Standard Specification for Metallic-Coated, Steel Woven Wire Fence Fabric AASHTO Designation: M 279-03 ASTM Designation: A 116-00 4. SCOPE 1A. This specification covers metallic-coated steel fence fabric having a series of horizontal (line) wires with vertical (stay) wires woven or wrapped around the line wires, forming rectangular ‘openings. The fence fabric is suitable for use in fences for farm field enclosures (to keep domestic animals in of out), for highway or railroad right-of-way fencing (to control access) and other similar uses. 1.2. This specification covers fence fabric in various designs, tensile strength grades, and metallic coating types and grades. 13. ‘The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only. 14, The text of this specification references notes and footnotes that provide explanatory material These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the specification 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 24, AASHTO Standards: = M 120, Zine mt T65M/T 65, Mass [Weight] of Coating on Iron and Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings © T213M/T 213, Mass [Weight] of Coating on Aluminum-Coated Iron or Steel Articles 1-244, Mechanical Testing of Steel Products 22. ASTM Standards: A GAI/AA 641M, Specification for Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Carbon Steel Wire ™ A 700, Practice for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment mA 809, Specification for Aluminum-Coated (Aluminized) Carbon Steel Wire m A856/A 856M, Specification for Zine-5% Aluminum-Mischmetal Alloy-Coated Carbon Steel Wire ™ A 902, Terminology Relating to Metallic Coated Steel Products Ts-4d M 279-1 ‘AASHTO.23. US. Federal Standard: mt _ Fed. Std. No. 123, Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies) 24. U.S. Military Standards: = MLD-STD-129, Marking for Shipment and Storage = MIL-STD-163, Steel Mill Products, Preparation for Shipment and Storage 3> TERMINOLOGY 34. Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this specification, refer to Terminology ASTM A 902. 3.2. Description of Terms Specific to This Standard: 3.2.1. intermediate wires—line wires other than top and bottom wires. 3.22. ‘op and bottom wires—tine wires at the edge of the fence fabric (the top and bottom edges are erected). 4. CLASSIFICATION 44 ‘The woven wire fabric covered by this specification is classified as described in the following sections. 42. Design Number—Numbers describing standard sizes and constructions of this fabric, as listed in Table 1. TS-4d M 279-2 AASHTOTable 1—Design Numbers for Woven Wire Fence Fabric Fence Height Size, Steel Wire Gage ‘Number of Spacing of Top and Design Horizontal ‘Actual, Stay Wires, Intermediate Line Bottom Numbers Wires Design, in, cm (in.) em (in.) and Stay Wires Wires No. 9 Grade 6 1155129 it % 141 5.5) 302) 7 3 1047-12-9° 10 a7 118 465) 3002) ° 9 939-129 9 9 98.085) 30102) 9 9 932.129 8 32 2015) 3002) 9 9 726-129 1 6 65255) 30(12) 9 9 949-129 9 0 124 (49.0) 3002) s 9 845.129 8 45 114450) 30012) ° 9 635.129 6 35 900385) 302) 5 9 115569 " 3s 141 6555) 156 9 ° 1047-69 0 a 118,465) 1566) ° 9 72669 7 26 65255) 156) ’ 8 No. 11 Grade 60 Tow 10 a7 118 465) 30a) it > 939-12-11 9 39 98385) 3002) u 9 252-1211 8 32 20615) 30(12) u 9 76-12-11 7 26 65055) 30112) u 9 45-12-11 8 45 114450) 3002) 4 9 65-12-11 6 35 904355) 30012) " 9 1047-611 10 a 118,465) 156) " 9 939-6.11 9 » 9885) 56) in 9 #52611 8 2 80615) 5) u 9 7266.11 1 26 65055) 156) u 2 No. 12"; Grade 60 1047-12-12 "V/s 10 47 118 (46.5) 30(12) 10 939-1212 Fy 9 39 98 (38.5) 30(12) 10 832-1212 Vy 8 32 80 (31.5) 3012) 10 726-1212 "Is 7 6 65 (25.5) 30012) 10 845-12-12 "Vy 8 45 114 (45.0) 