1、Designation:F126715Standard Specification forMetal,Expanded,Steel1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1267;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates t
2、he year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This specification covers expanded metal.1.1.1 Expanded metal covered by this specific
3、ation is in-tended for a variety of applications.1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas the standard.The values given in parentheses are forinformation only and may be approximate.1.3 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to thetest methods portion,Section 11,of th
4、is specification.Thisstandard does not purport to address all of the safety problemsassociated with its use.It is the responsibility of the user of thisstandard to establish appropriate safety and health practicesand determine the applicability of regulatory limitations priorto use.2.Referenced Docu
5、ments2.1 ASTM Standards:2A123/A123M Specification for Zinc(Hot-Dip Galvanized)Coatings on Iron and Steel ProductsA240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate,Sheet,and Strip for PressureVessels and for General ApplicationsA653/A653M Specification for Steel Sheet,Zi
6、nc-Coated(Galvanized)or Zinc-Iron Alloy-Coated(Galvannealed)by the Hot-Dip ProcessA666 Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked AusteniticStainless Steel Sheet,Strip,Plate,and Flat BarA700 Guide for Packaging,Marking,and Loading Methodsfor Steel Products for ShipmentA1008/A1008M Specification for S
7、teel,Sheet,Cold-Rolled,Carbon,Structural,High-Strength Low-Alloy,High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability,SolutionHardened,and Bake HardenableA1011/A1011M Specification for Steel,Sheet and Strip,Hot-Rolled,Carbon,Structural,High-Strength Low-Alloy,High-StrengthLow-AlloywithImprovedFormabili
8、ty,and Ultra-High Strength2.2 SAE Standard:3SAE J 1086 Metals and Alloys in the Unified NumberingSystem2.3 Military Standards:4MIL-C-16173 Corrosion Preventive Compound,SolventCutback,Cold-ApplicationMIL-STD-105 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspec-tion by Attributes3.Terminology3.1 Expanded Me
9、tal Terminology:3.1.1 bond,nthe solid intersection of two strands.3.1.2 camber,nthe bow of a side or edge from end to endfrom a straight line.3.1.3 diamonds,nopen area of metal after expanding.Most expanded metal open area or patterns are uniformdiamond shaped,but may also be hexagonal,louvered,asym
10、metric,square,or other shapes,or combinations thereof.3.1.4 edge configuration,nrefers to the edge condition ofa sheet may they be closed diamonds(bonded),or opendiamonds(random)produced by shearing.3.1.5 expanded metal,na rigid sheet of metal that issimultaneously been slit and stretched creating a
11、n open dia-mond pattern.3.1.6 flattened,v(F)expanded metal that has been cold-rolled after expansion.3.1.7 flattening,advthe process of producing flattenedexpanded metal.3.1.8 grating,nexpanded metal that is produced fromheavier sheet.1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A
12、01 on Steel,Stainless Steel and Related Alloysand is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.19 on Steel Sheet and Strip.Current edition approved Nov.1,2015.Published December 2015.Originallyapproved in 1989.Last previous edition approved in 2012 as F1267 12.DOI:10.1520/F1267-15.2For referenced
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15、ox C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 3.1.9 levelness,n(flatness of sheet),sheets shall be freefrom waves or buckets that are in excess of 11/2 in.from aplane surface.3.1.10 LWD,nnominal dimension,Long Way of theDiamond.3.1.11 LWO,nLong Way of the Opening.3.1.12 regular-raised-stand
16、ard,n(R)expanded metal as itcomes from the press.The strands and bonds are set at auniform angle to the plane of the sheet.3.1.13 SWD,nnominal dimension,Short Way of theDiamond.3.1.14 SWO,nShort Way of the Opening.3.1.15 shearing,ncutting the sheet to a specific size ortolerance.3.1.16 squareness,nthe dimensional variance a side andedge are out of square.3.1.17 strand thickness,nthickness of the base metal3.1.18 strand thickness,n,and strand width,ncan bevaried to create different expanded metal
