Designation:A497/A497M–07StandardSpecificationforSteelWeldedWireReinforcement,Deformed,forConcrete1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA497/A497M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecificationcoversweldedwirereinforcementmadefromcold-workeddrawnorrolleddeformedwire,oracombinationofdeformedandnon-deformedwires,tobeusedforthereinforcementofconcrete.NOTE1—Weldedwireforconcretereinforcementhasbeendescribedbyvariousterms:weldedwirefabric,WWF,fabric,andmesh.Thewirereinforcementindustrypreferstheterm“weldedwirereinforcement”(WWF)asbeingmorerepresentativeoftherangeofproductsbeingmanufactured.Therefore,theterm“weldedwirefabric”hasbeenreplacedwiththeterm“weldedwirereinforcement”inthisspecifcationandinotherrelatedspecifications.1.2ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A82/A82MSpecificationforSteelWire,Plain,forCon-creteReinforcementA496/A496MSpecificationforSteelWire,Deformed,forConcreteReinforcementA700PracticesforPackaging,Marking,andLoadingMethodsforSteelProductsforShipment2.2MilitaryStandards:MIL-STD-129MarkingforShipmentandStorage32.3FederalStandard:Fed.Std.No.123MarkingforShipments(CivilAgencies)32.4ASTMAdjuncts:TestingJigDrawing43.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1convolutedwire,n—whenwireforweldedwirerein-forcementisshapedintoasinusoidalwaveshape,itiscommonlyreferredtoasconvolutedwire.Thewireisusedinthemanufactureofcagesforcertainapplicationsofconcretepipereinforc...