30(12) 10 635-12-12 fp 6 35 90 (35.5), 30(12) 10 1047-6-12 "fy 10 47 118 (46.5) 15 (6) 10 939-612 "ly 9 3» 98 (38.5) 15 (6) 10 832-6-12 "lp 8 32 80 (31.5) 15 (6) 10 7266-12 hy 7 26 65 (25.5) 15 (6) 10 No. 14"; Grade 60 939-614 4 9 39 98 (38.5) 156) ahs wn 832-6-14'/, 8 32 8031.5) 156) ats u T26-6-14'f, 7 26 65 (25.5) 156) dats i ‘No. 12 'f, Grade 125 1oa7-1212% 10 a 118 63) 30) 2 10% 939-12-12% 9 39 98 (38.5) 30(12) 2 10% 8932-12-12", 8 32 8031.5) 30(12), 12 10, 7726-12-12 ly 7 26 65 (25.5) 30(12), ces 10" 1047-6-12 "fy 10 47 ‘118 (46.5) 15 (6) 128 10% 939-612 %, 9 39 98 (38.5) 156) Its 10% 832-612" 8 32 8031.5) 15 (6) 10" 726-6-12'y 7 26 65 (25.5) 15 (6) 10 Continued on next page. TS-4d M 279-3, AASHTOTable 1—Continued Fence Height Size, Steel Wire Gage Number of Spacing of Top and Design Horizontal Actual, Stay Wire, in. Intermediate Line Bottom Numbers Wires Design, in.__cm (in.) (cm) and Stay Wires Wires - ‘No. 12" Grade 125 1478-6-12 'fp 14 B 198 (78.0) 156) 12" 12h No 14 Grade 125 1047-12-14 10 a 118 465) 30 (12) 14 12% 939-12-14 9 9 9883) 3012) 14 2% 832-12-14 8 32 801.5) 30(12) 4 12h 726-12-14 7 26 65055) 30(12) M4 2, 1047-6-14 10 47 ‘118 (46.5) 15(6) 14 12" 939-6-14 9 39 98 (38.5) 15 (6) 14 12" 832-614 8 32 8031.5) 15 (6) 4 My 7266-14 7 26 6525.5) 15 (6) 14 12 No. 14 '/ Grade 125 1047-12-14 10 47 118 (46.5) 30(12) 14h 12 9939-12-14 fy 9 39 98 (38.5) 30 (12) 14, Ry 8321214 '%, 8 32 80G1.5) 30(12) ay 2 T26-12-14 Vy 7 26 65 (25.5) 30(12) 14h 12h 1047-6-14 '/; 10 47 118 (46.5) 15(6) 14, ny 939-6-14 Vy 9 39 98 (38.5) 15 (6) 14's Ry 832-6-14 /y 8 32 80 (31.5) 156) 14h 2h T26-6-14 '/y 7 26 65 (25.5) 156) 14h 12h No. 12 '/s Grade 175 1375-12-12 "jy 3 15 189 (74.5) 30(12) 124 2M, 1047-12-12; 10 47 118 (46.5) 30(12) 2h 12" 1047-9-12 'f; 10 47 118 (46.5) 23 (9) 12'h 12"h 1047-6-12 fp 10 a7 118 (46.5) 156) 12" 12" 1775-612" v7 15 189 (74.5) 15(6) 1's 2, 1561-6-12 '/; Is 61 ‘152 (60.0) 156) n'y 1" 1375-6-12 ly 1B sg 189(745) 1516) 12", ny Table 2—Minimum Weight of Metallic Coating ‘Minimum Mass (Weight) of Coating, g/m” (oz/ft’) Type Z TypeZA Type ZA Class 3 Class 40 Class 80 TypeZ Grades 60, TypeZA Grade 60, Grade 60, Size, Steel Diameter, TypeA —Class1_—125,and_Class20-125,and. «= «125, and Wire Gage mm(in.) Grade 60__ Grade 60 175 Grade 60 175 175 ‘No.9 (3.76 (0.148) 122 (0.40) 107035) 275 (0.90) 61 (0.20) 122 (0.40) 244 (0.80) No. 10 3.43 (0.135) 107 (0.35) 92.(0.30) 2590.85) 610.20) 122 (0.40) 244 (0.80) No. 10% 3.25 (0.128) 259 (0.85) 122 (0.40) 244 (0.80) No.1 305(0.120) 107(035) 92030) 259(085) 61020) -—122(0.40)-——244 (0.80) No. 12" 251 (0.099) 98 (032) 85 (0.28) 244 (0.80) 61 (0.20) 122 (0.40) 244 (0.80) No.4 2.03 0.080) 214 0:20) 122(040) 2440.80) No. 14 '/, 1.93 (0.076) 92 (0.30) 76 (0.25) 214 (0.70) 610.20) 122 (0.40) 244 (0.80) TS-4d M279-4 ‘AASHTOTable v~Sreaking otength of Line Wires Minimum Bi Tensile ‘Nominal i Size, Steel Strength Diameter, ‘Strength Line Waves Wire Gage Grade, (ksi) mm (in.) Only, N (lbf) 9 60 (60) 3.77 0.148) “4590 (1030) 10 60 (60) 3.43 (0.135) 3820 (860) 10% 125125) 325(0.128) 7160 (1610) n 60 (60) 3.050.120) 3050 (685) 2% 60 (60) 251 (0.099) 2050 (460) 2% 125(125) 251 (0.059) 4280 (960) 12% 175175) 2.51 (0.099) 5990 (1345) 4 125125) 2.03 (0.080) 2800 (630) 1a, 60 (60) 1.93 (0.076) 1210270) 14% 125.125) 1.93 0.076) 2520 (565) ‘Note: There is no breaking suength reavrerent foray wires 43. 43.4. 4.3.2. 43.3. 44. 