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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 KNURLING ANSVASME B94.6-1984(REVISION OF ANSI 894.6-1981)REAFFIRMED 1995 FOR CURRENT COMMllTEE 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.1 001 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.ANSI/ASME 694.6-1984 28 November 1984 SUPERSEDING 2 April 1982 ANSI 694.6-1981 ACCEPTANCE NOTICE The above non-government standardization document was adopted 28 November 1984 and is approved for use by the DoD.The indicated industry group has furnished the clearaczes required by existing regulations.Copies of the document are stocked by DoD Single StockPoint,Naval Publications and Forms Center,Philadelphia,PA 19120,for issue DoD activities only.Contractors and industry groups may obtain copies directly from:The American Society of Mechanical Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York,N Y 10017 or The American National Standards Institute 1430 Broadway New York,NY 10018 Title of Document:Knur1in:g Document No.:ANSI/ASME B94.6-1984 Date of Specific Issue Adopted:28 November 1984 Releasing Industry Group:The American Society of Mechanical Engineers NOTICE:When reaffirmation,amendment,revision or cancellation of this standard is initially proposed,the industry group re-sponsible for this standard shall inform the military coordinating activity of the proposed change and request participation.Custodians:Army-AR;N;tvy-OS;Air Force-16 Military Coordinating Activity:Army-AR Review Activities:Army-AV,AT,EA Navy-AS,SH,MC;DLA-I S (Project Number:DRPR-0265)User Interest:Army-ME;Navy-YD AREA DRPR Date of Issuance:May 15,1985 This Standard wiil 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 thk Edition.This code or standard was developed under procedures accredited as meeting the crlteria 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,constructlon,proprietary device,or activity.ASME does not take any position with respect to the validity of any patent rights asserted in connec:tion 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 representative(s)or person(s)affiliated with industry is not to be interpreted as government or industry endorsement of this code or standard.ASME accepts responsibillty for only those interpretations issued in accordance with governing ASME procedures and policles which preclude the issuance of interpretations by individual vol-unteers.No part of thts document may be reproduced in any form,in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise,without the priorwrittcn permission of the publisher.Copyright!c)1985 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.FOREWORD(This Foreword is not part of ANSI/ASME 894.6-1984.)It has been commonly appreciated that in the production of knurling there were some diffi-cult problems,and it appeared that a solution to many of them could probably be found in de-veloping a knurling tool based on a diametral pitch system,as distinguished from the customary circumferential pitch formulas in use.A diametral pitch system was first given consideration by the Company Member Conference of the American Standards Association.At its meeting of March 20,1947,the Conference mted to establish a fact-finding Conference Subcommittee to consider the problems involved in knurling and the need for standardization in the field of knurling practice.On November IO,1947,the Conference Subcommittee presented a report(CMC 50)and concluded that a Technical Committee should give consideration to improving knurling.At its meeting of December 2,1948,the B5 Sectional Committee reported that the Mechani-cal