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1. Scope*
1.1 This specification covers welded wire reinforcement to
be used for the reinforcement of concrete.
NOTE 1Welded wire for concrete reinforcement has been described
by various terms: welded wire fabric, WWF, fabric, and mesh. The wire
reinforcement industry prefers the term welded wire reinforcement
(WWR) as being more representative of the range of products being
manufactured. Therefore, the term welded wire fabric has been replaced
with the term welded wire reinforcement in this specification and in
related specifications.
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 convoluted wirewhen wire for welded wire reinforcement is formed into a sinusoidal wave shape, it is
commonly referred to as convoluted wire. The wire is used in
the manufacture of cages for certain applications of concrete
pipe reinforcing.
3.1.2 welded wire reinforcementas used within the scope
and intent of this specification, designates a material composed
of cold-drawn steel wire, as-drawn or galvanized, fabricated
into sheets or rolls by the process of electric resistance
welding. The finished material shall consist essentially of a
series of longitudinal and transverse wires arranged substantially at right angles to each other, and welded together at
points of intersection.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specify
all requirements that are necessary for the manufacture and
delivery of the welded wire reinforcement under this specification. Such requirements to be considered include, but are not
limited to, the following:
4.1.1 Quantity (mass [weight] or square area),
4.1.2 Name of material (welded wire reinforcement for
concrete),
4.1.3 Wire spacings and sizes,
4.1.4 Minimum yield strength if Supplement S 1 of Specification A 82/A 82M applies.
4.1.5 Yield strength measurement. The purchaser shall have
the options described in Specification A 82/A 82M Section 11.3
4.1.6 Exclusion of oversteeling, if required (see 8.4.2),
4.1.7 Length and width of sheets or rolls,
4.1.8 Packaging (see Section 15),
4.1.9 Request for outside inspection (if not requested, 15.1
applies), and
4.1.10 ASTM designation and year of issue.
NOTE 2A typical ordering description is as follows: 100 3 300
MW100 3 MW40 2450 mm 3 6 m [4 3 12 W15 3 W6 96 in. 3 20
ft.] in secured bundles of flat sheets, to ASTM A 185 _______ .
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6. Manufacture
6.1 The wires shall be assembled by automatic machines or
by other suitable mechanical means that will assure accurate
spacing and alignment of all wires of the finished welded wire
reinforcement.
6.2 Longitudinal and transverse wires shall be securely
connected at every intersection by a process of electricalresistance welding which employs the principle of fusion
combined with pressure.
6.3 Wire of proper yield strength and quality when fabricated in the manner herein required shall result in a strong,
serviceable mat-type product having substantially square or
rectangular openings. It shall be fabricated and finished in a
workmanlike manner and shall conform to this specification.
NOTE 3A variation of manufacturing includes the application of one
or more longitudinal convoluted wires at one edge of welded wire
reinforcement for concrete pipe reinforcing cages. This shape allows the
cage ends to be expanded to a larger diameter to accommodate the
bell-shaped ends of concrete pipe.
Smaller
Size No. MW52 [W 8]
Size No. MW39 [W 6]
Size No. MW26 [W 4]
5. Materials
5.1 The wire used in the manufacture of welded wire
reinforcement shall conform to Specification A 82/A 82M and
its Supplement S1 if so ordered.
5.2 Welded wire reinforcement shall be furnished either in
flat sheets, or in rolls, as specified by the purchaser.
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11. Sampling
11.1 Test specimens for testing mechanical properties shall
be obtained by cutting from the finished welded wire reinforcement a full width section of sufficient length to perform testing
described in 7.1 and 7.2.
11.2 Test specimens for determining weld-shear properties
shall be obtained by cutting from the finished welded wire
reinforcement, a full width section of sufficient length to
perform testing described in 7.4.
11.3 Measurements for conformance to dimensional characteristics shall be made on full sheets or rolls.
11.4 Any test specimen exhibiting obvious imperfections
shall be discarded and another specimen substituted.
12. Inspection
12.1 The inspector representing the purchaser shall have
free entry at all times while work on the contract of the
purchaser is being performed to all parts of the manufacturers
facilities that concern the manufacture of the material ordered.
The manufacturer shall afford the inspector all reasonable
facilities to assure that the material is being furnished in
accordance with this specification.
12.2 Except for yield strength, all tests and inspections shall
be made at the manufacturers facilities prior to shipment,
unless otherwise specified. Such tests shall be so conducted as
not to interfere unnecessarily with the operation of the manufacturers facilities.
12.3 The purchaser shall have the option to require a yield
strength measurement to determine compliance with yield
strength requirements of Specification A 82/A 82M, and shall
specify that the measurement be performed by the manufacturer at the manufacturers facilities a recognized laboratory, or
the purchasers representative at the manufacturers facilities.
Such measurements shall be conducted without unnecessarily
interfering with manufacturing operations.
12.4 For U.S. Government Procurement OnlyExcept as
otherwise specified in the contract, the contractor is responsible
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A detailed drawing showing complete dimensions of the testing jig may be
obtained from ASTM Headquarters. Order ADJA0185.
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which time the manufacturer shall be permitted to make claim
for a rehearing and retesting.
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14. Certification
14.1 If outside inspection is waived, a manufacturers certification that the material has been tested in accordance with
and meets the requirements of this specification shall be the
basis of acceptance of the material. The certification shall
include the specification number, year-date of issue and revision letter, if any.
14.2 This conformance is predicated upon testing and acceptance of wire prior to fabrication, coupled with random
shear testing during production. Because warehousing and
stocking of large quantities of material is common, test data
shall be representative of the material shipped, however it shall
not be required to correlate directly to the actual material
shipped.
14.3 When Supplement S1of Specification A 82/A 82M is
specified for the material, test results for yield strength, tensile
strength, reduction of area, and bend tests shall be reported
(S1.3.1 of Specification A 82/A 82M).
14.4 A material test report, certificate of inspection, or
similar document printed from or used in electronic form from
an electronic data interchange (EDI) transmission shall be
regarded as having the same validity as a counterpart printed in
the certifiers facility. The content of the EDI transmitted
document must meet the requirements of the invoked ASTM
standard(s) and conform to any existing EDI agreement between the purchaser and the manufacturer. Notwithstanding the
absence of a signature, the organization submitting the EDI
transmission is responsible for the content of the report.
NOTE 5The industry definition as invoked here is: EDI is the
computer-to-computer exchange of business information in a standard
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue (A 185 02)
that may impact the use of this standard.
(1) The title was changed to reflect the dual nature of the
standard.
(2) Editorial changes were made throughout the standard to
remove permissive language and provide consistency with
related specifications.
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