DUS 193-1

DRAFT UGANDA STANDARD

First Edition
2018-09-dd

Steel wires and wire products for fencing — Part 1: Barbed

wires — Specification

Reference number
DUS 193-1: 2018

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Foreword

Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is a parastatal under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and
Cooperatives established under Cap 327, of the Laws of Uganda, as amended. UNBS is mandated to co-
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The committee responsible for this document is Technical Committee UNBS/TC 04, Mechanical Engineering
and Metallurgy.
This US 193 series edition cancels and replaces the first edition (US 193:2001), which has been technically
revised.
US 193 consists of the following parts, under the general title Introductory element — Main element:
  Part 1: Barbed wires — Specification
  Part 2: Chain link — Specification

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Steel wires and wire products for fencing — Part 1: Barbed

wires — Specification

1 Scope
This draft Uganda standard specifies the mechanical requirements, dimensions, methods of test and sampling
criteria of zinc-coated steel barbed wire to be used for general fencing purposes.

2 Normative references
The following referenced documents 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 edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

US ISO 16120-2, Non-alloy steel wire rod for conversion to wire — Part 2: Specific requirements for general
purpose wire rod

US ISO 7989-1, Steel wire and wire products — Non-ferrous metallic coatings on steel wire — Part 1: General
principles

US ISO 22034-2, Steel wire and wire products — Part 2: Tolerances on wire dimensions

US ISO 7989-2, Steel wire and wire products — Non-ferrous metallic coatings on steel wire — Part 2: Zinc or
zinc-alloy coating

US ISO 6892-1, Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 1: Method of test at room temperature

ISO 7802, Metallic materials — Wire — Wrapping test

ISO 8458-1, Steel wire for mechanical springs — Part 1: General requirements

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp

3.1
Length of the Barb
distance of the barb point from the axis of the line wire of wires around which the point wire is wound

3.2
line Wire
wire of specified diameter of which the barbed wire is made

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3.3
point wire
wire of specified diameter of which the barbs are made

4 Requirements

4.1 Material

4.1.1 The base material of both line and point wire shall be for medium and high carbon steel wire produced
from wire rod complying US ISO 16120-2.

4.1.2 The minimum tensile strength of steel wires used to make barbed wire shall be as given in Table 1.

Table 1 — Wire tensile strength

Steel grade Minimum tensile
strength
N/mm2
Low tensile strength 350
steel

High tensile strength 575

steel

Very high tensile 900

strength steel

4.2 Nominal diameter.

The nominal diameters of line and point wires shall be as given in Table 2 with tolerances as defined in
accordance with US ISO 22034-2.

4.3 Breaking strength of line wire

The minimum breaking load of line wire shall be as given in Table 1.

Table 2 — Nominal diameter and minimum strand breaking load of barbed wires
Nominal diameter, Minimum strand
d of wire breaking load, a)

mm N

1.6 1407

1.8 1780

2.00 2198

2.24 2757

2.50 3434

2.650 3859

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3.00 4946

3.15 5452

3.55 6925

4.00 8792

4.50 11127

5.00 13738

a) The minimum strand breaking load is based

on low tensile strength steel grade (350
N/mm2)

5 Finish

5.1 Coating

The wire shall be hot-dip galvanized in accordance with the requirements given in US ISO 7989-2.

5.2 Barbed wire formation

5.2.1 Conventional twist

The barbs shall be wrapped around two line wires once and around a single strand once, making, in all, two
turns round the line wires.

The barbs shall be wrapped around a line wire by a method which prevents slipping to expose the four barbs
approximately 90° apart in a plane at right angles to the line wire. The points of the barb shall have a length of
10 mm ± 2.5 mm and shall be sharp and cut at an angle not greater than 35° to the axis of the barb as shown
in Figure 1.

a)

b)

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Figure 1 — Conventional twist barbed wire

5.2.2 Reverse twist

The two line wires shall be twisted partially clockwise and partially anticlockwise. The barbs shall be placed at
the points where the direction of twist changes from clockwise to anticlockwise. At these points the barbs shall
be wrapped around the two line wires, two rounds each of barbed wire. The barbs shall have four points,
approximately 90° apart in the plane at right angles to the line wire as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 — Reverse twist barbed wire

5.3 Spacing

The barbed wires in Clauses 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 shall normally be formed twisted together with an appropriate lay
of 50 mm with band spacing of 75 ± 5 mm, 100± 5 mm or 150 ± 10 mm between centres for high tensile, and
75 ± 5 mm for mild steel barbed wires.

