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Subject: [Towertalk] Coding on Bolt Heads?
From: MoweryJD@NSWC.NAVY.MIL (Mowery Joseph D DLVA)
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:00:56 -0400
Eric,
        Here are a few head markings.  Pardon the simple graphics using
text.  If you need more information check out ANSI B18.2.I Appendix III.  A
library may have a copy.

v/r,
Joe AG4BW



No Mark -       SAE Grade 1
                ASTM A307
                SAE Grade 2

    |           ASTM A449
   / \      SAE Grade 5 
                 

  \|/           SAE Grade 5.2

   |
  A325  ASTM A325
  /  \      Type I

  \|/           ASTM A325       
 A325           Type II

 
  A325  ASTM A325
  ----  Type III

   BC   ASTM A354
                Grade BC

  \  /
  /  \  SAE Grade 7
    |

  \|/           SAE Grade 8
  /|\           ASTM A354 Grade BD


  \|/
 -   -  SAE Grade 8.2   
(Should be
6 lines)


  A490  ASTM A490
                Type I

  A490  ASTM A490
  ----  Type III

> I'm looking for information that will help me decode the letter codes
> printed on large (and small) bolt heads.
>
> I found a reference to a site here on Towertalk from 1997, but that
> site is long gone.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks, in advnace,
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
>
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