1.1 本规范涵盖用于封闭、加固、捆扎装运物品、组合、码垛和支撑汽车装载、卡车装载、起吊和捆扎的扁钢捆扎带和密封件。 1.2 本规范包括由碳钢制成的捆扎带和密封件，仅适用于捆扎带供应商编目为标准商用产品的类型和尺寸。它不包括为特殊应用开发的“特殊”型捆扎带或由合金金属制成的捆扎带。 1.3 以英寸-磅单位表示的数值视为标准值。 1.4 性能特征可能会受到极端温度的负面影响，例如在钢材退火过程中发生的温度。 1.5 以下安全隐患警告仅适用于试验方法部分，第节 11 , 12 和 13 本规范中的: 本标准并不旨在解决与其使用相关的所有安全问题（如有）。本标准的使用者有责任在使用前制定适当的安全、健康和环境实践，并确定监管限制的适用性。 1.6 本国际标准是根据世界贸易组织技术性贸易壁垒（TBT）委员会发布的《关于制定国际标准、指南和建议的原则的决定》中确立的国际公认标准化原则制定的。

1.1 This specification covers flat steel strapping and seals intended for use in closing, reinforcing, bundling articles for shipment, unitizing, palletizing, and bracing for carloading, truckloading, lifting, and lashing. 1.2 This specification includes strapping and seals made from carbon steel and applies only to the types and sizes as cataloged by strapping suppliers to be a standard, commercially available product. It does not include “specialty”-type strapping as developed for special applications or strapping produced from alloy metals. 1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. 1.4 Performance characteristics may be negatively affected by extremes of temperatures, such as occur during the annealing of steel. 1.5 The following safety hazards caveat applies only to the test method portion, Sections 11 , 12 , and 13 , of this specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.