ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDMetricSeriesSocketSetScrewsASMEIANSIB18.3.6M-1986,.~--.__-----REAFFIRMED1993GovernmentKevWords:Setscrew,Hexagon,Socket-MetricFORCURRENTCOMMIlTEEPERSONNELPLEASESEEASMEMANUALAS-11SPONSOREDANDPUBLISHEDBYTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSUnitedEngineeringCenter345East47thStreetNewYork,N.Y.10017CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwREAFFIRMED2002FORCURRENTCOMMITTEEPERSONNELPLEASEE-MAILCS@asme.orgDateofIssuance:February28,1987ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.TherewillbenoaddendaorwritteninterpretationsoftherequirementsofthisStandardissuedtothisEdition.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheConsensusCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentwhichprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot"approve,""rate,"or"endorse"anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableLettersPatent,norassumeanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchpatentrights,andtheriskofinfringementofsuchrights,isentirelytheirownresponsibility.Participationbyfederalagencyrepresentative(s1orperson(s)affiliatedwithindustryisnottobeinterpretedasgovernmentorindustryendorsementofthiscodeorstandard.ASMEacceptsresponsibilityforonlythoseinterpretationsissuedinaccordancewithgoverningASMEproceduresandpolicieswhichpreclu...