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Designation: F3125/F3125M - 15a Standard Specification for High Strength Structural Bolts, Treated, 120 ksi (830 MPa) and Steel and Alloy Steel, Heat 150 ksi (1040 MPa) Minimum Tensile Strength, Inch and Metric Dimensions' This stands ised er he ed espnationF312573125M; the mae mmely Following he designation ices the yea ‘of eign adoption in th ease of revision the ear of list evison Aner im ares inc the Jeo his capo ‘Asaperscripepion Ce) ineates an evil change since the last revision or eapponal 1. Scope 1.1 This specification covers chemical, physical and me- chanical requirements for quenched and tempered bolts manu ‘d from steel and alloy steel, in inch and metic ons, in two strength grades, two types and two styl 1.1.2 This consolidated standard is to ensure alignment between standards with the same intended end use and (0 Simplify the use and maintenance of structural bolt specifica tions. 1.2 Intended Use: 1.2.1 Bolts manufactured under this specification are in- tended for use in structural connections covered in the Speci fication for Structural Joints Using High-Strength Bol, as approved by the Research Council on Structural Connections, 1.2.2 Bolts in this specification are furnished in sizes from Yeo 1-44 in, inclusive and from M12 to M36 inclusive 13 Classification: 1.3.1 Bolts are designated by grade or property class, which indicates inch or metric respectively. 1.3.2 Bolts are designated by type denoting raw material ‘chemical composition, 1.3.3 Bolts are designated by style denoting Heavy Hex. bolts or “Twist-OM™” Style assemblies. rede in Stenath Type ‘nes "20 4a ey sash 50 MPa 13 ase "204 13 ‘400 180 ts +8 ‘ac 1040 UP flees) 2200 "aoa 1a "ype 1-120 ks (890 MPa) - carbon sie, carbon bron ste, oy steel th boron aden "This specication i ume the juaiction of ASTM Commitee FIG on Fastener a is the die espsibity of Suomi F16.02 on Sel Bol, Nats, Rivet and Washes ‘Canent elon appowd Des. 15, 2015. Pblishe March 2016, Ofsinally Published in 2015. Last previous eon published in 2015 as F825-18. DOL TOLIS2OST25- 123M 154, “ype 3 120i (290 MPa or 150 st (1080 MPa) - weathering stot ‘ype 11504 (140 MPa) aly stel or ao steal wth boron xdion 1.4 Terms used in this specification are defined in F1789, 1.5. Units—The values stated in either SI units or inch pounel units are to be regarded separately as standard, ‘The values slated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, ceach system shall be used independently of the other. Combin ing values from the two systems may result in non. conformance with the stand, 1.6 Table footnotes are requirements, Notes are advisory L7 The following safety hazard caveat pertains to the test ‘methods portion of this specification: This standard does not purport to auldress all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with is use. It is the responsibilty of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to 2, Referenced Documents, 2.1 ASTM Standands:* AI9A/A 194M Specification for Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, and Stainless Steel Nuts for Bolts for High Pressure or High Temperature Service, or Both A354 Specification for Quenched and Tempered Alloy Stee! Bolts, Studs, and Other Externally Threaded Fasteners ‘A449 Specification for Hex Cap Screws, Bolts and Stu, Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105/90 ksi Minimum ‘Tensile Strength, General Use A563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Stee! Nuts. ‘A363M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Stee! Nuts (Met ric) ATSI Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemi cal Analysis of Steel Products 18695 Specification for Coatings of Zine Mechanically De posited on Iron and Steel For