Temper: Extra Hard and Stress Relieved Fabrication Properties: Excellent Suitability – Soldering, Brazing, Butt Weld; Good Suitability – Gas Shielded Arc Welding, Spot Weld, Capacity for Being Cold Worked; Fair Suitability – Oxyacetylene Welding, Coated Metal Arc Welding, Seam Weld; Poor Suitability – Capacity for Being Hot Formed Common Fabrication Processes: Blanking; Drawing; Forming and Bending; Shearing; Stamping Typical uses: Bridge Bearing Plates; Thermostat Bellows; Coinage; Power Conductor for Electro-Surgical Pencil; Cold Headed Parts; Electrical Connectors; Electrical Flexing Contact Blades; Electronic Connectors; Fuse Clips; Switch Parts; Wire Brushes; Cotter Pins; Fasteners, Heavy Duty; Lock Washers; Beater Bar; Bellows; Bourdon Tubing; Chemical hardware; Clips, Heavy Duty; Clutch Disks; Cold Headed Parts; Diaphragms; Doctor Blades, Paper Industry; Gears; Perforated Sheets; Pinions; Pneumatic Hammers; Sleeve Bushings; Springs, Heavy Duty; Springs, Helical Extension; Springs, Helical Torsion; Textile machinery; Thrust Bearings; Truss Wire; Welding Wire; Well Drill Equipment; Marine Parts Applicable Specifications: Bar – ASTM B139/B139M, ASTM B103/B103M; Electrode – Welding AWS A5.6, Welding MILITARY MIL-E-23765/3; Plate – ASTM B103/B103M; Rod – Welding AWS A5.15, ASTM B139/B139M; Shapes – ASTM B139/B139M; Sheet – ASTM B103/B103M, SAE J463, SAE J461; Strip – ASTM B888/B88M; SAE J463, ASTM B103/B103M, SAE J461; Wire – ASTM B159/B159M |