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Hammer  — Specification  — Part 1: Steel hammer head  
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 Foreword  
Development of the East African Stand ards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods and servic es are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
The Community has established an East African Standards Committee  (EASC)  mandated to develop and 
issue East African Standards  (EAS) . The Committee is composed of representatives of the National 
Standa rds Bodies in Partner States, together with the representatives from the public and private sector 
organizations  in the community .  
East African Standards are developed through  Technical Committees that are representative of key 
stakeholders including gove rnment, academia, consumer groups, private sector and other interested parties. 
Draft East African Standards are circulated to stakeholders through the National Standards Bodies in the 
Partner States. The comments received are discussed and incorporated be fore finalization of standards, in 
accordance with the Principles and procedures for development of East African Standards.  
East African Standards are subject to review, to keep pace with technological advances. Users of the East 
African Standards are the refore expected to ensure that they always have the latest versions of the standards 
they are implementing .  
The committee responsible for this document is Technical Committee EASC /TC 042, Production and general 
engineering .  
During the preparation of this  standard, reference was made to the following document:  
ISO 15601 , Hammers — Technical specifications concerning steel hammer heads — Test procedures  
Acknowledgement is hereby made for the assistance derived from this source.  
 
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 Hammer s — Specification  — Part 1: Steel hammer head  
1 Scope  
This Draft East Africa Standard specifies  technical requirements, methods of sampling  and testing of 
hammers with head made of steel.  It applies to hammers only used to strike items having a maximum 
hardness of 46 HRC.  
This Standard does not apply to steel hammer heads with a head mass of less than 100 g.  
NOTE : Striking items of a greater hardness is liable to cause chipping, this necessitates choosing hammers with 
properties different from those defined in this Standard.  
2 Normative references   
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes 
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, 
the latest ed ition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
ISO 13061 -1, Physical and mechanical properties of wood — Test methods for small clear wood specimens 
— Part 1: Determination of moisture content for physical and mechanical tests  
ISO 650 8-1, Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 1: Test method (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, 
H, K, N, T)  
3 Terms and definitions  
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.  
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardi zation at the following addresses:  
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp  
4 Requirements  
4.1 Heat -treatment and hardness  
4.1.1  The head shall have a hardness of not less than 50 HRC and no t more than 58 HRC.  
4.1.2  The hardness at different points of the striking face shall be uniform within a total tolerance of 5 HRC.  
4.1.3  The central portion of the hammer shall not be hardened and in the area near the  eye of the hammer 
the hardness shall not exceed 35 HRC.  
4.1.4  The hardened zone of the striking faces shall extend to a minimum depth of 3 mm; at this depth, the 
hardness shall  be not less than 46 HRC and not more than that of the surface (see Figure 1).  DEAS 1021 -1:2019  
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 4.1.5  In the case of ball pein hammer ends (see Figure 2) the 3 mm depth of hardness sh all only apply at 
the centre of the ball along the centre line and tapering towards the ball diameter, in order to avoid the 
hardened zone extending  to the rest of the hammer.  
 
4.2 Crack s 
All hammer heads s hall be free of cracks.  
Cracks are detected with appropriate means.  
Other equivalent non -destructive test methods may be used.  
4.3 Chamfer  
When a chamfer on the edge of the striking face is necessary, it shall be at least 1/ 15 of the head width and 
have a slant of 40° to 50°.  
 
Figure 3 — Chamfer  DEAS 1021 -1:2019  
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 4.4 Handle  
Handles may be made of either steel, wood , plastic or any other material. For hammers fitted with a wooden 
handle, the moisture con tent of the handle at the time  the test is carried out  shall be between  10 % and 15 %  
in accordance with ISO 13061 -1. 
5 Test methods  
5.1 Pull apart test  
5.1.1  Prior to carrying out this test, two series of 25 vigorous blows with varying delivery angle (see Figure 
4) shall be  applied to a surface of hardness equal to or less t han 46 HRC.   
 
5.1.2  The hammer head and the end of the handle shall be securely worked in a tensile testing machine or 
other suitable  device.  
5.1.3  A tensile load on the handle side (see Figure 5) and a compression load on the head side (see Figure 
6) sha ll be applied gradually and without jerking.  
5.1.4  Loads to be applied are given in Table 1.  
5.1.5  For reverse assembled hammers with thermoplastic handles, only the compressive load shown in 
Figure 6 shall be  applied.  
5.1.6  After this test the hammer head  and handle shall show no damage such as shifting of the handle in 
the eye or other  defects that may reduce to its solidity.  DEAS 1021 -1:2019  
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Table 1 — Loads to be applied according to head mass  
Hammer head mass  
M 
g Tensile/compression load  
F (min.)  
N 
100 ≤ m < 200 1 400  
200 ≤ m < 300 1 800  
300 ≤ m < 400 2 500  
400 ≤ m < 500 3 500  
500 ≤ m < 700 3 500  
700 ≤ m < 1 250  5 200  
1 250 ≤ m < 2 000  7 000  
2 000 ≤ m < 4 000  8 000  
4 000 ≤ m < 8 000  9 000  
8 000 ≤ m < 12 000  10 000  
 
5.2 Handle bending test for c law hammers  
5.2.1  Firmly keep the hammer head in a holding fixture with the axis of the handle parallel to the surface of 
the fixture  (see Figure 7).  DEAS 1021 -1:2019  
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5.2.2  Apply a load, F', perpendicular to the axis of the handle and close to the end, so as to obtain a 125 
N.m torque,  irrespective of the size of the hammer.  
5.2.3  The load shall start at zero and be applied gradually, without jerking.  
5.2.4  The test load shall be held for at least 10 s, after which the handle shall show no sign of damage nor 
exhibit any  defect.  
5.3 Grip adhesion test  
5.3.1  For handles equipped with a grip, the grip shall not turn with respect to the handle when a 10 N.m 
torque is  applied.  
5.3.2  The test shall be carried out by applying an evenly distributed pressure on the whole of the gri p 
surface. The  necessary pressure shall not warp the grip.  
5.4 Crack detection  
The magnetic particle flow detection technique shall be used for checking cracks in which an alternating 
current of at least 15 mA/mm2 is applied to the hammer head (see Figure 8). 
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Figure 8 — Method for crack detection  
6 Marking  
Hammers shall be marked on the head permanently and legibly with the following information;  
a) name of the manufacturer or initials or registered trademark ; 
b) mass of the hammer; and  
c) country of origin.  DEAS 1021 -1:2019  
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 Bibliography  
ISO 15601,  Hammers — Technical specifications concerning steel hammer heads — Test procedures  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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