"This SAE Standard covers complete dimensional and general specifications for worm drive hose clamps for general use in the plumbing industry. Purpose To establish minimum functional guidelines for worm drive hose clamps intended for use in Plumbing application@ herein referred to as Type ""F"" clamps. Rationale The changes to this standard have been proposed to address ambiguities in the naming conventions used for identifying Type ""F"" worm drive hose clamps. The specific changes reduce the callouts from ""worm gear/worm drive hose clamps""@ ""hose clamps""@ ""worm drive hose clamps for clamps""@ ""clamps"" and ""Type F worm drive hase clamps to either ""worm drive hose clamps""@ ""clamps""@ or ""Type F worm drive hose clamps"". These changes are for clarification purposes. In addition@ the material usage has been further defined to reflect the use of materials standard to the manufacture of austenitic stainless steel hose clamps. More specifically@ worm drive hose clamp band and housing materials have been changed to 300 series stainless steel and 201 stainless steel."