seferenced ASTM stadt, vst the ASTM website, wasn Studs volume information refer tothe standards Document Suny seo THeASTM watts, ‘epg © ASTM mtr 100 Bu Ht Os, PO Box C70, Wos Cansahctn, PA 24H 2050, Ue Sas Copyright by ASTM Int (all ight reserva; Wed Sep 14 07:00:22 EDT 2016 DDovlonedrined by "Niel ergo (Mel Fasteners Mf, Co, 14) puso License Agree No father epost ly F3125/F3125M - 15a £709 Guide for Magnetic Particle Testing I444/E 1444M Practice for Magnetic Particle ‘Testing F436 Specification for Hardened Steel Washers: 436M Specification for Hardened Steel Washers (Metric) F606VI'606M ‘Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Externally and Internally ‘Threaded Fasteners, Washers, Direct Tension Indicators, and Rivets F788 Specification for Surface Discontinuities of Bolts, Screws, and Studs, Inch and Metric Series FLI36/F1136M Specification for Zinc/Aluminum Corrosion Protective Coatings for Fasteners 1470 Practice for Fastener Sampling for Specified Me- ‘chanical Properties and Performance Inspection P1789 Terminology for FI6 Mechanical Fasteners P1040 Test Method for Process Control Verification 0 Prevent Hydrogen Embrittlement in Plated or Coated Fasteners 12328 Test Method for Determining Decarburization and Carbutization in Hardened and Tempered Threaded Steel Bolts, Screws, Studs, and Nuts F2328M ‘Test Method for Determining Decarburization and atburization in Hardened and Tempered ‘Threaded Steel Bolts, Screws, Studs, and Nuts (Metric) 2329 Specification for Zine Coating, Hot-Dip, Require- ments for Application to Carbon and Alloy Steel Bolts, Screws, Washers, Nuts, and Special Threaded Fasteners 2660 Test Method for Qualifying Coatings for Use on ‘A490 Structural Bolts Relative to Environmental Hydro- gen Embrittlement F283 Specification for Corrosion Protective Fastener Coat- ings with Zine Rich Base Coat and Aluminum Organic! Inorganic Type G101 Guide for Estimating the Atmospheric Corrosion Re- sistance of Low-Alloy Steels 2.2 ASME Standards: BI.1 Unified Screw Threads BILI3M Metric Serew Threads B18.18 Quality Assurance for Fasteners 118,2.6 Fasteners for Use in Structural Applications 1B18.2.6M Metric Fasteners for Use in Structural Appli tions 2.3: IFT Standard* IFI_ 144 Test Evaluation Procedures for Coating Qualifica- tion 24 RESC Standard’ Specification for Structural Joints Using High-Strength Bolts 3. Ordering Information 43.1 Orders for bolts under this specification shall include: 31.1 ASTM designation 3.1.2 Quantity: Number of bolts or assemblies, including washers, if required, » valle fom Amarin Society of Mechanica Engncrs (ASME), ASME Imoratina Hendquers, Two Park Ave. New York, NY 10016890, ip vase or. “ada Fasteners toile (IF), 6363 Oak Tie Bl Independence, OH 4631, hapcindstons “Reseaeh Cau on Stata Connections (RCSCI, potency ‘Copyiht by AST nt (lights reserved; Wes Sep 14070022 EDT 2016 Downloaded pine by 3.1.3 Size: Including nominal bolt diameter and bolt length, and thread pitch if other than standard. 3.1.4 Grade: 325, A325M, A490, A49OM, P1852. or F280. 3.1.5 Type: Type 1 or Type 3. When ‘Type is not specified either Type 1 or ‘Type 3 may be furnished at the supplier's option. 3.1.6 Style: Heavy Hex or Twist-Off Style, 3.1.7 Coatings or finishes: Iother than plain finish, specify the coating process or finish required, see Annex AL 3.2 Test reports, see Section 14, 3.3 Additional details of other assembly components such as nuts and washers, if required, 34 Rotational capacity testing of matched sets or assem- blies in accordance with Annex A2, if required by the pur chaser 3.5 Heavy Hex bolts may be ordered individually, packaged with nuts, packaged with nuts and washers, or as assemblies. 