ASTM A392-96
(Specification)Standard Specification for Zinc-Coated Steel Chain-Link Fence Fabric
Standard Specification for Zinc-Coated Steel Chain-Link Fence Fabric
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1.1 This specification covers zinc-coated steel chain-link fence fabric, zinc coated either before or after weaving.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.
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Designation: A 392 – 96
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Specification for
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Zinc-Coated Steel Chain-Link Fence Fabric
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 392; 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.
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1. Scope edge and continue to the unfinished ( ⁄2) or full opening at the
other edge.
1.1 This specification covers zinc-coated steel chain-link
3.1.3 knuckling—the type of selvage obtained by interlock-
fence fabric, zinc coated either before or after weaving.
ing adjacent pairs of wire ends and then bending the wire ends
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
back into a loop. The loop shall be closed or nearly closed to
as the standard.
a measurement less than the diameter of the wire.
2. Referenced Documents 3.1.4 twisting—the type of selvage obtained by twisting
adjacent pairs of wire ends together in a close helix of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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1 ⁄2machine turns, which is equivalent to 3 full twists, and
A 90 Test Method for Weight of Coating on Zinc-Coated
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cutting the wire ends at an angle. The wire ends beyond the
(Galvanized) Iron or Steel Articles
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twist shall be at least ⁄4 in. (6.4 mm) long. This type of selvage
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
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is not used on fabric with a mesh size of less than 2 in. (50.8
of Steel Products
mm).
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
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Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
4. Ordering Information
A 817 Specification for Metallic-Coated Steel Wire for
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4.1 Orders for chain-link fence fabric purchased to this
Chain Link Fence Fabric
5 specification shall include the following information:
B 6 Specification for Zinc (Slab Zinc)
4.1.1 Quantity (Section 14),
2.2 Federal Standard:
6 4.1.2 Zinc coated after weaving or before weaving (Section
Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipments (Civil Agencies)
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2.3 Military Standards:
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4.1.3 Size of mesh (Section 7),
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
4.1.4 Size of wire (Section 8),
MIL-STD 163 Steel Mill Products, Preparation for Ship-
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4.1.5 Height of fabric (Section 9),
ment and Storage
4.1.6 Diamond count, if specified (Section 6),
3. Terminology 4.1.7 Type of selvage (Section 10),
4.1.8 Class of coating (Section 11),
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
4.1.9 ASTM designation and year of issue, and
3.1.1 chain-link fence fabric—a fencing material made from
4.1.10 Certification if required (Section 17).
steel wire helically wound and interwoven in such a manner as
4.2 All rolls of fencing accepted by the purchaser shall be
to provide a continuous mesh without knots or ties except in
billed on the basis of the original footage of the rolls before
the form of knuckling or of twisting the ends of the wires to
sampling, unless changed by contractual arrangement.
form the selvage of the fabric.
3.1.2 diamond count—the number of diamond openings
NOTE 1—A typical ordering description is as follows: 25 rolls, 50 ft
from one edge of the fabric to the other. The diamond count of
each, chain-link fence fabric, zinc coated after weaving, 2-in. mesh,
0.148-in. wire, 60 in. high, knuckled both selvages, Class 2 coating to
a given fabric shall begin at the first completed diamond at one
ASTM A —392–XX.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-14 on Fences
5. Materials
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F14.40 on Chain Link Fabric and
5.1 If zinc-coated before weaving, the wire from which the
Wire Accessories.
Current edition approved July 10, 1996. Published September 1996. Originally
fabric is woven shall conform to all requirements of Specifi-
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published as A 392 – 55 T. Last previous edition A 392 – 91b .
cation A 817 for Type II coating, in the class of coating
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.06.
3 specified (Class 1 or Class 2).
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05. 5.2 If zinc-coated after weaving, the base metal shall be
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.04.
steel of such quality and purity that, when drawn to the size of
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Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, Bldg. 4 Section D, 700
wire specified and coated with zinc after fabrication, the
Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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