest Spot in a Zinc
Type 2: Nail-On
(Galvanized) Coating on Iron or Steel Articles
4.1.1 Strapping Finish, Lubricated or Dry (see 8.3):
B504 Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Me-
4.1.1.1 Finish A—Organic (Pigmented or Unpigmented
tallic Coatings by the Coulometric Method
Paint)
D996 TerminologyofPackagingandDistributionEnviron-
4.1.1.2 Finish B—Galvanized (Hot Dipped or Electro-
ments
Deposit Galvanized) (see 8.10):
D3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
Grade 1—Heavy Coating
Grade 2—Moderate Coating
Grade 3—Commercial Coating
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D10 on
4.1.1.3 Finish C—Organic Painted Metallic Filled (Alumi-
Packaging and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D10.25 on Palletizing
and Unitizing of Loads. num or Zinc)
Current edition approved Sept. 15, 2006. Published October 2006. Originally
approved in 1983. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as D3953–05.
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D3953–06
4.1.1.4 Finish D—Uncoated 7. Materials and Manufacture
4.1.2 Strapping Sizes— Strapping shall have the widths and
7.1 Materials shall be cold-rolled carbon steel of the quality
thicknessesinaccordancewithsizesshowninTable1,Table2,
normally used for this purpose in commercial practice, and the
and Table 3.
physical mechanical property requirements, as determined by
tests, shall be within the allowable limits.
5. Seal Classifications
7.1.1 Type 1 Regular-Duty Strapping—Regular
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