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BS 3111-1:1987

Superseded

Superseded

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Steel for cold forged fasteners and similar components Specification for carbon and low alloy steel wire

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-08-2001

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-04-1987

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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Designation
3 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
4 General
5 Steelmaking process
6 Freedom from defects
7 Decarburization
8 Chemical composition
9 Mechanical tests
10 Hardenability
11 Grain size
12 Tolerances on diameter
13 Marking
14 Test certificate
Appendices
A Options
B Tests for surface defects
C Detection of surface carburization
D Hardening test on steel wire for wire diameters not
    exceeding 25 mm
Tables
1 Permitted depths of decarburization
2 Chemical composition (ladle analysis)
3 Permitted deviations in product analysis from
    specified range: carbon steels types 0 and 1 and
    boron-treated steels types 9 and 10
4 Permitted deviations in product analysis from
    specified range: alloy steels types 2, 3, 5 and 7
5 Mechanical properties of wire
6 Hardenability requirements
7 Steel type 1: Jominy hardenability requirements
8 Tolerances on diameter
9 Number of turns in reverse torsion test

Steel wire up to 30 mm diameter for use in manufacture of low, medium and high tensile, cold forged fasteners and similar components.

Committee
ISE/106
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
16
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

BS 6617-1:1985 Determination of decarburization in steel Methods for determining decarburization by microscopic and micro-hardness techniques
BS 427-1:1961 Method for Vickers hardness test Testing of metals
BS 18-2:1971 Methods for tensile testing of metals Steel (general)

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