45. Metallic Coating Type: Coating Type A—Made from aluminum-coated wire. Coating Type Z—Made from zinc-coated wire. Coating Type ZA—Made from zinc-5% aluminum-mischmetal alloy (Zn-SAI-MM) coated wire. Metallic Coating Class—The specified amount of coating (coating weight {mass}) on the strand wire. See Table 2 for the coating classes available. Tensile Strength Grades—The fabric is available in strength grades of 60, 125, and 175. (See Table 1.) Note 1—The design numbers are related to the characteristics of the construction of the fence fabric. The design number indicates the number of the line wires, approximate height, stay wire spacing, and size (gage) of the line and stay wires. 5.1.5. 5.1.6. ORDERING INFORMATION Orders for material purchased under this specification should include the following information, as necessary to describe each product ordered: ‘Name of material (woven steel fence fabric), Quantity (number of rolls), Design Number (Table 1), Tensile strength grade (Table 1), Metallic coating type (Section 4.3), Metallic coating class (Table 2), TS4d M 279-5 ‘AASHTO.5.1.7. 5.1.8. 5.2. AASHTO designation and year of issue, and Certification, or test report, or both, if required (Section 13). Note 2—A typical ordering description is as follows: Woven stecl fence fabric, 60 rolls, Design Number 1047-6-12.5, Grade 60, Coating Type Z, Coating Class 3, to AASHTO M 279-03, with certification, All rolls of fence fabric accepted by the purchaser should be billed on the basis of the original length of the rolls before sampling unless changed by contractual arrangement. 6.1. 6.2. MATERIALS Wire—The metallic-coated wire used ir: th fabrication of the fence fabric shall conform to the requirements of Specifications A 809, A 641/A 641M, and A 856/A 856M for Coating Types A, 2, AZ, respectively. Coated Wire—The steel wire shall be coated before fabrication, to the coating class specified in the order and conforming to the coating weight mass] specified in Table 2. 7A. 7.2. 7.3. 74, 75. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Construction—The sizes and the constructions for fence fabric furnished under this specification shall be in accordance with the requirements of Table 1 for the design number specified in the order, within the tolerances stated in Section 8, ‘Splices—Splicing of individual line wires by means of a wrap joint, mechanical fasteners, or an electric butt weld is permitted. The maximum number of line wire splices or joints shall not exceed one-half of the number of line wires in any 101 m (330 ft) (20-rod) roll of fabric. Such splices or joints shall be made in a workman-like manner and welded joints shall be coated with the corresponding Type A, Z, orgAZ coating material to provide corrosion protection equivalent to the type coated wire being used. ‘Stay Wires—The woven wire fence fabric shall have uniformly wrapped joints and all stay wires shall be properly spaced and substantially perpendicular to the line wires. Fence Fabric Length—The length of the fence fabric in a roll shall be 101 m (330 ft) (20 rod). Breaking Strength—The breaking strength of line wires shall conform to the requirements of Table 3 for the grade specified in the order. There is no strength requirement for the stay wires. 8.1. PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS IN DIMENSIONS Wire Diameter—The permissible variation of the wire, from the nominal diameter shown in ‘Table 3, shall be 40.127 mm (40.008 in.). Determine the diameter using a micrometer or other Suitable measuring instrument, based on the greatest and least measurement at the same cross- section, with measurement to the nearest 0.025 mm (0.001 in.) The average of the two ‘measurements shall be considered the diameter of the test specimen. TS-4d M 279-6 ‘AASHTOet1. Out-of-Roundness—Due to the mechanics of the manufacturing process, a certain amount of out- of-roundness is expected on stay wires of the finished fence fabric. No limits are placed on out-of- roundness of stay wires. 