BS 4659:1989
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Specification for tool and die steels
Hardcopy , PDF
15-03-2000
English
31-01-1990
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definition
3. Information to be supplied by the purchaser
4. Chemical composition
5. Freedom from defects
6. Depth of functional decarburization for tool steels
7. Dimensional tolerances
8. Hardness
9. Metallurgical condition of steel on delivery
10. Marking
Appendices
A. Options
B. Recommended temperatures for annealing, hardening
and tempering
C. Typical carbide distributions
Tables
1. Chemical composition, annealed hardness and
hardness after heat treatment
2. Permitted deviations in chemical composition on
product analysis
3. Dimensional tolerances and maximum depth of
functional decarburization for hot-rolled rounds
and flats
4. Dimensional tolerances and maximum depth of
functional decarburization for hot-rolled sheet
and strip
5. Dimensional tolerances and maximum depth of
functional decarburization for forged rounds and
flats
6. Dimensional tolerances for machined, ground or
drawn rounds and coiled rod
7. Recommended heat treatment temperatures and
cooling media for tool steels
Figures
1. Maximum depth of decarburization for hot-rolled
rounds and flats
2. Maximum depth of decarburization for forged rounds
and flats
3. Typical carbide distribution in high speed tool
steel (x 100 magnification)
4. Typical carbide distribution in high speed tool
steel (x 100 magnification)
5. Typical carbide distribution in high speed tool
steel (x 100 magnification)
6. Typical carbide distribution in high speed tool
steel (x 100 magnification)
7. Typical carbide distribution in high carbon high
chromium cold work tool steel (x 100 magnification)
8. Typical carbide distribution in high carbon high
chromium cold work tool steel (x 100 magnification)
9. Typical carbide distribution in high carbon high
chromium cold work tool steel (x 100 magnification)
10. Typical carbide distribution in high carbon high
chromium cold work tool steel (x 100 magnification)
Mechanical properties, composition and structure.
| Committee |
ISE/105
|
| DevelopmentNote |
REPLACES BS 4569: 1971 AND BS 224: 1938
|
| DocumentType |
Standard
|
| Pages |
22
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Superseded
|
| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| BS HDBK19(1970) : LATEST | METHODS FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF IRON, STEEL AND OTHER FERROUS METALS |
| BS 6617-1:1985 | Determination of decarburization in steel Methods for determining decarburization by microscopic and micro-hardness techniques |
| BS 6617-2:1987 | Determination of decarburization in steel Methods for determining decarburization by chemical and spectrographic analysis techniques |
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