ASME B107.59:2002 pdf free download

ASME B107.59:2002 pdf free download.SLUGGING AND STRKING.
ASME B107.59 provides performance and safety requirements for slugging and striking wrenches that are intended for torquing of fasteners. ft is intended to serve a a guide in selecting, testing, and using the hand tools covered herein. It is not the purpose of this Standard to specify the details of manufacwring.
This Standard is also meant to serve aas a guide in developing manuals and posters and for raining personnel to work safely.
This Standard may be used as a guide by stale authorities or other regulatory bodics in (he formulation of Jaws or regulations. It is also intended for voluntary usc by establishments that use or manufaclurc the tools covered. The method employed to ensure compliance with this Standard shall be dccrmincd by the proper regulatory or administrativc authority.
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
The following is a list of publications rcfercnced in this Standard.
Guide to Hand Tools—Selection, Safety Tips, Propcr Use and Care
Instructors and employers shall stress proper use andsafety in the use of slugging and striking wrenchesand shall emphasize the necessity to wear and ensurethe use of safety goggles.The publication,Guide toHand Tools–Selection,Safery Tips,Proper Use andCare provides guidelines for the safe use of hand tools.(a) Slugging and striking wrenches are special-pur-pose tools designed and intended only for use withheavy-duty fasteners where shock or impact is neededto fully tighten or loosen.
(b)To avoid possible eye or other bodily injury,siugging and striking wrenches shall be used only forthe purpose specified in para. 6(a).
(c)A striking tool should always be used with thestriking face parallel to the struck face of the wrench.Glancing blows,overstrikes,and understrikes shouldbe avoided. No surface of the wrench other than thestruck face shall be struck. The striking tool of theappropriate size shall have a striking face diameter notless than 0.375 in (9.53 mm) larger than the struckface of the wrench.
(d) To avoid possible eye injury from flying objects,safety goggles or equivalent eye protection conformingto ANSI Z87.1 shall be worn by the user and allpersons in the immediate area where any slugging andstriking wrench is being used.
(e) Slugging and striking wrenches shall not be usedwith “cheater pipes or other means to extend thelength of the tool.
Slugging and striking wrenches shall be inspected prior to each use and their use discontinued at the first sign of bending of the shank or chipping or cracking of the box end or struck block.
(g) Deformation of the wrenching configuration may occur from tool usage. Wrenches shall be inspected prior to each use and their use discontinued at the first sign of significant wtenching surface deterioration.
{h) Except as indicated in para. .6(), no area, section, or portion of the wrench shall- be ground, welded, treated by reheating, or otherwise altered from the original condition as furnished by the manufacturer.
(i) At the first indication of mushrooming, the struck face and struck face chamfer of the wrench shall be redressed to its original contour by the use of a hand file or whetstone.
(j) Care shall be exercised to prevent the wrench from dislodging from the fastner or nut while being impacted.
(k) Each wrench shall be permanently marked by the manufacturer with the following safety message or equivalent.