82 Fabric Height—The height of the woven wire fence fabric (center-to-center distance between top and bottom wires) shall not vary more than +25 mm (I in.) from the specified height shown in Table 1. The specified height of fence fabric is based on the sum of the line wire spacing shown in Figures 1, 2, or 3. The nominal (design) height shown in Table 1 corresponds to the value in the design numbers, and is for information only. TTT ¢ T [Be THe i357 [fee uw a ilgte? & ggeeé i eread i= 9 fe) | x 44 oct |. Alimenion tom eerste mid 2.254 mm is equal o | inch. Figure 1—Fence Fabric Dimensions and Design Numbers 5 I oe oy oy or oS ‘3 ag ay [> Deslan No. 1975 ———xj Figure 2—Fence Fabric Dimensions for Design No. 1375 TS-4d 279-7 AASHTO[+ Desian No. 175 ———y J Design No. 1561 —y Figure 3—Fence Fabric Dimensions and Design Numbers 1561 and 1775 8.3. 8.4. Line and Stay Wire Spacing—The spacing between individual parts of line wires, or individual airs of stay wires, shall not vary from the nominal dimensions more than */x in. The tolerance on the spacing of pairs of line wires shall not alter the tolerance on the overall height of the fence fabric. - Fence Fabric Length—The length of fence fabric in a roll shall be the specified length within a tolerance of -0 and +3 percent. 94. 9.2. 9.2.1. 9.2.4.1. 9.2.1.2. 9.3. SAMPLING AND TESTING Sampling—For the purpose of testing, select one roll at random from every 50 rolls, or fraction thereof in a lot or a total of seven rolls, whichever is less. A lot shall consist of all rolls of a single design, grade, coating type, and costing class delivered at the same time. A sample for physical tests is a length of fence fabric, at least 1 m (3 ft) long, cut from the end of the sample roll to include at least three of the vertical stay wires. Testing for Weight of Coating—Coating weight for types Z and ZA shall be determined in accordance with T 65M/T 65. Coating weight for Type A shall be determined in accordance with T23M/T 213. A test specimen for weight of coating determination shall consist of a number of lengths cut from a single wire, excluding all wire knots, wraps, and welded sections, such that the total length of wire tested is a minimum of 305 mm (12 in.). Test at least six test specimens for weight of coating, selected as follows: One specimen from the top or bottom line wires, - Three specimens from different intermediate line wires, and ‘Two specimens from different vertical (stay) wires. Testing for Break Strength—Cut specimens approximately 305 mm (12 in.) in length from the line wires, excluding knots, wraps, and welds, Test for breaking strength in accordance with T 244, Test at least four specimens, with one specimen from the top or bottom line wires, and three Specimens from intermediate line wires. M 279-8 AASHTO9.4. 9.5. 9.5.1. Pretesting of Wire—Instead of testing wire for ‘breaking strength and weight of coating from the completed fence fabric in accordance with Sections 9.2 and 9.3, the manufacturer, at his election, shall establish compliance with the requirements in Sections 6 and 7 by test made on wire before fabrication. Ifthe manufacturer makes this election, the purchaser still has the right to test wire from the completed fence fabric for compliance. Inspection for General Workmanship—For the purpose of inspection, a maximum of two rolls from the lot, as described in Section 9.1, shall be subjected to observations forthe line and stay wire spacing, overall length, and workmanship. Instead of inspecting for length by unrolling full rolls, the purchaser and the manufacturer have the option of agreeing on a weight per roll related to fabric design, or measuring tools employed during manufacturing. The purchaser still eserves the right to confirm the length by actual ‘measurement. 