IEEE Std C135.

3-2001
IEEE Standards
IEEE Standard for Zinc-Coated
Ferrous Lag Screws for Overhead
Line Construction

IEEE Power Engineering Society

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Transmission and Distribution Committee

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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 IEEE Std C135.3-2001

IEEE Standard for Zinc-Coated

Ferrous Lag Screws for Overhead
Line Construction

Sponsor
Transmission and Distribution Committee
of the
IEEE Power Engineering Society

Approved 14 June 2001

IEEE-SA Standards Board

Abstract: Zinc-coated steel lag screws of the fetter drive, gimlet point, and twist drive types
commonly used in overhead line construction are covered in this standard.
Keywords: Cold bend test, fetter drive, gimlet point, lag screws, twist drive, zinc-coated.

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Introduction
(This introduction is not part of IEEE Std C135.3-2001, IEEE Standard for Zinc-Coated Ferrous Lag Screws for Over-
head Line Construction.)

This standard covers requirements for various types of zinc-coated steel lag screws for overhead line
construction.

Participants

At the time this standard was completed, the Working Group on Pole Line Hardware of the Transmission
and Distribution Committee of the IEEE Power Engineering Society had the following membership:

Ronald J. Oedemann, Chair

Chris Severs, Vice-Chair,
Nick Annas Richard W. Hensel Robert C. Peters
James D. Applequist Nunnally Johnson Patrick D. Quinn
Frederick W. Burtelson Ralph O. Jones Karl F. Reed II
Edward Dziedzic Edward A. Kiernozek Steven D. Scholfield
Thomas Evison Robert O. Kluge Stephen F. Smith
John Farrington David J. Koury Lewis M. Whisonant
Donald G. Heald Keith E. Lindsey Cary H. Yuan

The following members of the balloting committee voted on this standard:

Richard Aichinger John Farrington Mark Ostendorp
James D. Applequist Randall C. Groves Robert G. Oswald
Anthony C. Baker Richard W. Hensel Roger Pandanda
R. Allen Bernstorf Magdi F. Ishac Robert C. Peters
Nelson G. Bingel Ralph O. Jones Patrick D. Quinn
Frederick W. Burtelson Robert O. Kluge Donald Sandell
Glenn A. Davidson Daleep C. Mohla Neil P. Schmidt
Frank A. Denbrock Yakov Motlis Chris Severs
Nicholas J. DeSantis Ronald J. Oedemann Mohamed H. Shwehdi
Guru Dutt Dhingra Stephen F. Smith

When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 14 June 2001, it had the following
membership:
Donald N. Heirman, Chair
James T. Carlo, Vice Chair
Judith Gorman, Secretary

Satish K. Aggarwal James H. Gurney James W. Moore

Mark D. Bowman Richard J. Holleman Robert F. Munzner
Gary R. Engmann Lowell G. Johnson Ronald C. Petersen
Harold E. Epstein Robert J. Kennelly Gerald H. Peterson
H. Landis Floyd Joseph L. Koepfinger* John B. Posey
Jay Forster* Peter H. Lips Gary S. Robinson
Howard M. Frazier L. Bruce McClung Akio Tojo
Ruben D. Garzon Daleep C. Mohla Donald W. Zipse

*Member Emeritus

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Also included is the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaison:

Alan Cookson, NIST Representative

Donald R. Volzka, TAB Representative

Andrew D. Ickowicz
IEEE Standards Project Editor

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Contents
1. Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Scope............................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Application................................................................................................................................... 1

2. References............................................................................................................................................ 1

3. Material ................................................................................................................................................ 2

3.1 Bolts ............................................................................................................................................. 2

4. Dimensions .......................................................................................................................................... 2

5. Strength ................................................................................................................................................ 2

5.1 Cold bend test .............................................................................................................................. 2

6. Corrosion protection ............................................................................................................................ 3

7. Sizes and types..................................................................................................................................... 3

8. Finish ................................................................................................................................................... 3

9. Marking................................................................................................................................................ 3

10. Marking of shipping packages ............................................................................................................. 3

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Ferrous Lag Screws for Overhead
Line Construction

1. Overview

1.1 Scope

This standard covers zinc-coated steel lag screws of the fetter drive, gimlet point, and twist drive types
commonly used in overhead line construction.

1.2 Application

The lag screws conforming to this standard shall, in all respects, meet the basic dimensional and performance
requirements hereinafter stated. The text, specifications or standards references, and associated Figure 1
through Figure 5 supplement each other and shall be considered as parts of this standard.

Metric lag screws are not covered by this standard.

2. References

The following standards shall be used in conjunction with this standard. When the following standards are
superceded by an approved revision, the revision shall apply.

ANSI B18.2.1-1992, American National Standard for Square and Hex Bolts and Screws1

ASTM A153/A153M-95, Standard Specification for Zinc-Coating on Iron and Steel Hardware2

1ANSI publications are available from the Sales Department, American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, 13th Floor,
New York, NY 10036, USA (http://www.ansi.org/).
2
ASTM publications are available from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken,
PA 19428-2959, USA (http://www.astm.org/).

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3. Material

3.1 Bolts

All lag screws shall be made from one of the following materials:

a) Hot-headed lag screws shall be made from hot-rolled steel which has been produced by the open
hearth, basic-oxygen, or electric-furnace process and which is of a grade and quality suitable to meet
the requirements of this standard.
b) Cold-headed lag screws shall be made from steel cold-heading wire which has been produced by the
open hearth, basic-oxygen, or electric-furnace process and which is of a grade and quality suitable to
meet the requirements of this standard, and shall be reheated (stress relieved) if necessary to meet
the requirements of this standard.

4. Dimensions

All dimensions are in inches prior to zinc coating.

All lag screws shall be square or hex and in accordance with ANSI B18.2.1-19923, as specified in Figure 3
and Figure 4.

Lag screw threads shall be machine-rolled or cut as specified in the data sheets.

5. Strength

Lag-screw heads shall be of sufficient strength to develop the body tensile strength of the screws. Failure
shall occur in the shank or threaded section and not at the junction of the head and shank. In no case shall the
strength be less than the following:

Normal diameter of Minimum strength

screw (inches) (pounds)

1/4 1500

5/16 2300

3/8 3500

1/2 6500

5.1 Cold bend test

After removal of the threads to the root diameter, the unthreaded portion of bolts shall be capable of being
bent while at room temperature (50 °C to 90 °C) at any point through an angle of 180°, about a diameter
equal to the diameter of the bolt without cracking the steel on the outside of the bent portion.

3
Information on references can be found in Clause 2.

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6. Corrosion protection

Lag screws shall be zinc-coated. The coating shall be applied by:

a) The hot-dip process in accordance with ASTM A153/A153M-95, or

b) Another method producing a zinc coating that meets the requirements of ASTM A153/A153M-95
for adhesion, purity, and thickness applicable to the class of material being coated.

7. Sizes and types

The sizes and types shall be as specified on the data sheets.

8. Finish

All lag screws shall be free from badly formed or otherwise defective heads and bodies.

9. Marking

Lag screws shall bear the manufacturer’s symbol or identification mark.

10. Marking of shipping packages

Each package shall be marked with the vendor’s name and catalog number.

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Figure 1—Dimensions for fetter drive lag screws

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Figure 2—Dimensions for gimlet point lag screws

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Figure 3—Dimensions of square lag screws

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Figure 4—Dimensions of hex lag screws

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Figure 5—Dimensions for twist drive lag screws

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