3.6 Any special observation or inspection requirements shall be specified atthe time of inquiry and atthe time of order See Section 13.2, 3.7 Any supplementary requirements, 3.8 Country of origin requirements, if any. Nore IA typical description follows: 1000 pieses %4 "x 3° AST F3125-15, Grade A225 heavy hex bot, Type 1, each with one hardened ASTM F36 Type I washer, and one S63 Grade DIT heavy hex nt. Nort 2—Bolfs ae sometimes detailed with names sue as A325 11S, [A325 SC, A325 X or AAD N. These names relate to connection design ‘and bolt installation, but do not ehunge the manufacturing reguiements land ate preferably not shown bolt odes, 4, Dimensions 4.1 Head and Body: 4.1.1 Bolts shall conform to the dimensions specified in Table | for Heavy Hex or Twist-OMf bolts, 4.1.2 The thread length shall not be changed except as provided in Supplementary Requirement SI or $2. Other dimensions shall not be changed exeept in accordance with ;plementary Requirement § 4.1.3. Bolts with thread lengths or dimensional requirements which differ from this specification may also be ordered und Specification A449 or A354. Users should note that A49 and A354 are not exact equivallents to the structural grades in this specification, 42 Threads 4.2.1 Uncoated bolt threads shall be as specified in Table | 4.2.2 Coated bolts shall have threads meeting Table 1 requirements before coating, 43 The gauging limit for coated bolts shall be verified during manufacture. In case of dispute, a calibrated thread ring ‘gauge of the same size as the oversize limit in Annex Al (Class X tolerance, gauge tolerance plus) shall be used to verify ‘compliance. The gauge shall assemble with hand effort follow= ing application of light machine oil to prevent galling and damage to the gauge. These inspections, when performed 10 resolve controversy, shall be conducted at the frequency specified in the quality provisions of ASME BIS. 18. [Nal Hergado (Met Fasteners Mi. Co, Lid) parstant io License Agremen. No Father rproduins authori Ally F3125/F3125M - 15a TABLE 1 Dimensions, Threads, Marking, Matching Components ine Matic Toh awe a a Mn ena 30 Pa ttn Toe 750 win Tena TOI HIPa min Tonle ee Typed Tee Typed Tet Type Type! Typed ‘ivle Heavy Hox Bale Dimensions, ASME" ozo = oiaze | oiszeu —_srezen | o1e2s —_ergee | preze —_prnzom “rnsad Ft ASME BLSUNG 2A B1.1 UNC2A | B1.i3MMC 69 BF.I5k NC-6g] 1.1 UNC 2A B11 UNC 2A | BrtaN Wo 69. —Br- tat Nes 69 rae maning 5 pond OSM ASSL 90 ‘aso ‘gon ‘ou Style ~Twis-Om Botts ‘mensions, ASME pw2e —_aiaze . pizs —_asaze . Thread Ft ASME BLIUNG 28 BLIUNG2A] 5 Jerunc2a riuncaa| + . rose Maing? ‘agosto. AST. S r ‘aasore Asse : r ‘Nt Ming oy 225 . , "sao 2400 . r Fecommonded Nut and Wesher Plan Nit aseson — asea ons | asestt ros xseau ross | AscaoH asco ona | Asoo 108 Aseawl 1053 Suitable Atoratwo® | ov,0.c.08 "os fas, as, asa asa "083, Coated tt ASSO” —ases Ha | ASoM 10S, AscaMt toss | Asea OM Aves HS | SHSM TOS AsoaN 1058 Pa, Bove er “Thick Washer used Fagot rase-3 | rasem-1 _raso-9 | puop-1 —toe-a | razor rason-9 35 and R254 Dols enghs up to 4D which re tly tvoadod but which ara rat Yegueed 1 bo May headed by the vlavani ASME standard Bol be mated wth 2,7 Silene Femenet 5, Bos wih any er nonstandard Heed gh, sb mad man see Suyemenay rement 82, “*Manufatred to ate oision altho tino of manutature, UNC fr inch seis nd Matic Coarse (MC) for Mic Soles. { Prevusly used makings ay be eal and ucod hota, ats at bo manulactred fo cer arkng requrombns pon il pucation of standard other dsingushing markings fr ype re parted at he manufacturers opton ASTM ATSWAI9AM 24 hoavyhox meh nls may be used i place cf ASS DH nuts on type 1 A325, AO, F182 and F2280 bot. 2H heavy hex mat nuts may bo sadn place of ASSOM 10S nuts on type 1 AS2SM ar AA0OM bot, Who coated 2H ruts re Used nace Dr TOS nuts. the sare tequromean ASE, Ase ‘and specication, nung Anno’, shall app. Those nude, bu are ol edo, overt amount. costing Gedo, salon roquromont ad pote tsi. etc mensions and roqarements for bis syle have not boon esabened ‘TABLE 2 Chemical Requirements 78090 1aPa nian “Grade AN25, AIBGN,F1BSE 755 RSTTOWO Pa Mi “Grace A490, ADM, F200 a Ter Ty Tipe Ted = ‘Carbon 0 Alloy: ht Composiion ——_Camposon and on iy Sit aso on wih at " . cone nie? i creo ma aon 330-082 033 oan 930-08 090-088 mex | 090-000 330-0 Wangan 0 in O90. 