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AS 3797.11991

Australian Standard

Hand hammers

Part 1 : General requirements

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AS 3797.11991

Australian Standard

Hand hammers

Part 1 : General requirements

First published as AS 3797.11991.

Incorporating:

Amdt 11991

Amdt 21994

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140

ISBN 0 7262 6485 7

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AS 3797.11991 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Small Tools. It is one of aseries of three Standards for hand hammers. The other Standards in the series deal with specificrequirements for heavy hand hammers and for light hand hammers.

In the preparation of this Standard, consideration was given to BS 876, Hand hammers, andANSI B173.3, Safety requirements for heavy striking tools, and acknowledgment is made of theassistance therefrom.

CONTENTS

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1 SC OPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 AP P LI CAT IO N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 RE FER E NC ED DOC UME NT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 DE FIN ITI ON S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 MAT ER IAL S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS AND HEAT TREATMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 FI NIS H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 PE R FO RMANC E RE Q UIRE MEN T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 MAR KI NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

APPENDIX A TEST FOR SOUNDNESS OF ASSEMBLY OF HAND HAMMERS . . . . 7

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