GlossaryofTermsforMechanicalFastenersANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB18.12-2020(RevisionofASMEB18.12-2012)ASMEB18.12-2020(RevisionofASMEB18.12-2012)GlossaryofTermsforMechanicalFastenersANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDTwoParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USAxDateofIssuance:June30,2020ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.InterpretationsarepublishedontheCommitteewebpageandunderhttp://go.asme.org/InterpsDatabase.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB18CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesarepublishedontheASMEwebsiteundertheB18CommitteePageathttp://go.asme.org/B18committeeastheyareissued.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEwebsiteundertheCommitteePagestoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheB18CommitteePagecanbefoundathttp://go.asme.org/B18committee.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliab...
