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A N A M E R I C A N N A T I O N A L S T A N D A R D Forged Eyebolts ANSVASME 818.15-1985(REVISION OF USAS 818.15-1969)REAFFIRMED 1995 FOR CURRENT COMMITEE PERSONNEL PLEASE SEE ASME MANUAL AS-11 SPONSORED AND PUBLISHED BY T H E A M E R I C A N S O C I E T Y O F M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R S United Engineering Center 345 East 47th Street New York,N.Y.1001 7 Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.REAFFIRMED 2008FOR CURRENT COMMITTEE PERSONNELPLEASE E-MAIL CSasme.orgCopyright 2008 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.No reproduction may be made of this material without written consent of ASME.cDate of Issuance:January 31,1986 This Standard will be revised when the Society approves the issuance of a new edition.There will be no addenda or written interpretations of the requirements of this Standard issued to this Edition.This code or standard was developed under procedures accredited as meeting the criteria for American National Standards.The Consensus Committee that approved the code or standard was balanced to assure that individuals from competent and concerned interests have had an oppor-tunity to participate.The proposed code or standard was made available for public review and comment which provides an opportunity for additional public input from industry,academia,reg-ulatory agencies,and the public-at-large.ASME does not approve,rate,or endorse any item,construction,proprietary device,or activity.ASME does not take any position with respect to the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with any items mentioned in this document,and does not undertake to insure anyone utilizing a standard against liability for infringement of any applicable Letters Patent,nor assume any such liability.Users of a code or standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such patent rights,and the risk of infringement of such rights,is entirely their own responsibility.Participation by federal agency representativek)or person(s)affiliated with industry is not to be interpreted as government or industry endorsement of this code or standard.ASME accepts responsibility for only those interpretations issued in accordance with governing ASME procedures and policies which preclude the issuance of interpretations by individual vol-unteers.No part of this document may be reproduced in any form,in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise,without the prior written permission of the publisher.Copyright 0 1986 by THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A.Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.Copyright 2008 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.No reproduction may be made of this material without written consent of ASME.cFOREWORD(This Foreword is not part of ANSVASME 818.15-1985.)Forged threaded eyebolts used in lifting applications come within the scope of ANSI Stan-dards Committee B18 on Dimensional Standardization of Bolts,Nuts,Rivets,Screws,and Similar Fasteners,which was organized in March 1922 under the procedures of the American Engineering Standards Committee later renamed the American National Standards Institute,Inc.(ANSI),with the Society of Automotive Engineers and The American Society of Me-chanical Engineers as joint sponsors.Subcommittee No.15 was appointed in March of 1960 and asked to give initial consider-ation to the establishment of a standard on forged eyebolts,including rated capacity.At its first meeting held on April 22,1960,the committee decided to ask all of the leading suppliers to furnish dimensions,tolerances,and rated capacity for their standard eyebolts.These data were collected,consolidated,and studied in detail.It was soon apparent that it would be impossible to develop an ANSI standard which would agree with even a small percentage of the standard products then being produced.The first proposal,therefore,attempted to come as close as possible to an average value and still maintain an orderly progression from the smaller to the larger sizes.ANSI Standards Committee B18 approved the proposal by letter ballot taken on September 24,1964,and following approval by the sponsors it was submitted on July 28,1965,to ANSI for approval.Because of a conflict with USA Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Eyebolts,(338.2-1964,final approval was withheld.Subsequent to the withdrawal of G38.2-1964,ANSI approved the B18 proposal on February 18,1969.This revision was approved by letter ballot of ASME Committee B18 on August 27,1982,and was subsequently approved by ASME(the sponsor)and submitted to ANSI for designation as an American National Standard.ANSI approval of this Stand