This standard is included in DIN HDBK 218, 404/1 and 404. Provides the technical delivery requirements for semi-finished products, hot, formed, eg blooms, billets, slabs, bar, rod, wide flats, hot-rolled sheet/plate and strip and hammer and drop forgings, made from case hardening unalloyed or alloyed steel, supplied in one of the heat treatment conditions specified for different types of products. Usually meant for making case-hardened machine parts.