ASTM D3953-02
(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 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.
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 – 02
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.
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1. Scope D3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
D4332 Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or
1.1 This specification covers flat steel strapping and seals
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Packaging Components for Testing
intended for use in closing, reinforcing, bundling articles for
D4675 Guide for Selection and Use of Flat Strapping
shipment,unitizing,palletizing,andbracingforcarloadingand
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Materials
truckloading.
E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
1.2 This specification includes strapping and seals made
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ASTM Test Methods
from carbon steel and applies only to the types and sizes as
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
cataloged by strapping suppliers to be a standard, commer-
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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 General Rules 15
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
2. Referenced Documents 4.1 Strapping shall be of the following types, finish and
sizes:
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Type 1, Flat Strapping: Power Machine and Hand Applica-
A90/A90M Test Method for Weight (Mass) of Coating on
2 tion:
Iron or Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings
3 Regular-duty
A109 Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon, Cold-Rolled
Regular-duty high-strength
A239 TestMethodforLocatingtheThinnestSpotinaZinc
Heavy-duty
(Galvanized) Coating on Iron or Steel Articles by the
2 Type 2: Nail-On
Preece Test (Copper Sulfate Dip)
4.1.1 Strapping Finish, Lubricated or Dry (see 8.3):
B504 Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Me-
4 4.1.1.1 Finish A—Organic (Pigmented or Unpigmented
tallic Coatings by the Coulometric Method
Paint)
D996 TerminologyofPackagingandDistributionEnviron-
5 4.1.1.2 Finish B—Galvanized (Hot Dipped or Electro-
ments
Deposit Galvanized) (see 8.10):
Grade 1—Heavy Coating
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Grade 2—Moderate Coating
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D10 on
Packaging and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D10.25 on Palletizing
and Unitizing of Loads.
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Current edition approved Nov. 10, 2002. Published January 2003. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, 14.02.
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approved in 1983. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as D3953–97. AvailablefromStandardizationDocumentsOrderDesk,Bldg.4SectionD,700
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.06.
Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03. AAR Rule Governing the Loading of Commodities on OpenTop Cars, Section
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.05. No. 1 General Rules—Rule 15, available from the Association of American
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.09. Railroads, Mechanical Division 50 F St., NW, Washington, DC 20001.
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D3953–02
Grade 3—Commercial Coating 6.2 Sizes or physical properties, or both, other than those
4.1.1.3 Finish C—Organic Painted Metallic Filled (Alumi- covered by this specification shall be as specified in the
num or Zinc) contract or order.
4.1.1.4 Finish D—Uncoated
4.1.2 Strapping Sizes— Strapping shall have the widths and
7. Materials and Manufacture
thicknesses in accordance with sizes shown inTable 1,Table 2
7.1 Materials shall be cold-rolled carbon steel of the quality
and Table 3.
normally used for this purpose in commercial practice, and the
physical mechanical property requiremen
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