Abstract

This specification covers barbed tape materials and configurations used for security barriers. Barbed tape shall be manufactured from stainless and galvanized steel. Stainless steel strip shall be either ferretic or austenitic. Coil loops shall not be kinked, unless it is part of the design.

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ASTM Standards

A176 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chromium Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip

A240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications

A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

A666 Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar

A764 Specification for Metallic Coated Carbon Steel Wire, Coated at Size and Drawn to Size for Mechanical Springs

F1379 Terminology Relating to Barbed Tape

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 91.090 (External structures)

UNSPSC Code

UNSPSC Code 31201500(Tape)

Referencing This Standard

DOI: 10.1520/F1910-98R13

Citation Format

ASTM F1910-98(2013), Standard Specification for Long Barbed Tape Obstacles, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2013, www.astm.org