AISI SCREW CAPACITIES Table 2: Common Screw Lengths Common | Length |. Materials and Thickness of Sizes (#) Materials that can be Connected 67 | wth | sieclte steet 6,8,10,12). ‘at | Steelto steal 8,10 1° | Steotto stect; metal lath to steel 10, 12,14 1 | Steetto stee! 68 1 |W ort" pancts to stool 810,12 | 14 | Soltturing metal lath oF ‘masonry is to steel 10 i | Tomp, panelpanel lamination 6.7 | v2" | Aultiple layers to stoct 67 24 | Wood tim and 3-layers of panels to steet 8 2°34 | Mutiple layers to steel wo | aw Mulipto layers to steal Consult manutacturers for other sizas and lengths. Screw Load Capacity and Spacing Requirements Load carrying capacities of screws should be based on the criteria outlined inthe Center for Cold-Formed Steel Struc- tures (CCFSS) Technical Bulletin, Vol.2,No. 1, dated Febru- ary 1993, or based on manufacturer's data with an appropriate safety factor. ‘The information ineluded in the Technical Bulletin will be included in future editions of the AISI Speci fication for Cold-Formed Steel Struétural Members (AIST Specification). Table 3 contains sme screw vapacitis based ‘on the CCFSS Technical Bulletin ‘A minimum dimension of3 times nominal serew diameter (d) should be maintained tothe edge of the steel and to the center of other fasteners for steel to steel connections. ‘The edge tance may be reduced to 15d in the direction perpendicular to the Toad. Connectors for gypsum wallboard and plywood should note spaced ess than’ from the edges or ends of the bboard. Additional fastener spacing criteria for gypsum board and plywood can be found in the Gypsum Asiociation pe fication (GA-216) and the American Plywood Association's Design and Construction Guide/Residential and Comy ~ (E-30), respectively. Contact the manufacturer for spacing requirements for other materials. Driving Techniques for Selt-Drilling Scrows Screws are typically installed with hand-held por guns that operate on pneumatic or electrical power ALLOWABLE LOADS Table 3: Suggested Capacity for Screws Connecting Steel to Steel (Ibs.) Stool Ye-14 Screw 12-14 Scrow 10-16 Scrow* #8-18 Sex0W* #6 Scrow* Thickness - ‘Thinnest | Shear | Putou | shear | Pullout | Shear | Puttut | shear | Putout | shear | Pullout Component o.tor7 | 1000 | 320 | eso | 260 | 700 245 | 7s | a | 560 175 cons | so } 225 | sss | 195 | 520 vo | 4m | 14s | aos | 125 coscs | 420 | to | a0 | 155 | 370 135 | a | 115 | at0 95 oossis | 300. | 140 | 200 | 120 | 260 tos | 2. | 90 | 220 7 0.0347" | 200 | 110 | tas 95 175 80 16 | 7 180 6 Notes: 1 Design values are based on CGFSS Technical Bulatin Vo. 2, No. 1 which oullns the proposed AIS! Specification provisions for Screw connections. For shear connections the cold-formed steel section should be evaluated fr tension, 2. Basod on Fy. 2 Shs, Fu = 45h minimum, Adjust values for oth = Refer to Tablet for limits on racommanded total steel thickne: RESIDENTIAL 51. or sol strengths. 138 of connected part,