130 tio -08 ‘20 nn ‘0 mn 200 mn esos, max oo oss ‘08, py oss ase Sauron ow. foro Sow oso Soo Saco acon oss 090 ome 20 oso. 020 B * Gi fon Cigna a 3 : 0.08 max " Sapper : os. 4s 20. 040 020-060 * 020: 080 nue : tas oss 00-030 20° mn : ‘0 mn Shroom : ous. oas cagnin = sn myo * : 0.06 ax 0102 : 0.10 in * carton arenas 035059 or 7 and HOSP “nary ‘Seo Eihor Nika or Mayidorum must be presenti the aunt speci [Nore 311 isthe intent ofthis specification that coated nuts and bolts or depressed at the manufacturer's option. The marking, shall assemble freely when ordered togeer. It recognized thatthe batch ature of eoating process and the cumulative effect of coating thickness may create intermittent assembly problems. Staying within the material Tints is important for assembly stength. Users are encouraged to use the smalles nat overap which permis consistent free assembly. 5S. Product Marking 5.1 Ata minimum, all bolts shall be marked as required in ‘Table 1, Marking shall be on the bolt head and may be raised be visible after coating. 5.2 Grade and Type marking, and the manufacturer’s mark shall be in separate and distinct locations on the head. Other ‘markings, if used, such as private label distributor's mark shall also be separate and distinct. ‘Copyright by ASTM Int (allright teserved: Wed Sep 140.0022 EDT 2016 Doveloaed rin by [Nil Bergdo (Ma Fasteners Mfr, Co Li) pursuant to License Ages, No fre reprductions authorize, (fy F3125/F3125M - 15a Chemical Composition 6.1 120ksi/830MPA ‘Type 1 bolts shall be carbon steel, carbon boron steel, alloy steel or alloy steel with boron Addition at the manufacturer’s option, conforming 10 the chemical composition specified in Table 2, 6.2 150ksi/1040MPa bolts Type 1 shall be alloy steel ot alloy steel with boron addition at the manufacturer's option, conforming to the chemical composition specified in Table Alloy Stce! is defined in Terminology F1789. 6.3 Type 3 bolts shall be weathering steel and shall conform to the chemical compositions specified in Table 2. Optionally, 8 chemical composition based on a corrosion index may be used. When qualifying based on the corrosion index the steel shall have a corrosion index of 6 or greater, as calculated from, the heat analysis, and as described in Guide G01, using the predictive method based on the data of Larabee and Coburn, oF the predictive method based on the data of Townsend, See Guide G101 for methods of estimating the atmospheric corro- sion resistance of low alloy steels, 64 If performed, product analysis made on finished bolts representing cach fat shall be within 10% of the value required Of the heat analysis. For example; heat analysis C 030-052 product analysis C 0.27- 0.57, 6.5 Heats to which bismuth, selenium, tellurium, or lead has been intentionally added shall not be permitted. 6.6 Chemical analysis shall be performed in accordance with A751 7. Materials and Manufacture 7.1. Production Method: 7.1.1 Bolts shall be cold formed, warm formed, hot formed, hot forged, machined, or any combination thereof. 7.2 Heat Treatment 7.2.1 All bolts shall be quenched in oil from the austenitiz: ing temperature. 