10. 10.1. 10.2. 10.3. 10.4, RETEST fone or more of the test specimens froma sample roll offence fabric fil the weight-of-coating test, or breaking strength test, the lot shall be subjected to retests. For retest purposes, four additional rolls for each $0 rolls offered stall be sampled. The lot size than becomes 50. Test specimens shall be cut in accordance with Section 9.2 of Section 9.3 as appropriate. If more than for of the 24 retest specimens for weight-of-coating fail to meet the requirements of Table 2, or if any of the retest specimens has less than 75 percent of the specified coating weight, the entire lot represented by the retest specimens may be rejected. If more than three of 26 retest specimens for breaking strength fail to meet the requirements of Table 3, or if any of the retest specimens has less than 90 percent of the specified strength, the entire lot represented by the retest ‘specimens may be rejected. {f'instead of rejecting the entire lot as provided for in Section 10.2 or Section 10.3, the producer ‘may test specimens from every roll as provided for in Section 9.2 or Section 9.3 and resubmit those rolls meeting specification requirements. 11. 11. INSPECTION Unless otherwise specified in the purchase order or contract, the manufacturer is responsible for the performance of all inspection and test requirements specified in this specification. Except as otherwise specified in the purchase order or contract, the manufacturer may use any suitable facilities for the performance of the inspection and test requirements unless disapproved by the Purchaser at the time the order is placed. The purchaser shall have the right to perform any of the inspections and tests set forth in this specification when such inspections and tests are deemed necessary to assure that the material conforms to prescribed requirements, 12. 12.1. REJECTION AND REHEARING Material that fails to conform to the requirements of this specification may be rejected. Rejection should be reported to the producer or supplier promptly and in writing. In case of dissatisfaction With the results of the test, the producer or supplier may make claim for a rehearing. TS-4d M 279-9 AASHTO13. CERTIFICATION 13.4. ‘When specified in the purchase order or contract, a producer's or supplicr’s certification sball be furnished to the purchaser that the material was manufactured, sampled, tested, and inspected in accordance with this specification and has been found to meet the requirements. When specified in the purchase order or contract, a report of the test results shall be furnished. 14, PACKAGING AND PACKAGE MARKING 14.1. Unless otherwise specified, packaging, marking, and loading for shipment shall be in accordance with ASTM A 700. 14.2. When specified in the contract or order, and for direct procurement by or direct shipment to the U.S. Government, when Level A is specified, preservation, packaging, and packing shall be in accordance with the Level A requirement of MIL-STD-163. 14.3. ‘When specified in the contract or order, and for the direct procurement by or direct shipment to the US. Gcvernment, marking for shipment in addition to requirements specified in the contract or order shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-129 for U.S. military agencies and in accordance with Fed. Std. No. 123 for U.S. Government civil agencies. 15. KEYWORDS 15.1. Fence fabric; fencing material; metallic-coated steel wire; steel wire; wire. TS-4d M 279-10 ‘AASHTO