ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB18.16M-2004Prevailing-TorqueTypeSteelMetricHexNutsandHexFlangeNutsRevisionandConsolidationofASMEB18.16.1M,B18.16.2M,andB18.16.3MCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMELicensee=FMCTechnologies/5914950002NotforResale,05/13/200900:34:34MDTNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,````,``,,,,,```,,,``,``,,,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---ASMEB18.16M-2004Prevailing-TorqueTypeSteelMetricHexNutsandHexFlangeNutsRevisionandConsolidationofASMEB18.16.1M,B18.16.2M,andB18.16.3MThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY10016ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMELicensee=FMCTechnologies/5914950002NotforResale,05/13/200900:34:34MDTNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,````,``,,,,,```,,,``,``,,,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---DateofIssuance:May13,2005ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.Therewillbenoaddendaissuedtothisedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.In-terpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://www.asme.org/codesastheyareissued.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStan-dards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcom-petentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavail-ableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringe-mentofanyapplicableletterspatent,nora...