6 Methods of test

6.1 Tensile tests

Tensile tests shall be carried out in accordance with US ISO 6892.

6.2 Dimensions

Dimensions shall be measured in accordance with ISO 8458-1.

6.3 Zinc and zinc-alloy coatings

Zinc and zinc-alloy coatings shall be assessed in accordance with US ISO 7989-1 and US ISO 7989-2.

6.4 Barb spacing

Barb spacing shall be measured and averaged over a sample of length at least 10 m.

6.5 Ductility test

The line wire shall be subjected to the wrapping test in accordance with ISO 7802. The line wire shall
withstand wrapping and unwrapping eight turns round its own diameter without fracture.

7 Freedom from defects

7.1 The line and point wires shall be circular in section, free from scales and other defects and shall be
uniformly galvanized.

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7.2 The line wire shall be in continuous lengths and shall not contain any welds other than those in the rod
before it is drawn. The distance between two successive weldings in the line wire of finished barbed wire shall
not be less than 15 m. There shall be no splicing.

8 Coiling and packing

8.1 Unless otherwise agreed to between the supplier and the purchaser, the barbed wire shall be supplied
in metal or wooden reels. Each reel of barbed wire shall be wound and fastened compactly.

8.2 Barbed wires shall be packed in rolls of nominal weights of 20 kg or 25 kg with a tolerance of +/-0.2kg
and 0.15kg respectively.

9 Marking
Every reel of barbed wire shall be legibly marked with the following information;

a) name and address of the manufacturer,

b) formation of barbed wire,

c) the diameters of the line and point wires,

d) barb spacing and length;

e) tensile strength of the line wire;

f) coating mass

g) mass and length of the reel; and

h) reference number of this standard.

10 Sampling

10.1 Lot

10.1.1 All the reels of galvanized steel barbed wire of the same formation and same wire diameter
manufactured under essentially similar conditions shall constitute the lot.

10.1.2 For ascertaining the conformity of the lot to the requirements of the specifications, tests shall be
carried out on each lot separately. The number of reels to be selected at random for this purpose shall be in
accordance with Table 3.

Table 3 — Scale of sampling

Number of reels in Number of Reels to be

a lot Selected
≤25 3
26-50 4
51-150 5
151-300 7

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≥301 10
10.2 Number of tests and criteria for conformity

10.2.1 All the reels selected according to 10.1.2 shall be examined for diameter of line wire and point wire;
distance between barbs, length of barbs and freedom from defects. If all the reels are found satisfactory for
each of the above characteristics, the lot shall be considered conforming to the requirements of these
characteristics.

10.2.2 When the lot is found satisfactory in 10.2.1, one test specimen each from every selected reel shall be
taken and subjected to tensile test, zinc coating test, and ductility test. The lot shall be declared conforming to
the requirements of these characteristics if all the test specimens satisfy the relevant requirements.

10.2.3 The lot shall be declared conforming to the requirements of this specification, if it is found satisfactory
according to 10.2.1 to 10.2.3.

10.2.4 In case the lot is not found satisfactory according to 10.2.1 to 10.2.3, then the lot shall be subjected
to 100 % retesting.

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Bibliography

[1] ASTM A121-13, Standard Specification for Metallic-Coated Carbon Steel Barbed Wire

[2] IS 278:2009, Galvanized steel barbed wire for fencing — Specification

[3] KS 261:2013, Steel wires and wire products used for fencing — Specification

[4] BS 4102:1998, Specification for Steel wire for general fencing purposes

[5] ISO 7900:2006, Steel wire and wire products for fences — Zinc and zinc-alloy coated steel barbed
wire

[6] SANS 675:2011, Zinc-coated fencing wire

[7] US 193:2001, Specification for steel wires and wire products used for fencing

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Certification marking

Products that conform to Uganda standards may be marked with Uganda National Bureau of Standards
(UNBS) Certification Mark shown in the figure below.

The use of the UNBS Certification Mark is governed by the Standards Act, and the Regulations made
thereunder. This mark can be used only by those licensed under the certification mark scheme operated by
the Uganda National Bureau of Standards and in conjunction with the relevant Uganda Standard. The
presence of this mark on a product or in relation to a product is an assurance that the goods comply with the
requirements of that standard under a system of supervision, control and testing in accordance with the
certification mark scheme of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards. UNBS marked products are
continually checked by UNBS for conformity to that standard.

Further particulars of the terms and conditions of licensing may be obtained from the Director, Uganda
National Bureau of Standards.

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