The purpose of B107.400 is to define essential performance and safety requirements specifically applicable to the various striking tools covered herein. It specifies test methods to evaluate performance related to the defined requirements and safety, and indicates limitations of safe use. This standard supersedes, replaces, and renders obsolete the following standards: B107.41 Nail Hammers, B107.42 Hatchets and Axes, B107.53 Ball Peen Hammers, B107.54 Heavy Striking Tools, B107.57 Bricklayers Hammers & Prospecting Picks, B107.58 Riveting, Scaling, and Tinner’s Setting Hammers. In addition to the consolidation of these individual striking tool standards, this revision corrects the striking test from B107.57. ASME B107.56, Body Repair Tools was included in the 2008 edition of ASME B107.400 but is now a stand-alone document under separate cover.

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4	CONTENTS
6	FOREWORD
7	ASME B107 COMMITTEE ROSTER
8	CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE B107 COMMITTEE
10	1 SCOPE 2 DEFINITIONS
11	Tables Table 1-1 Striking Tools
13	3 REFERENCES
14	4 CLASSIFICATION 5 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS 5.1 Design — Category 41 Nail Hammers 5.2 Design — Category 42 Type I Hatchets 5.3 Design — Category 42 Type II Axes 5.4 Design — Category 53 Ball‐Peen Hammers 5.5 Design — Category 54 Heavy Striking Tools 5.6 Design — Category 57 Bricklayers’ Hammers and Prospecting Picks
15	5.7 Design — Category 58 Riveting, Scaling, and Tinners’ Setting Hammers 5.8 Materials
16	Figures Figure 5.1-1 Category 41 Nail Hammer Nomenclature
17	Figure 5.2-1 Category 42 Type I Hatchet Nomenclature
18	Figure 5.3-1 Category 42 Type II Ax Nomenclature
19	Figure 5.4-1 Category 53 Ball‐Peen Hammer Nomenclature
20	Figure 5.5-1 Category 54 Type I Blacksmith’s Double‐Face Sledge Figure 5.5-2 Category 54 Type I Nevada Long‐Pattern Striking Hammer Figure 5.5-3 Category 54 Type I Oregon Short‐Pattern Striking Hammer
21	Figure 5.5-4 Category 54 Type I Hand‐Drilling Hammer Figure 5.5-5 Category 54 Type I Ship or Boat Maul Figure 5.5-6 Category 54 Type I Lineman’s or Farrier’s Turning Hammer
22	Figure 5.5-7 Category 54 Type I Railroad Spike Maul, Standard Pattern Figure 5.5-8 Category 54 Type I Railroad Spike Maul, Bell Pattern Figure 5.5-9 Category 54 Type II Woodchopper’s Maul
23	Figure 5.5-10 Category 54 Type III Blacksmith’s Cross‐Peen Figure 5.5-11 Category 54 Type III Stone Sledge Figure 5.5-12 Category 54 Type IV Spalling Hammer
24	Figure 5.5-13 Category 54 Type V Bush Hammer Figure 5.6-1 Category 57 Type I Bricklayers’ Hammers
25	Figure 5.6-2 Category 57 Type II Prospecting Pick Figure 5.7-1 Category 58 Type I Riveting Hammer Nomenclature
26	Figure 5.7-2 Category 58 Type II Scaling Hammer Nomenclature Figure 5.7-3 Category 58 Type III Tinner’s Setting Hammer
27	Table 5.8-1 Hardness and Chamfer Requirements
28	6 TESTS 6.1 Hardness Determination Test 6.2 Striking and Tensile Force Tests 6.3 Static Force Test Figure 5.8-1 Chamfer/Equivalent Radius
29	6.4 Grip Tests 6.5 Spalling Test (Categories 41, 42, 53, 58) 6.6 Claw Test—Category 41
30	6.7 Impact Test — Category 42 Type II Table 6.2-1 Striking Test Target Objects Table 6.2.2-1 Tensile Force Test
31	Figure 6.2.2-1 Typical Tensile Force Test
32	Figure 6.3-1 Typical Static Force Test Figure 6.3-2 Typical Static Force Test for Category 42 Type II
33	Table 6.6.1-1 Claw Test Parameters: Specified Board Thickness Table 6.6.2-1 Claw Test Parameters: Nonspecified Board Thickness Table 6.3-1 Static Force Test
34	7 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS OF USE 7.1 Safety Requirements Figure 6.7-1 Impact Test
35	7.2 Limitations of Use

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