ASTM F1667-20

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Designation:F1667 −20
Standard Specification for
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Driven Fasteners: Nails, Spikes, and Staples
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1667; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
The Commercial and Government Entity (Cage) Code for ASTM: 81346.
1. Scope* A153/A153MSpecification for Zinc Coating (Hot-Dip) on
Iron and Steel Hardware
1.1 Thisspecificationcoversnails,spikes,staples,andother
A641/A641MSpecification for Zinc–Coated (Galvanized)
driven fasteners, as listed in Table 1.
Carbon Steel Wire
NOTE 1—Fastener ductility information is presented in Table 2 and
B695Specification for Coatings of Zinc Mechanically De-
dimensional information in Tables 3–65.
posited on Iron and Steel
1.2 Fasteners described in this specification are driven by
C514Specification for Nails for theApplication of Gypsum
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hand tool, power tool, or mechanical device in single or
Board
multiple strikes and are positioned by hand, tool, or machine.
F547Terminology of Nails for Use with Wood and Wood-
Base Materials
1.3 Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegarded
F592Terminology of Collated and Cohered Fasteners and
asstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthis
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Their Application Tools (Withdrawn 2017)
standard.
F680Test Methods for Nails
1.4 Fasteners in this specification are sold in bulk (loose)
F1575TestMethodforDeterminingBendingYieldMoment
form and are collated for loading into the magazine of an
of Nails
application tool. Other than as covered in Section 9,
F3359TestMethodforDeterminingBendingYieldMoment
Workmanship, cohering materials (including, but not limited
of Staples
to, plastic, adhesive bond, paper tape, plastic strip, plastic
carrier, wire, etc.) and relative orientation of collated fasteners
3. Terminology
are not within the scope of this standard.
3.1 Definitions—The definitions used in this specification
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
are those of common commercial acceptance and usage and
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
also appear in Terminologies F547 and F592.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
4. Classification
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.1 The fasteners and their Table 1 classification are iden-
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
tified as follows:
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
NOTE 2—The identification of fasteners, classified by style and type
(alpha indicators) followed by a dash number (numerical code) based on
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
Tables3–62,identifiesdimensionsspecificallyandestablishesaPIN(part
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
identifying number) system when preceded by the F1667 ASTM desig-
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
nator of this specification. For example:
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F16 on
Fasteners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F16.05 on Driven and
Other Fasteners.
Current edition approved Dec. 15, 2020. Published February 2021. Originally
approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as F1667–18a. DOI:
10.1520/F1667-20.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or Additional material and dimensional tolerance for nails used in Gypsumboard
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM are addressed in C514.
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
the ASTM website. www.astm.org.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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TABLE1 Continued
TABLE 1 Classification and Identification Index
Type Style Style Identification Table
Type Style Style Identification Table
III—Spikes 1. Common CM 52
I—Nails (NL) 1. Brads BR 3
(SP)
2. Barrel BL 4
2. Gutter GRF/GRO 53
3. Box A BXA 5
3. Round RDC/RDF 54
Box B BXB 6
IV—Staples 1. Fence FN 55
4. Broom BM 7
(ST)
5. Casing CN 8
2. Poultry netting PN 56
6. Cooler CL 9
3. Flat top crown FC 57
7. Sinker SK 10
Flat top crown FCC 58
8. Corker CK 11
4. Round or V crown RC 59
9. Aluminum CMA 12
5. Preformed PC 60
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