Temper: As Hot Rolled Fabrication Properties: Excellent Suitability – Soldering, Brazing, Butt Weld, Capacity for Being Cold Worked; Good Suitability – Gas Shielded Arc Welding, Spot Weld; 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; Heading and Upsetting; Roll Threading and Knurling; Shearing; Stamping Typical uses: Bridge Bearing Plates; Electrical Connectors; Electrical Flexing Contact Blades; Electromechanical Spring Components; Electronic and Precision Instrument Parts; Electronic Connectors; Fuse Clips; Resistance Wire; Switch Parts; Wire Brushes; Cotter Pins; Fasteners; Lock Washers; Beater Bar; Bellows; Bourdon Tubes; Chemical hardware; Clutch Disks; Diaphragms; Perforated Sheets; Pressure Responsive Elements; Sleeve Bushings; Springs; Textile machinery; Truss Wire; Welding Rods Applicable Specifications: Bar – ASTM B139/B139M, AMS 4625, ASTM B103/B103M; Bearings & Busings – MILITARY MIL-B-13501; Bolts – ASTM F468; Bushing Stock – MILITARY MIL-B-13501; Nuts – ASTM F467; Plate – ASTM B103/B103M, Bridge and Bearing ASTM B100, AMS 4510; Rod – ASTM B139/B139M, SAE J463, AMS 4625, SAE J461; Screws – ASTM F468; Shapes – ASTM B139/B139M; Sheet – SAE J463, AMS 4510, Bridge and Bearing ASTM B100, SAE J461, ASTM B103/B103M; Strip – AMS 4510, SAE J463, ASTM B888/B88M, ASTM B103/B103M, SAE J461; Studs – ASTM F468; Tube – MILITARY MIL-T-3595, AMS 4625; Wire – ASTM B159/B159M, AMS 4720, MILITARY MIL-W-6712, SAE J461, SAE J463 |