7.2.2 All bolts shall be tempered by reheating to not less than 800°R/427°C. 7.3 Threads may be rolled or ent. 74 Coatings and Other Finishes: 7.1 Permitted coatings, including supplementary lubriea- tion and nut oversize requirements, are provided in Annex AL 74.2 When coated fasteners are required, the purchaser shall specify the process and any additional special require- ments, 7.4.3 Threaded components (bolts and nuts) shall be coated by the same process, limited to one process per item with no mixed processes in a Tot. 15 Secondary Processing: 75.1 Lot control and full traceability shall be maintained throughout all outside or secondary processes. 75.2 Lots to which secondary processing has been per- formed by any party after sale from the manufacturer must be ceable: lot number which differs from the manufac turer's original Jot number ‘Copyright by ASTM In (all ight reserved; Wel Sep 140.0022 EDT 2016 Donnan inte by 7.5.3 If processing that can affect mechanical properties is performed after initial testing, the bolts shall be retested for all specified mechanical properties and performance requirements affected by the processing. This processing includes heat treatment, hot-dip zine coating and other processing that could affect mechanical properties, 754 Secondary processing, including lubrication, by any party other than that which certified the assembly lot shall not be permitted on a Twist-Off style bolt assembly lot unless under the direction of the manufacturer Nort 4—TWwist-Of Style bol performance is dependent om the tor tension relationship and alteration of this relationship my have un aes cllct on performance 8, ‘Test Methods 8.1 ‘Tensile strength, proof load, surface discontinuities, hhardness, miero-hardness, carburization/decarbuization, cost ing thickness, magnetic particle, rotational capacity, assembly tension testing and coating thickness tests, as applicable, shall be in accordance with Table 3 8.1.1 Tensile strength shall be determined using the F606) 606M Wedge or Axial Tension Testing of Full Size Product Method or the Machined ‘Test Specimens Method depending on size and nominal length as specified in 10.1 8.1.2 Proof load shall be determined using F606/F606M Method 1, Length Measurement, or Method 2, Yield Strength, at the option of the manufacture. 8.1.3 Magnetic Particle Inspection shall be conducted on 150 ksi (1040 MPa) bolts, in accordance with Table 3 and 12.1 8.14 Carburization/Decarburization Inspection shall be conducted on 150 ksi (1040 MPa) bolts, in accordance with 122. 9. ‘Testing and Lot Controt 9.1 Testing Responsibility: 9.1.1 Bach Jot shall be tested by the manufactur shipment in accordance with the lot control an identification quality assurance plan in Sections 9.2 through 9.5, 9.1.2 When supplied by a source other than the manufacturer, the responsible party shall assure all toss have bbeen performed and the bolts conform to this specification, 9.2 Bolts shall be processed in accordance with lot control and identification quality assurance plan, The manufacturer secondary processors, and distributors shall identify and main= tain the integrity of each production lot from raw material through all processing operations to final packing and ship. ‘ment. Each lot shall be assigned a unique lot identification ‘number, each ot shall be tested, and the lot inspection test reports retained. 93 Secondary processing shall be processed in accordance with @ lot control and identification quality assurance plan 9.4 A lot shall be a quantity of uniquely identified structural bolts of the same nominal size and length produced consecu- tively at the initial operation from a single mill heat of materia and processed at one time, by the same process, in the same ‘manner so that statistical sampling is valid, Nidal Berg (Metal Fasteners Miz Ca Lid) pursuant to Liens Aproement No iter epeoditons authorized

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