ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDMetricHexNuts,Style2ASMEB18.2.4.2M-2005[RevisionofASMEB18.2.4.2M-1979(R1995)]CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwhenprintedASMEB18.2.4.2M-2005[RevisionofASMEB18.2.4.2M-1979(R1995)]MetricHexNuts,Style2ThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY10016ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDateofIssuance:October7,2005ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.Therewillbenoaddendaissuedtothisedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStan-dard.InterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://www.asme.org/codes/astheyareissued.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStan-dards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcom-petentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavail-ableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringe-mentofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumesanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchpatentrights,andtheriskofinfringementofsuchrights,isentirelytheirownresp...
